weight distribution and angle of attack

[randall1]

First off, thanks for all the help you guys have already given.

My new question has to do with general riding as opposed to edging into the wake.
1) I ride the flats with between 60 and 70 % weight on my back foot.
Is this right to start with.
2) If that is propper, do you keep the same distribution when you hit
the wake? It seems like people I watch have the nose of the board
well out of the water until just before the wake when the nose
comes down.
3) What is the angle of attack?
I have been trying to get my board as close to perpindicular with
the boat as possible when I hit the wake. Once again this doesn't
seem to be what people in the videos are doing. What do you
suggest?

Or do I just THINK that I'm doing this, but I am really actually going much more pointed at the boat than I feel?

I won't get to try your suggestions until the weekedn, but I'll let you know how it goes.
THANKS AGAIN,
R.

[bhamglassman]

[randall1]

Cool, I'll try a more balanced ride. The only thing that I know I'll have trouble with is keeping my edge at the wake (not really a wake because all I have is a jet ski, but I figure if I can get everything right, then when I get to ride behind a boat it should come naturally) I have a bad habit of flattening the board and losing my edge right as I hit the wake.

[randall1]

I might be getting a little better, but it I still eat it almost constantly.

[ckligor]

Here is my 2 cents.
My new question has to do with general riding as opposed to edging into the wake.

1) I ride the flats with between 60 and 70 % weight on my back foot.

I think this is a comfort issue. as long as you feel good about what your doing more power to you.

2) If that is proper, do you keep the same distribution when you hit
the wake?

Here is where I differ from bhamglassman, The weight distribution determines the height you get off the wake. the more severe the angle the higher you go. The correct way to get air is not to push off the wake and rely on the wake to give you air, but to cut through the wake on the edge of the board and the angle of the jump will be determined by the angle of the board through the wake.


3) What is the angle of attack?

The answer to this question depends on how much speed you want in the trick, the boat speed etc. you don't want to hit the wake at a 90 deg angle to the boat unless the trick calls for it. doing this forces you to use the angle of the wake for height of the trick.

[ckligor]

I have this if it helps at all

[a-ok]

nice pics

[ckligor]

If you want to learn to correct way to get air, take all the fins off your board and ride with out fins. This forces you to have to use the edge of the board. thus teching you the correct way to edge and jump. In the picture above the left side shows what not to do!

[k9fxr]

[ckligor]

[LFevo138]

I disagree ckligor, when you put more weight on your back foot before the wake you slow down a little, i think the best way is to get the angle w/o shifting your weight or atleast shifting as little weight as possible, and you dont wanna go in the air with your front foot way above your back foot which looks real sketchy

[indianawake]

Ride w No Fins like ckligor stated, this really helps in edging at the wake, this helped me by accident one day just goofin off with no fins. Try It

[Ctipping]

ckligor, the "incorrect" pics look like the ones in the background of last years hydroslide ads

[LFADAM]

Ctipping, haha so true!

Dont worry about your weight distribution. Just to ride a wakeboard comfortably you need a certain weight distribution. If you try to lean back or forwards its not the natural wakeboard weight distribution. What feels natural is what you want to use.