how to get more air.

wakelover11 · Posted: Sep 10, 2006 5:50 pm Post subject: how to get more air.

i get about eight feet of air each jump. what i do is i bend my knees low in the edge in and i pop them off the "ramp" of the wake. it pretty much springboards you into the air

WtSteve · Outlaw Joined: 10 Aug 2006 Posts: 112 City: Atlanta

8 feet my arse Laughing

I'm callin your bluff. Show some pics and I'll think about beleiving they arn't shopped

wakelover11 · Posted: Sep 11, 2006 3:43 pm Post subject:

just try it, youll find out it really works. its all about your timing Cool

Oasis137 · Addict Joined: 21 Aug 2005 Posts: 687 City: J-Town

pic's then ill try it

mwhit · Criminal Joined: 15 Aug 2006 Posts: 98

8 feet??!! WTF?? Shocked

dude get some pics, i want 2 see this "8 feet" it might feel that high but really its not

boarder_boy · Outlaw Joined: 15 Jul 2006 Posts: 210 City: Morgan hill

yeah show us some pics. Come on im sure you have someone to take a picture for you

Anthony Csogor · Outlaw Joined: 16 Sep 2005 Posts: 214 City: keswick

eight feet! you can fit 3 small bodies in between there. Laughing

Robert Harp · Guest

Robert Harp · Guest

wakelover11, if an indy 180 is your best trick and you're getting 8 feet of air, then your wake is 7 feet high. Rolling Eyes

thekpan · Outlaw Joined: 11 Jun 2006 Posts: 168 City: Dallas

nah.. i bet he does when i go to fantasy lake i get like twenty and do triple whirlybirds.. fantasy lake is the place to be we should all meet up sometime

Robert Harp · Guest

thekpan, PM me in advance and I'm THERE. Laughing

any Unicorns?

howabouttheiris · Addict Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 677 City: Austin, TX

I'll wait for the photos, but 8' is not impossible.

Look at the 2nd double up at the start of this video.

I'm sore just lookin' at it....

http://www.wakepics.com/view_single.php/Riding-at-WWC_wakeboarding-photos.html?medid=18960

boarder_boy · Outlaw Joined: 15 Jul 2006 Posts: 210 City: Morgan hill

way to go Ryan Anderson. Could have had some better music

thekpan · Outlaw Joined: 11 Jun 2006 Posts: 168 City: Dallas

Robert Harp, there are unicorns, leprechahns and manatees with monicles and top hats running around its so fun im headind up there fall break i think, im going to visit my uncle peter pan

thekpan · Outlaw Joined: 11 Jun 2006 Posts: 168 City: Dallas

and in that video note the double up....

Robert Harp · Guest

thekpan, peter pan?!?!? Shocked

beware of Michael Jackson!

I'll come there with you so we can sing and dance and run throught the meadow laughing and holding hands. Colorful

boarder_boy · Outlaw Joined: 15 Jul 2006 Posts: 210 City: Morgan hill

Robert Harp, Sounds manly

albinoblacksheep · Criminal Joined: 14 Nov 2005 Posts: 77

i want to see 8 feet of air!!

thekpan · Outlaw Joined: 11 Jun 2006 Posts: 168 City: Dallas

and there making a a movie called magical creatures on a plane.. with samuel jackson its so cool

mwhit · Criminal Joined: 15 Aug 2006 Posts: 98

thekpan,

mwhit · Criminal Joined: 15 Aug 2006 Posts: 98

wakelover11, i want 2 c this 8 feet, unless what u said is BS and u can only get 2 feet of air.

LakeIolaLuke · Posted: Sep 14, 2006 6:58 am Post subject:

I don't know if it's 8 feet, but I got about halfway up that mountain!

(I'm 6'2" for reference)

As for wakelover11, That's all you do, huh? thanks for sharing your secret!

mwhit · Criminal Joined: 15 Aug 2006 Posts: 98

LakeIolaLuke, Shocked

howabouttheiris · Addict Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 677 City: Austin, TX

I would love to see an open event with a high jump bar.

Run it just like the step-up contest in motorcross, single-ups only, set rope length, you pick the boat distance from the bar and the speed.

It would be nice to have a "record" to qualify the sometimes outrageous claims that folks make.

LakeIolaLuke · Posted: Sep 14, 2006 10:15 am Post subject:

howabouttheiris, yeah true, but everyone's got those claims. I swear I've seen a kid easily hit 15 ft once off a triple up, but there's no way to really measure it. even with photos it's hard to tell, cause where exactly do you draw the lines at, and you sitill have a little bit of error with the scaling.

BobbyChicken · Criminal Joined: 29 Aug 2006 Posts: 92 City: Houston

Um, you have to actually try to jump higher to jump higher. When you get your eight miles of air, or eight meters or feet or inches or millimeters whatever it was, I'd probably bet like a million dollars that you weren't cutting as hard as you could or popping as quickly as you could. Lean back until your hair touches the water (hs, at least). Even if your bald, lean back until your hair touches the water. Lean all the way through the wake and then pop. As long as your lean was good and the pop was forceful your gonna get more air. All this load and release stuff will come when actually go and try to fly. Most people, myself included, don't do what they're trying to do just because they're afraid. You should come to these forums and ask questions you you've actually tried it. Say the you can't hold onto the handle, should you duct tape it to your face. Say when you jump eight miles in the air, should you take an oxygen tank. Say the board falls off your feet when you get in the air, what should you do. Or, more realistically, say when exactly do you start your pop as you are cutting into the wake. We can tell you that it's probably not a good idea to duct tape a handle. We can tell you that you need a film crew not an oxygen tank if you're getting eight miles of air. We can tell you to get new binding. We can tell you to pop as your front foot goes over the lip of the wake. But we can't tell you how to get big air without cutting hard or what the best board for you is when we have no idea who you are. Well, we can actually, just like I can tell you how to land a double back roll nuclear to blind.

LFADAM · Posted: Sep 14, 2006 12:59 pm Post subject:

howabouttheiris, wow thats a sick vid, I dunno if ive ever seen a guy make tantrums soo easy! I mean a tantrum off a slider, geez!

LakeIolaLuke · Posted: Sep 14, 2006 1:43 pm Post subject:

Tantrums off sliders are easier than off the wake, IMO. Go to OWC if you ever get the chance, The yellow ramp makes raley's and tantrums super easy, just edge hard and throw your body back.