ollie help..lmao

hyyperlitesonofabitch · Outlaw Joined: 31 May 2006 Posts: 132 City: Seneca

ok, I've seen pros and amateurs do ollies and get 30 inches easy... but no matter how hard i pop or how much i load, i only get like 6....I'm riding a POS Hyperlite board, and I'm 5'11" and weigh 160-165 pounds. I ride behind a 2000 Super Air Nautique at 19mph... is that too slow?

BigMace255 · Soul Rider Joined: 07 Mar 2006 Posts: 271

I hear at higher speeds, the water is "harder," and it lets you pop much higher.

TP83 · Addict Joined: 31 May 2006 Posts: 739 City: Woodside

but at higher speeds you still need to push down harder.

phantom268 · Posted: Jun 02, 2006 5:12 am Post subject:

One thing that helped me is I was always kinda crouching down on my ollies and it was killing my pop out of the water. Keep a tall position, much like when jumping the wake, and it will help to push you up and out of the water alot easier. Once I started maintaining a good body position I at least doubled or tripled my height on my ollies. I was having to push so hard it was completely throwing my balance off and I would usually wipe out, but now I'm getting alot more height and keeping a good position so things are much easier. Just try to stay tall, then push down with that back leg. You doing them in the flats or behind the boat? I usually cut out HS and build speed, flatten the board off just a second, and then pop the ollie. Maybe that will help you.

hyyperlitesonofabitch · Outlaw Joined: 31 May 2006 Posts: 132 City: Seneca

yea, me too. thanks for the help yall. i cut out into the flats and get some speed. I'll try it in ~ 30 mins, along with that backroll and 360 i gotta land. peace.

RC4 · Outlaw Joined: 23 May 2006 Posts: 115 City: Central VA

I have only been wakeboarding a month, and I tried to ollie without success. I was an avid skateboarder as a kid, but I'm wondering how different the technique is on the water. Can somebody describe how to ollie on a wakeboard? I'm assuming that I want to flatten the board, push down with the rear foot as I simultaneously lift the front foot. Then, once the the front half of the board is airborne, I should pull up the rear foot. Is this correct or do I have something wrong? How far should I bend my knees to start?

hco · Posted: Jun 07, 2006 1:37 pm Post subject:

hyyperlitesonofabitch · Outlaw Joined: 31 May 2006 Posts: 132 City: Seneca

well done hco. that is correct-imundo. good luck with boarding RC4.

Mackr0s · Criminal Joined: 14 Sep 2005 Posts: 84 City: Plano, TX

I find pre-loading the front foot just a little before you slam the back foot down gives you extra pop on the ollies.

hyyperlitesonofabitch · Outlaw Joined: 31 May 2006 Posts: 132 City: Seneca

i'm gonna give that a run tomorrow morning mackr0s