Edge Through The Wake.... Standing Tall

Blind2006 · Newbie Joined: 27 Apr 2006 Posts: 4

What exactly does it mean to "edge through the wake?"

When you stand tall your board flattens, and you lose the edge, and the pop?

Is this correct, or is my concept of edge just wrong... And edge is just your speed and line tension?

lukep90 · Outlaw Joined: 10 Apr 2006 Posts: 124

no, to edge through the wake reffers to not easing off on your progressive edge when you get to the wake. when you get to the wake, keep your edge and stand a little bit taller. it will help you a lot.

thats just me

ripperchick · Outlaw Joined: 16 May 2006 Posts: 158 City: Atlanta

I'm trying to make it wake to wake and i can get kinda close but not very high. This is my first summer ever wakeboarding and I'm still learning the easy tricks. My friends tell me i should ollie off the wake in order to get more air and farther. How do i ollie and still keep an edge?

lukep90 · Outlaw Joined: 10 Apr 2006 Posts: 124

if it were me, i would forget what they say. work on cutting harder, pulling the rope in, standing tall, etc.

toughnuts88 · Newbie Joined: 11 May 2005 Posts: 47 City: middleton

man i have been asking the same question and the key is line tension the more you have the high you go. dont ollie (ollie is when you push down the back of your board and you get pop this will make you loose tension on the line) so try keep line tension everybody has a different approach

some pro will pull the rope to him at the peak and get alot of pop

but if you find out anything else write it i would like to know

Ian_82 · Addict Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 803 City: Longview, WA

the problem with ollieing is it absorbs the wake.

keep the rope in and at the hips, and hold your edge. stand tall, which really means just straighten out the legs a bit. like a flat footed jump.

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

Yeah, trying to jump off the wake defeats the whole purpose of your progressive edge.... Cut in hard and hold your edge all the way in, building line tension the whole way, then just stand tall when you get half way up the wake, you should really fly