can anyone help me with a slim chance?

holdsworth

i am wanting to try a slim chance sometime this week or next week and just need a little bit of a step by step explanation to help me with it or just any tips. i can do a HS mobe, so the handlepass isn't a problem for me and i am extremely comfortable with mobes and handlepass inverts. i just want some basic tips. thanks in advance.

kyle · Guest

ohio_wake_2008, I don't do slim chances but one of the kids i ride with does, and the main thing with a slim chance is pulling off the wake. A slim chance and oddly enough a pete rose are pretty much the same trick comparing ts to hs (i realize that everyone who reads this who is no where close to trying this will think im crazy) and i can definately tell you how to do a pete but for a slim chance, it is all about pulling the rope down and hard RIGHT OFF THE WAKE because the front turns it into a really slow spin, you must exagerate how hard you pull because it will get stuck and the board will STOP at around oh lets just say 270, HAHAHA, and i have seen the repercussions of this. You got some testicles dude, this and the ts r2b are two of the hardest falls and this one takes the cake. GOOD LUCK MAN, I am too afraid to ever try them (its funny because beginners think raley falls are bad yet they have never tried a mobe) but i think you can do it

kyle · Guest

Actually, you just made me decide to try them...I don't even do hs fronts because i dont want to blow out my knees but im going to try the front mobe, i just thought about it while dropping a duece and i think it could be a really fun trick. I'm trying mine monday, we'll see who gets it first, CONTEST ON!!!!

holdsworth · Posted: Jul 23, 2006 5:31 am Post subject:

kyle, i won't ride for a few days though. i want to take maybe a 3-4 day break since i rode al last week and got worse as the week went on Laughing

. it's going to be interesting with the falls if they are as bad as you say.

oh and with that pete rose...i didn't bother to try and go for the grab Very Happy

kyle · Guest

ohio_wake_2008, its not that they are really bad, its that you go big do them and it just hurts (ankles) and if you catch an edge. You did a pete? NICE!!! The slim chance should be easy for you then

holdsworth · Posted: Jul 23, 2006 10:04 am Post subject:

kyle, lately i've found out that mobes are easy for me Laughing

with the crow mobe, hs mobe, and now the pete, they aren't that hard to do.

i worked on a whirly for a set, but i could never get the damn rotation around. i would've landed it probably if i got the last 180 in Mad

kyle · Guest

ohio_wake_2008, yeah whirly's are a biatch for me too. ive never worked on a tramp so i just cant figure out that last 180 in the rotation

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

kyle, I'd get on the tramp for sure and learn em. I can't do them on water but I never would've tried before trying it on the tramp. First few times were weird on the tramp, but now it's just natural and I can spin em all day even to 7.

The few times I've tried on the water though, I've spun to blind like you mentioned, basically I think it's because I didn't have enough slack in the rope and it just slowed the rotation right down at the end.

tristanmx7 · Criminal Joined: 12 Jun 2006 Posts: 53

Can someone post of video of a slim chance so I can visualize it.

Craig-R · Guest

ontrider, you don't need slack in the rope for a whirly, you want tension on it when you leave the wake, if there's too much slack then you won't get all the way around either

holdsworth · Posted: Jul 23, 2006 2:04 pm Post subject:

Craig-R, ...and then it will get wrapped around your head and you will die Very Happy

you don't really want SLACK, you just want a little tension so it's easier on yourself to pull the rope across your chest and make it look nice and clean. if i do a trick, i make sure that it will look clean, not just huckin it.

tristanmx7, a slim chance is a heelside frontflip with a frontside 360. it's easy for me to think of while doing it, so try to picture that. i have slight difficulties picturing it from a passengers view in the boat, but i think it'd be sweet.

if i find a video, i'll post it.

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

Craig-R, I always thought it was easier to take it straighter up so the rope isn't super tight. I don't mean a ton of slack, but I thought it was easier to spin with the loose rope and a really tight line would stall the rotation.

NorthwestRider · Posted: Jul 23, 2006 9:47 pm Post subject:

ohio_wake_2008, Have you tried Moby Dicks? I am not super comfortable doing mobes of any kind, but I can stick the Moby Dick. So they should be pretty easy for you.

holdsworth · Posted: Jul 24, 2006 4:44 am Post subject:

NorthwestRider, i haven't tried them yet. i have my tantrum 2 blinds perfected but haven't gone for the extra 180. i might work on a late hs bs 360 and give it a shot...would it help me to do those late though?

NorthwestRider · Posted: Jul 24, 2006 7:11 am Post subject:

ohio_wake_2008, If you can do any kind of bs 3 it will help. Mine come around really late so the late 3 might help you. They are pretty simple, I just do a tantrum, look over my shoulder and do the handle pass right off the wake. After you get the handle pass, it just comes around. Try them, the falls aren't bad either.