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HHI Dave
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 Posted: Sep 24, 2006 12:32 am Post subject: Hit my first double up today...ZOINKS!!! |
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We took my buddy Matt's 28' parasail boat out today. Another buddy of ours (Toby) came along too. Toby used to run a wakeboard charter locally taking tourons out wakeboarding and waterskiing. He was a wealth of knowledge and (among other things) taught us the double up.
All I can say is "HOLY CRAP!"  I got more height and more distance today than I ever have before. Managed some indy grabs(hey, I'm a newb) and a tail grab. I actually managed to go W2W and landed it clean twice. I also pulled off a nosedive and faceplanted so hard that I came completely out of my Torqs for the first time ever. Ouch! 
Anyway, I just wanted to share that. It was a great day. Part of the reason why I have fallen in love with this sport is that every time we go out, there is some sort of an improvement or milestone. What a great way to spend a day.
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Justin 25
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| Posted: Sep 24, 2006 6:04 am Post subject: |
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Haha, nice. The double up definitely does give you more air, did you get any pics or videos of it?
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| Posted: Sep 24, 2006 9:06 am Post subject: |
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| never tried a doulbe up is it easy to create one. |
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jayjames
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| Posted: Sep 24, 2006 11:44 am Post subject: |
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| whats a double up? |
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Justin 25
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| Posted: Sep 24, 2006 12:44 pm Post subject: |
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It's in the glossary, When the boat circles around and cross back over it's own wakes at about a 90-degree angle, the wakes converge causing the resulting wake to be twice the size. This is the Double-Up. If the rider times it right, they can edge in and hit the Double-Up, which will give them more air then normal.
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RC
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| Posted: Sep 24, 2006 1:14 pm Post subject: |
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i busted my parks bindings on a double up the other day
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| Posted: Sep 24, 2006 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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| kind wrote: | | never tried a doulbe up is it easy to create one. |
yeah, the boat just's crosses its own wake. It's kinda hard to get the timing right and hit the D-up though.
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| Posted: Sep 24, 2006 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Xanadu wrote: | | kind wrote: | | never tried a doulbe up is it easy to create one. |
yeah, the boat just's crosses its own wake. It's kinda hard to get the timing right and hit the D-up though. |
thats what i figured.. timing would be hardddd. |
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HHI Dave
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| Posted: Sep 24, 2006 11:59 pm Post subject: |
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| kind wrote: | | thats what i figured.. timing would be hardddd. |
Yeah, timing is definitely a big part of it. Once the boat made the turn, I focused intently on the wake I was about to cross over. I edged out on my toes and counted the "waves" we crossed over our own wake. I rode over #1 and #2 and then edged in off the back of #2 to hit the wake heelside just as it connected with wake #3. Just like being shot out of a cannon! |
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| Posted: Sep 25, 2006 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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| anybody have a graphic showing the route to take to get a double up? |
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HHI Dave
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| Posted: Sep 25, 2006 8:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Justin 25 wrote: | | Haha, nice. The double up definitely does give you more air, did you get any pics or videos of it? |
Nope, no camera that day. We were just focused on riding. 
| barelfly wrote: | | anybody have a graphic showing the route to take to get a double up? |
http://www.wakeworld.com/wake/theDoubleUp.asp |
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| Posted: Sep 25, 2006 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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Now time to learn the triple-up!
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| Posted: Sep 26, 2006 9:13 am Post subject: |
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thank you sir! |
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| Posted: Sep 26, 2006 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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| if u r hitting duble ups, y r u posting in the beginner section? |
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HHI Dave
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| Posted: Sep 27, 2006 2:19 am Post subject: |
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| d22 wrote: | | if u r hitting duble ups, y r u posting in the beginner section? |
Because I'm a newb of course. Just started wakeboarding in June. And this thread is about hitting my FIRST double up. |
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| Posted: Sep 27, 2006 7:05 am Post subject: |
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| LakeIolaLuke wrote: | | Now time to learn the triple-up! |
holy GOD no.... that'll tear your boat up. 
A friend of a friend SUPPOSEDLY ripped off the back of his Malibu driving a triple up... he had the wake wedge al the way down. I don't believe it but damn.... |
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Justin 25
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| Posted: Sep 27, 2006 2:19 pm Post subject: |
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RC, send them back and get new ones. 
Robert Harp, I highly doubt that happened. 
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| Posted: Sep 28, 2006 4:43 am Post subject: |
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| Justin 25, I know. I have stupid friends taht tell BS lies. hence why I used the word 'supposedly' |
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