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*Rachel*
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 Posted: May 25, 2006 11:38 am Post subject: Wakeboard Newb! |
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I know you probably get the same questions all the time but here goes....
I've been skiing/kneeboarding for a few years and I decided I was going to have a go at wakeboarding properly this season (I've only been on a wakeboard a few times over the last couple of years).
Anyway, first time out this season was yesterday. I was pretty crap really. I can get up fine, carve around, cut in and out of the wake. I can do surface 180s and ollies ok as well.
What I want to do is be able to do wake to wake jumps. As soon as I get any height I can't land it (My board slips out). I've cleared the wake a couple of times when I cut in really hard but with no air.
I don't know if I'm on too long a line (16-18m). What would anyone say is the best line length to start out crossing the wakes?
It feels weird to me being so high up - I mostly kneeboard so I don't feel like I'm falling from so high (even though I can get way more air on a kneeboard). I get frustrated as well cause I'm pretty good on a kneeboard - UK female number 1 (but now I'm starting out all over again on something new).
Anyone got any tips? I'm going to a comp for amateurs in 2 weeks with Matt Crowhurst doing some coaching and I kinda wanted to be ok on a board by then. |
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drdubie
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City: Lucedale, MS
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Are you holding your edge through the wake? Sounds like your may be flating out your board at the wake.
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BigMace255
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The way to get air on a wakeboard is totally different from a kneeboard. Getting air on a kneeboard, you flatten out right before you hit the wake. Getting air on a wakeboard, you hold your edge all the way through.
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*Rachel*
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| Posted: May 26, 2006 12:05 pm Post subject: |
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| BigMace255 wrote: | | The way to get air on a wakeboard is totally different from a kneeboard. Getting air on a kneeboard, you flatten out right before you hit the wake. Getting air on a wakeboard, you hold your edge all the way through. |
Yeah I think I probably am flattening off before I hit the wake.
I suppose I've got too used to cutting in on a kneeboard.
I'll try and hold the cut all the way to the wake next time I go out. See if that works.
Thanks for the help guys. |
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