jumps?!

[icyberbujas]

so i just recently started jump ing and ui finially got a couple of feet!! WOO HOO(haha not much i know but it's still exciting) so now how do i get more air and better distance. i tried to get some better height and i kept catching the enge of the board and needless to say my family got quite a laugh out of the amount of faceplants that occured during my attempts.so any wayz any tips will help!!!

[Coop]

ive just started jumping too and im getting some pretty good air now coz if this good advice.
edge out hard, then drift in for a couple of seconds then edge really really hard. as u hit the wake stand up tall sticking ur chest up and out and hold the line tight in to your hip. then just bend ur knees as u hit the water to absord the landing. keep looking up coz if u look down ull go down.
good luck
coop

[ozwest]

Thanks Coop. I'll try the looking up thing. I've knew about the standing tall thing and constantly have to remind myself so I don't bend over and mess up. In snowboarding we were always taught to look for your landing. This has followed me into wakeboarding and I think it might be part of why I'm crashing on my landings? Who knows...needless to say...I'll be trying your heads up thing the next time I'm out.

[Love2Fly]

I would just say, don't try to edge in too hard. It was recently brought to my attention that the reason I wasn't getting as much pop as I would like was that I was coming in too fast and the speed was eliminating some of my pop. The last couple of times I've gone out I've tried to come in easier and I have had to let out the rope another 5' as a result!! But, yeah, definitely softer landings help to not crash on landing when you do start getting some air

[icyberbujas]

hey thanx for all the tips. i went out yesterday and i almost can do a W2W jump now. so everything is going good. i guess now all i need to do is practice some more!!