being scared

wakemaster62 · Newbie Joined: 24 Jul 2005 Posts: 2

What can you do to avoid being scared to do a new trick?

holdsworth · Posted: Jul 24, 2005 9:34 am Post subject:

just throw the trick you want to do the way you see it easiest done, and if you fall then you correct your mistakes and do it a little different to get closer to landing it.

K-wood Kid · Posted: Jul 24, 2005 9:49 am Post subject:

go get a feel for the rotation and stuff on the tramp then go out there and right before you cut in just say "What doesn't kill me makes me stronger" and then try it

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

You need to just throw it. Do it over and over, even if you fall. The more you do it the less you'll be scared of it. At that point you'll worry more about what you're doing wrong then 'what's going to happen to me'

Lforce · Newbie Joined: 27 Mar 2005 Posts: 47 City: hollywood, FL

trampoline, diving board anything that will get you into the air to get comfortable with a nice soft landing. otherwise just gotta do it..

nickdakoolkat · Posted: Jul 24, 2005 8:51 pm Post subject:

I hear people reccomending trampoline practice, but for me I would be more scared going for something on a tramp because if you make a mistake you could land face first on the tramp, or you could possibly land on the ground. It just seems like bailing on water will hurt a lot less. I don't know.

HatzicMotive140 · Soul Rider Joined: 18 Jul 2004 Posts: 261 City: abbotsford

well at 22 mph catching your toe edge hurts more than a tramp fall usually. but you are right i would try it on the water before the tramp, i jut use the tramp to practice in the off season.

karkid · Soul Rider Joined: 10 Sep 2004 Posts: 327 City: Tempe

just throw it. i have noticed that once i throw it and wreck, its nothing to get up and try again. but if you work it up into something big when its not, you'll have a harder time throwing it in the first place.

wakemaster62 · Newbie Joined: 24 Jul 2005 Posts: 2

its just that trying a tantrum is the first inverted trick i am trying and a kid hit his head last week.

newman79 · Newbie Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 21

i tried a HS backroll about 4 times this past weekend, (though I thought it was just a backflip)..i get the differences mxed up...

anyways, how i got rid of the fear was to just go out and do it..over the weekend i was doing backflips all wkend after a few drinks to loosen me up (I'm not saying do this before you go out wakeboarding) but I did it to get over the fear...Now I know I can do them anywhere, it's just landing them on my board is what i have to work on..

it's like NIKE, just do it!

btw, what'd he hit his head on? the water? if so, that sh&T is going to happen..I got my bell rung about 3 times this past weekend trying new tricks.. Laughing

mgrab915 · Criminal Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Posts: 58 City: Richmond

Drink beer,

Seriously i just trick myself into trying it. Cut it and as soon as you think uh oh dont do it, just make yourself wait a second and by then you are already in the air

DunDunDun · Posted: Jul 25, 2005 1:10 pm Post subject:

just picture it in your head and close youe eyes as soon as you hit the wake and do it.

k9fxr · Outlaw Joined: 07 Mar 2003 Posts: 199 City: MI

dundun
that's an interesting approach, new meaning to "blind"

anyone else tried that?

acej92 · Criminal Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 56 City: MIA

spend a week snowboarding...then you'll learn that eating on a wakeboard isn't so bad

jason2454 · Outlaw Joined: 18 Feb 2005 Posts: 240 City: austin

im a lot more daring on a wakeboard that a snowboard hehe... anyways.. back to the scared thing.. When i went to do my first invert i didnt know what the hell i was doing but all i knew is i wanted to go upside down.. after i through it i wrecked but not bad and was super excited about not landing on my face and my board actually hitting the water first. So i tryed it a bunch more times. Even after a hard fall i always sack up and try again just so im not all sketchy next time i ride.

rnopr8 · Newbie Joined: 31 Aug 2003 Posts: 43 City: Murrieta

wear a helmet...it gives you more confidence

bhamglassman · Soul Rider Joined: 21 Jun 2005 Posts: 338 City: Bellingham

extremeboy · Newbie Joined: 29 Jul 2005 Posts: 2 City: lovell

i know how u feel, i was pretty scared of flips, if i wrecked, but then i tryed it and it was one of the softest landings i've ever had for a wreck, all u need is to get the balls to try. Smile

once u get around, all fear goes away, unless there is a sharp rock below, hehe

xxMetalheaDxx · Criminal Joined: 25 Jul 2005 Posts: 91

I am so much more scared of throwing backflips on a wakeboard snowboarding i throw backflips to late 360 over a 50 foot kicker and i didn't think twice about it but i did eat it and roll down the hill about 80 feet crushing my goggles and busting my leg so i couldn't hit the smith limo that was convienently there the next day. Crying or Very sad

. And yet i tried it agian 2 weeks later and landed it but il can't get over the fear of a tantrum or roll.

Honeytoast0303 · Outlaw Joined: 19 May 2005 Posts: 149 City: Holyoke

to overcome fear of doing inverts for you first time (allthough ive never done one Razz

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1:wear a helmet. it should make you feel more protected, and you wont have to wory about brain damage
2:visualize it. wherever you are. just picture it in your head. step by step.
3:try it on a tramp. if you dont have one, then skip the step.
4:go out and do it. if you have a helmet, you shouldnt be as afraid. youll have a better idea on how to do it from visualization and trampoline.

pooser · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 4738

ride with people that get you excited and make you want to try new stuff. tell them not to let you back in the boat before you try it, have them call you names, sock you in the face, or whatever until you sack up and do it.

armed and dangerous · Newbie Joined: 30 Jul 2005 Posts: 22 City: milwaukee

i wouldnt be afraid i just dont like doing a new trick but eventually would do it after visiulizing it Mr. Green

bhamglassman · Soul Rider Joined: 21 Jun 2005 Posts: 338 City: Bellingham

Honeytoast0303 · Outlaw Joined: 19 May 2005 Posts: 149 City: Holyoke

liquid_helix · Newbie Joined: 27 Jul 2005 Posts: 38

i know this is bad...but Honeytoast.....HAHAHAHAH!!!

DunDunDun · Posted: Aug 09, 2005 2:22 pm Post subject:

man, just grab your balls and then follow my dsteps above
Razz