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tan-man
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 Posted: Aug 03, 2006 11:33 am Post subject: toeside edge |
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hey all this is my first post =),
ive been wakeboarding for like 6 times i could edge heelside pretty well. but on my tyoeside i can only get like 5 feet out of the wake. ive read alot about edging but i still cant do it. so PLEASE help and also if i toeside edge wit one hand does it help to edge better then with 2 hands?  |
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jpminter
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Joined: 28 Jun 2005
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City: Richmond, VA
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| Quote: | | When learning heelside everyone talks about progressive edge and standing tall. The exact same principles apply to toeside. The biggest thing I find people have trouble with is doing a true progressive edge toeside. The word progressive means consistently changing, and so the strength of your edge should be changing throughout the whole cut. Many people who are not comfortable with TS generally start off their cut toeside then about 10 or 15 feet from the wake they stop the progression and just hold the same edge strength through the wake. The problem with this is that once the progression of edge strength stops the line tension begins to decrease because all you are really doing is just coasting into the wake. So my biggest suggestion is to take a smaller maybe 15-20 cut but focus on having that edge strength increasing the whole time. There is a large misconception that as long as you don’t flatten off and hold your edge that you are doing a progressive edge, this is not true, it has to remain getting stronger the closer you are to the wake. You can hold your edge at a certain strength without flattening off, so tell me what is progressive about that?, nothing. The point I am stressing is in order to get good pop you need line tension and to get line tension you need a proper PROGRESSIVE edge. Now as for standing tall it is a little different than heelside. When doing it heelside you are already square with the boat so in its basic principle you are extending you legs while riding up the wake. With toeside it is difficult to ride in with a bent knee approach and straiten your legs to stand tall. It can be done this way but is much harder. It is best to cut in with a tall standing approach. This will save you from having to properly time the extension of your legs while riding up the wake, and contending with the handle at you back hips and the thousand other things you have to deal with when jumping toeside. Instead of trying to stand up from a bent position to tall while riding up the wake approach the wake in a tall position and think about driving your hips straight up to the sky as you are riding up. This will force you to load you rear foot as you ride up the wake and will promote the proper mechanics of standing tall at the peak of the wake. Overall try to work on a proper progressive edge and using your hips and trying to lift them to the sky at the wake. If these two things are done properly, and providing the rest of the basic mechanics are in tact, you should be able to get plenty of pop on your toeside edge |
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Fossilfuelburner
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Joined: 29 Jul 2006
Posts: 36
City: San Jose
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| Posted: Aug 03, 2006 2:31 pm Post subject: |
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I had the same problem when I was learning. I couldn't get to the right side. The trick is to just lean against the rope. That will take you as far out as you want to go.
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Nooga678
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Joined: 17 Jul 2006
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City: Chattanooga
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| Posted: Aug 04, 2006 3:37 am Post subject: |
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I am having the same problem when riding switch. I am leaning like a mother, but still cannot get more than 10 ft from the wake. I understand the question about doing it one handed because it feels like my front(?) hand on the handle is what keeps my body from twisting more allowing me to aim my hips further from the boat.
I appreciate the progressive toeside quote and have read it in another topic, but we are talking about cutting out away from the boat on the ts edge, not coming back and trying to get big air on it. Anybody else have the problem? Any suggestions? |
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