should your board be vertical or horizontal when starting?

mr.bubbles

i have only tried wakeboarding once last fall, but i liked it a lot even though i only got up once for about 30 seconds. anyway, i have been watching wakeboarding shows and everyone starts out facing squareds up with the boat with their board nose to tail horizontaly in the water. but in some intructions some tell you to start like you were already standing up with their shoulder facing the boat and their boards vertically

which way is easiest?

waterdork88 · Outlaw Joined: 09 Oct 2004 Posts: 221 City: lake placid

squared up

mr.bubbles · Posted: Mar 13, 2006 2:08 pm Post subject:

okay, thanx that is how i sarted out before, just wanted to make sure i was doing it right

surfersarah · Posted: Apr 11, 2006 2:56 am Post subject:

definatley squared up, your just making problems for yourself starting the vertical/

pilot_ryder · Posted: Apr 11, 2006 7:10 pm Post subject:

squared

alliance160 · Newbie Joined: 16 Apr 2006 Posts: 6

I always start squared, but with my front tip fust slightly higher. If you stay horizontal once the boat starts pulling you and you're trying to stand up, it just makes things harder.

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

you actually have one higher than the other on the start? I just lay relaxed in the water, i couldn't see holding one higher at all..that would take effort on my part, and i wanna save as much as i can for the set...no just gettin up.

surfersarah · Posted: Apr 18, 2006 1:45 pm Post subject:

i agree with brath5, i stay relaxed and once the boat has pulled me up onto the water I turn the board. Even the same with sitting dock starts, i keep the board horizontal until im up and going.

pilot_ryder · Posted: Apr 20, 2006 1:06 pm Post subject:

i get up with my board under the water

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

usually when i get up i'll stay horizontal to the boat for a couple seconds then throw my lead foot forward...i dunno why i just like slidin it for a bit...shows i can do it...n confuses the hell outta people in the boat that don't know wakeboarding