body slide?

surfinggrrrl · Newbie Joined: 09 Sep 2005 Posts: 7

Anybody ever tried a body slide(leaning all the way backwards on the water)? What do you do with the handle? above your head? Anyone get both fins out of the water? What boat speed were you going?

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AndyAndy · Addict Joined: 09 Aug 2004 Posts: 660 City: cutchogue

hahaha thats so old school i love it. There used to be a video on here of some old guy doing a 360 on his back. I just tried to find it but it didnt show up. Ive never tried it though. My guess would be regular speed. when ive seen it done the people cut out heelside, let go with their rear hand and just sorta fell back and let themselves drag. if u really wanny try something cool, take a surfboard, sit on it with your feet on the sides, and have the boat drag you. Once you hit about 25 mph you can begin to stand up and barefoot ski. Thatd be the best bet for learning a back slide. Barefoot skiing is sick

AndyAndy · Addict Joined: 09 Aug 2004 Posts: 660 City: cutchogue

hahaha thats so old school i love it. There used to be a video on here of some old guy doing a 360 on his back. I just tried to find it but it didnt show up. Ive never tried it though. My guess would be regular speed. when ive seen it done the people cut out heelside, let go with their rear hand and just sorta fell back and let themselves drag. if u really wanny try something cool, take a surfboard, sit on it with your feet on the sides, and have the boat drag you. Once you hit about 25 mph you can begin to stand up and barefoot ski. Thatd be the best bet for learning a back slide. Barefoot skiing is sick

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

jflo452, there is no way anyone is going to barefooting at 25.

Evacool · Newbie Joined: 21 Jun 2005 Posts: 21

Yeah, more like 40.

jason608 · Newbie Joined: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 13

The video of the guy doing the 360 slide is still here, Its sweet I saw it the other day. It"s a lot like a "tumble turn". If you do it off a hard cut you increased speed so the boat speed dosen't have to be increased a ton for this manuver I doubt, but it probably wouldnt' hurt having the boat going a bit faster. I haven't done one in forever but the key to the barefoot tumbleturn is pulling the handle straight to your hip to complete the spin. The easiest way to do the trick is off a boom. Barefoot speed varies depending on weight. I weigh 205 & go full throttle 47mph give or take a couple.

wakejumper17 · Outlaw Joined: 25 Aug 2005 Posts: 234

i read a story about a guy who was doing that and went right through a buoy, sliced it like a chainsaw. it hurt so bad he was off his board for a week and had to get 10 stitches. good luck

LFADAM · Posted: Sep 11, 2005 1:03 pm Post subject:

Ive done the surfboard thing and barefooted and I was going about 25-28 and still did it. Ok so I was 120 lbs then but for an amateur just to learn you dont have to go 40-50 mph.

tinymonkey · Outlaw Joined: 11 Aug 2003 Posts: 162

i dunno about that, there is a 9 year old girl that barefoots at the camp i work at, ways probably 50-60 pounds and goes 28 off the boom, mayyybe you could barefoot at 28 off the boom at 120lbs but not behind the boat

LFADAM · Posted: Sep 11, 2005 5:05 pm Post subject:

tinymonkey, Ive done boom and behind. (For about a couple hundred feet Laughing

) It may be easier faster but if you lean back enough kinda like a wakeboard you can go a lot slower. Im a wuss, I just dont want to fall at 40 mph!

DunDunDun · Posted: Sep 11, 2005 5:23 pm Post subject:

LFADAM, obvisoly not, face plant at 40, youd prolly liek start bleeding

jason608 · Newbie Joined: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 13

http://www.frontiernet.net/~tdreyer/howto/speed.htm

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

is that really a good way to learn? using a surf board?

Flight Pilot · Newbie Joined: 02 Aug 2005 Posts: 3 City: Napoleon

barefooting speed= body weight in lbs divided by 10 plus 20mph so at 200lbs/10=20+20=40mph....trust me barefooting at 25mph bullchit.

Flight Pilot · Newbie Joined: 02 Aug 2005 Posts: 3 City: Napoleon

barefooting speed= body weight in lbs divided by 10 plus 20mph so at 200lbs/10=20+20=40mph....trust me barefooting at 25mph bullchit.

spicychalupa69 · Criminal Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Posts: 72 City: Woodbury

Flight Pilot, is right my dad and brother both barefoot and my dad is probably 210 lbs and my brother is probs 180, both barefoot at 41 on PP

rm_standard · Criminal Joined: 04 Mar 2005 Posts: 57 City: Chicago

im 170 and i barefoot at 38-39. theres to Bubb Rubb way ur up at 25....ive been at at least 34 since i was 12....

wake_quake · Posted: Oct 04, 2005 10:16 pm Post subject:

the way i was taught was to lay on ur back floating in the water. and cross ur legs over the rope and arch your back. wait until the boats speeds up enough so that you skim on the water. then uncross your feet and plant em in the water. if water is spraying in your face you are going to slow, if your feet slip out you are going to fast. anyway when u get good at barefooting its not that hard to skim on ur arse/back etc

rm_standard · Criminal Joined: 04 Mar 2005 Posts: 57 City: Chicago

wake quake got it exactly right. only thing i would change is the crossing ur feet over the rope thing, i jus use my toes...its a lil dangerous to put ur whole foot over the rope cuz if it slips outta ur hands and for some reason gets ur foot its gonna hurt...

finkle · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 4067

wake_quake,rm_standard, you still need a footin suit though to keep afloat. With a wet suit, you sink too much and a vest has way too much drag.

rm_standard · Criminal Joined: 04 Mar 2005 Posts: 57 City: Chicago

yea, but thats a given...lol its possible with a wet suit...jus hard as hell...