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x2xwakegurlx2x Guest
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Posted: Jan 12, 2003 8:28 pm Post subject: Ollie on wakeskate... |
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Whats the trick to it? i try but i barely get the board off the water. What i do is push down on my back leg and sorta just lift up. Should i push down harder or faster? and pull up more, should i bring my back leg up with the board? thanx |
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skobi1 Guest
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Posted: Jan 12, 2003 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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now dont take my word as gospel but what works for me is pushing down on the back foot first then lifting both feet bringing my knees up toward my chest, my front foot of course is a little higher than my rear. the weirdest thing is just trusting that the board will follow your feet. hope this helps. |
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Jester Wakeboarder.com Freak
Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 3297 City: Boston
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Posted: Jan 13, 2003 11:46 am Post subject: |
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Are you talking ollie out in the flats or getting air off the wake ollie? |
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x2xwakegurlx2x Guest
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Posted: Jan 13, 2003 12:20 pm Post subject: |
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ollie on surface (i ride cable, sry should have mentioned that)
thanx skobi1, ill try that, mayb eit could work for me too |
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STPHNSN23 Guest
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Posted: Jan 13, 2003 2:45 pm Post subject: |
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yes and have more weight forward so u don't slip off |
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Jester Wakeboarder.com Freak
Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 3297 City: Boston
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Posted: Jan 13, 2003 9:34 pm Post subject: |
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Well, all the mechanics of a skateboard ollie won't transfer over but some of 'em will. Skobi was right on when he said suck your knees to your chest, the board can only go as high as you lift your legs. However, the pop & drag method probably won't work. Surfers are able to do ollies by popping the tail really hard & just allowing forward momentum to level out the board. Give it a shot, let us know how it goes. |
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Sean_Brinston Wakeboarder.Commie
Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 1259 City: Alliston Ontario
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Posted: Jan 14, 2003 7:41 pm Post subject: |
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Put the weight on your rear foot when you are going up and then put a litle bit more weight on the front then the rear when your coming down, works for me. _________________ Ontario Rider
Id rather be wakeboarding
Rip Mark Kenney |
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oO-XLW4K3-Oo Criminal
Joined: 19 Jan 2003 Posts: 67 City: The Netherlands
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Posted: Jan 20, 2003 5:08 am Post subject: |
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Wakeskating is cool.. This summer i have to try it _________________ *>Got XLW4K3<* |
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Dave Barousse Addict
Joined: 11 Jan 2003 Posts: 546 City: Eugene
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Posted: Jan 20, 2003 7:50 am Post subject: |
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On a wakeskate, I don't try to snap the tail like I do to ollie on a skateboard. I try to push the tail into the water then jump up. On a skateboard you want to quickly snap the tail down. This obviously won't work on a wakeskate, so you have to use the water to create lift. The harder I push down on the tail, the higher I can ollie. It is a very quick motion and will take some practice to get it down and to stay in cotronl. Before you know it, you'll ollie over everything in your path. |
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JC. Newbie
Joined: 25 Feb 2003 Posts: 8 City: UK
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Posted: Feb 25, 2003 1:23 pm Post subject: |
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I crouch down and then jump up off my back foot and push my front foot forward once I am in the air. Another good tip that helps me, is to cut out hard and pop it when you have built up some speed. At speed the water surface is firmer underneath and so your ollie will have more pop. I see people try ut at the normal boat speed and struggle to get decent air
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x2xwakegurlx2x Guest
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Posted: Mar 01, 2003 4:26 pm Post subject: |
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hey, thanx for all the advice, i got my ollies a tiny bit better, and yesterday i learned ollie 180's, there small, but im working on getting them bigger, thanx |
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x2xwakegurlx2x Guest
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Posted: Mar 06, 2003 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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ok im back, and i need more advice, today i got my ollies a little better, i think they might even be a little bigger, and that im getting the whole board off the water, sometimes when i ollie though, my back foot kinda of lifts up, and isnt on the board, its jsut in the air while i ollie, but my front foot stays on the board, is this normal, or should my foot stay planted on the board the whole time? |
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Jester Wakeboarder.com Freak
Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 3297 City: Boston
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Posted: Mar 06, 2003 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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Make like the skateboard ollie & drag that front foot. |
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Matty C Newbie
Joined: 07 Feb 2003 Posts: 5 City: Orlando
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Posted: Mar 06, 2003 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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the way i ollie is to push my front foot down first, then almost at the same time i shift my weight to my back foot and explode off the water. when you push down in the front first wou give the board momentum. try that out a few times and see if that doesnt help. _________________ Matty C |
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BlindSide Outlaw
Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Posts: 132 City: a house, texas, wakeboarding in the Gulf
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Posted: Mar 24, 2003 4:44 am Post subject: |
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sounds all good to me, i need to work on my ollies to! _________________ ** "•.•*¨• ¤ *Wake Boarding* ¤ •´¨*•.•" ** |
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projectely4 Addict
Joined: 18 Mar 2003 Posts: 633 City: Bradenton, Florida
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Posted: Apr 02, 2003 3:36 pm Post subject: |
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ive seen some sequences of the pros and it looks like they push hard on the tail so the nose is high out of the water and the board gets back to water level and pops at the same time. it probably sounds stupid because it is hard to explain. it would be easy to explain if you had the picture in front of you. _________________ pointless crew is so insane. |
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x2xwakegurlx2x Guest
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Posted: Apr 02, 2003 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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thanx for all the help everyone, its helped, i have gottin my ollies better, i can even do ollie 180's now, my 180's arnt as big as my regular ollies, but atleast i can do them thanx for the help |
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DockSecret Addict
Joined: 14 Mar 2003 Posts: 756 City: Austin, TX
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Posted: Apr 02, 2003 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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What always helps w/ my ollies is when I have to jump over something like a barrel. Anyhoo...
There are two variations I'm hearing on how to do an ollie. Dave Barousse, do you have a really good explanation for us yet . Just wondering when you are going to get an ollie in the trick tip like you mentioned in your wakeskate post =P
http://www.wakeskating.com/phorum/read.php?f=1&i=740&t=740
or are you waiting for the SNAP instructional like I am to clarify things? _________________ Behind the boat house, I'll show you my DOCK SECRET
www.texasskiranch.com
PS - This is what part of the alphabet would look like if Q & R were eliminated. |
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Dave Barousse Addict
Joined: 11 Jan 2003 Posts: 546 City: Eugene
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Posted: Apr 03, 2003 10:30 am Post subject: |
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No...I'm not waiting for SNAP, I just need some time to do it and for the weather to cooperate. It got down to almost the 30's again last weekend and there wasn't much sun. When we finally get a nice weekend to do some filming, I'll get it on the site.
Read my post up higher in this thread. That is how I ollie and is the best way that I can explain it. |
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Sean_Brinston Wakeboarder.Commie
Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 1259 City: Alliston Ontario
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Posted: Apr 03, 2003 10:47 am Post subject: |
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In SBC Wakeboard parks says that he puts the weight on his back leg and it creates a ramp in the water, then he sucks his knees up and liftoff. _________________ Ontario Rider
Id rather be wakeboarding
Rip Mark Kenney |
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DockSecret Addict
Joined: 14 Mar 2003 Posts: 756 City: Austin, TX
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Posted: Apr 03, 2003 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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Dang, hope you get some nice weather soon Dave.
I wonder how that 15 yr old wakeskater does it, supposedly I hear he does his kick flips more like a skateboarder, so I wonder if his ollies are anything more like a skateboarder too. _________________ Behind the boat house, I'll show you my DOCK SECRET
www.texasskiranch.com
PS - This is what part of the alphabet would look like if Q & R were eliminated. |
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x2xwakegurlx2x Guest
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Posted: Apr 03, 2003 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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ya, i was looking at how he did the kickflips in the new wakeboarding mag, it looks like he does it like on a skateboard, he drags his foot up, and kicks out like on a skateboard, but hey, what ever works for him must be doing good, he looks like he is awsome |
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