tips on landing w2w 180

elmerfudd · Outlaw Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 223 City: Ft. Lauderdale

I started wakeboarding a month ago and I have been riding 6 hours every weekend and i have started to try w2w 180's. I can get the rotation and clear the wake, but everytime i go to stick the landing, the board slides out from under me and i land on my butt. I have tried over 30 times and i'm so close but i just cant get the landing. Any suggestions?

Eric2929 · Criminal Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Posts: 70 City: Marblehead

That's what happened when I first tried them. When you land, keep riding away from the wake. So if you are regular, do a HS W2W 180, then your right foot is in front when you start to go down the wake, keep riding away from that wake. If you try and stay straight the board will go down the wake and you won't, causing you to fall on your arse.

madtekniques · Outlaw Joined: 23 Jun 2005 Posts: 156 City: Toronto

#1 issue is under rotation with HS w2w 180s. If you assure that you do a full 180 rotation then you should land riding away from the wake on your toe edge like .Eric2929 mentioned. If you land flat bottom then you are going to continue to wipe out each time.

elmerfudd · Outlaw Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 223 City: Ft. Lauderdale

thanks. i see what you mean.

DadKid · Outlaw Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 140 City: Ottawa

Two suggestions:
1) Practice toeside progressive edge switch to get used to landing on your toes
2) Don't look down 'cause that's where you'll end up. Try looking at the topd of the trees on the shore you're crossing towards. I had to totally think about this or else I'd land and watch my heels slide out from under me.

SouthWaker · Posted: Apr 11, 2006 6:28 pm Post subject:

Your not going to land it if you don't learn to ride switch. It all related back to the basics.

brath5 · Outlaw Joined: 06 Jul 2004 Posts: 222 City: Winnipeg

one problem i had with the 180s besides not edging out toeside when landing is i didn't fully rotate my upper body...let go with the back hand and make sure u get ur shoulders inline with ur feet while landing on the toeside edge

xSugaxKanex · Posted: Apr 13, 2006 3:37 pm Post subject:

like they said, kinda land with ur weight on ur toes a little bit so ur riding away from the wake, i had the same problem but that cured it for me

elmerfudd · Outlaw Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 223 City: Ft. Lauderdale

Cool thanks for the help everybody.
I have a video of me And i've been riding for a month. Check it out.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=644128827&n=2

deepcove · Soul Rider Joined: 15 Mar 2004 Posts: 296 City: Vancouver

elmerfudd · Outlaw Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 223 City: Ft. Lauderdale

ya i think i'm going to try going small cause i tried it again this weekend and i still cant get it. But thanks for the advice.

brath5 · Outlaw Joined: 06 Jul 2004 Posts: 222 City: Winnipeg

yah man ur not rotating enough...when u land u need to have ur board facing the way ur goin...i had the same prob..i wasn't gettin it right around...just spin it another 45 or so n you'll have it. i'm likin the lil surface 1's basics first (especially riding switch) and make sure to get the progressive edge down. looks like ur letting off ur edge on the way in n not extending the legs when u launch...keep that edge right through the wake...it should get harder n harder as u get closer to the way...keep goin man..

lukep90 · Outlaw Joined: 10 Apr 2006 Posts: 124

look up. that is what i think will fix it

elmerfudd · Outlaw Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 223 City: Ft. Lauderdale

Ya i noticed that i was only rotating 90 and thats why my board was sliding out. But I'm going to Ski Rixen this weekend for 4 hours and I'm going to work on all my basics like the edging and riding switch and some ollie 180's.

brath5 · Outlaw Joined: 06 Jul 2004 Posts: 222 City: Winnipeg

sounds like a plan..before i had my 180's dialed in i was doin hop 180s out in the flats...carve out heelside to a decent distance so ur still edging then do a fs hop 180...it'll get u used to landing on ur toeside edge n riding it away switch with one hand..(if u let go).

pilot_ryder · Posted: Apr 19, 2006 5:08 pm Post subject:

if you havent already learned 180 surface or ollie 180's try them

elmerfudd · Outlaw Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 223 City: Ft. Lauderdale

i have got surface 180's down but i still need the hop 180's. Also gonna work on inside out 180's

Donkey_Wakeboarder17 · Criminal Joined: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 61 City: Okay

one wake 180 will help a lot on your w2w 180

money_mike · Criminal Joined: 26 Mar 2006 Posts: 67 City: phoenix

yea dude if you progress the right way and learn everything in order it will go so much faster. for example i tried a one wkae 180 one time and ate stuff. then i learned surface and ollie 180's and then did it no problem