throwin a raley

[lostsparrow]

so i've been watching some vids of some raleys lately, and with a boatfull of girls today, i finally got up the guts to try one. Well, i ate crap, but i definetly got the feeling that i could get em down in the future.

I took a ridiculously hard cut at the wake (HS), and at the peak of the wake, i kind of just threw my front leg up and behind me. I definetly got the full extension on it, but i think the kick with my leg also caused me to roll over on my back, which made for a not so pretty landing. Sorry i couldn't get a vid. Forgot my camera today. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

[LakeIolaLuke]

you don't need to throw your front leg up. you should be edging so hard you'r almost perpendicular to the wake, and building your edge the whole time. You edge should be hardest going up the wake. Right befor you take off, really lay into it, and let your body snap behind you. You shouldn't have to do much to go out the back, the pressure of the water should do it for you. make sure you look at the boat the whole time during the trick, if you look down, that's exactly where you go. Also, you dont have to "break the handle over your knees" like some people say, just pull down and your body will return to upright.

[ty540]

So here's the thing with raleys. You want a hard edge, but you don't want to be edging so hard that you can't control your pop of the wake. The MOST important thing is to build up a lot of line tension. This is what will enable you to get full extension, which is the key to bringing the board back under you.

[lostsparrow]

thanks for the help guys. i watched the raley section in the Detention dvd about 15 times today. hopefully i can stick it next time out. I'll be sure to get some pics of it too.

[devon]

your supposed to be ablw to go way into the flats before you try a raley
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[QNev]

This is one of those tricks where hesitation will f**k you up. Have your progressive edging down and build line tension to make the most of your pop. Then hit the wake with an even pressure on both feet while standing a bit. When you hit the lip, I found bowing your head a bit helps get your legs back there. When you need to pull in, try to snap the handle over your front knee.

[martin pearce]

what about off a kicker on a cable ive bn tryin to do them. but when you edge hard to a kicker you get a slack rope so unsure of the method of doin them in this case????

cheers

[LakeIolaLuke]

martin pearce, same as doing them off the wake, but the launch and release is easier, because your timimg doesn't have to be so precise. Just make sure you let your body extend out and up. If you hit the kicker hard and don't release your body, you'll go upside down and hit the water on your back

[martin pearce]

cheers. bn practicin throwin my body out on my rope on the trampoluine this wk time to puta big effort in at the wkend

[OuachitaWaker]

this isnt a cellphone, dont post like that

[martin pearce]

it isnt a english exam so i post how i like!!!!

[Pconn5]

It isn't an english exam for us either but we all type fine. Its called taking some time. If it isn't an english exam then why do we have to try to correct your spelling to interpret what your saying.

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[Epic]

[LFADAM]

Dude! Chill out. Its not the end of the world if it takes you .4 seconds more to read a post. Im sure whereever you have to be so urgently can wait .4 seconds. And also, many people on this site are from other countries where english is not their first language. Cut them some slack. As long as its comprehensible then dont whine about it.

[Pconn5]

It just be nice if people took some time to read what there posting sure maybe it is readable with very little thinking but just take some pride and look at what you are typing i can see typos but this is just lack of caring and if you can't speak good ebglish then mention that or reply with that comment not some "i post how i wanna post deal with it" comment. I just don't think it is neccessary to completely lack caring.

But lets just get back to the topic of throwing down raleys. I personally have no experience with raleys since i can't even go wake to wake yet but i will soon only going to be my second season (really only tried to jump 4 times so far) trying tricks. Good luck on the raleys lostsparrow and get some video of it.

[LFADAM]

Pconn5, I agree with you, I like to use commas, punctuation, and sometimes capitalization...but some people don't. It's not the end of the world, just read it and move on. If it is impossible to understand, then ask them to post again and reword it. No big deal.

I agree, complete thread jack, back to raleys! Try them on a wakeskate! Itll ease the falls and help you get the motion down without killing yourself.

[Pconn5]

Is doing a raley on a wakeskate meaning just cut at the wake as you would for a wake to wake jump and then jumping off the skate and moving your body as a raley without the board? I never really understood the concept.

[QNev]

Pconn5, Got it. It's just less risk of the board dragging and dislocating your knee. But you might lose your shorts...

[lostsparrow]

[Pconn5]

Sorry about that. Its not an english exam here.

I will try to use periods and commas from now on. Any luck on the raleys?

[martin pearce]

yep back to the topic. i dont like the sound of the raley on a wakeskate sounds un fun

[LakeIolaLuke]

martin pearce, It's a lot more fun than a few hard diggers on a wakeboard. trust me on that one

[lostsparrow]

i haven't gotten a chance to head out to the lake again yet. I've tried to put a few trips together, but everyone's always workin.

throwin a raley off a wakeskate seems super sketchy. The last thing i need is to get nailed in the junk by a runaway wakeskate

[colefooter]

lostsparrow, when you do a raley with a skate, it will shoot way behind you before you even land. I've done it several times, your junk will be safe

[~Last Summer~]

martin pearce, If you are getting slack in the line before or while you're hitting the kicker, that means you edged out too early. You have to wait and time your edge later and harder so you will almost be releasing off the side of the kicker (Outside corner). This way you still have tension in the line after the release (while your in the air).

[martin pearce]

[nickl011]

Epic, OuachitaWaker, way to flame the british dude

[LFADAM]

LFPIMP, well that would work if it was almost any other country, but they still speak english as the official language in Britain.

[nickl011]

LFADAM, but still, its like those other guys are flaming a mexican because he doesnt speak english.

[zombeh]

asking advice typing like an idiot getting flammed still getting flammed more flamage

[jhilly8982]

somone once posted that cable riding was the same thing as barefooting on a boom...i agree.

As for raley's it would take a boat full of topless girls for me to do a raley again, to impress them of course...but the trick really teaches you how to have some balls going into the wake...i think i am getting old

[OuachitaWaker]

a full boat of topless fat girls, gets u titties and natural ballast

[QNev]

OuachitaWaker, But you're supposed to LOOK at the boat!

[OuachitaWaker]

oh ya that might be a problem.... just cover them in trashbags so they look the part of fat sacks and staple pictures of hott naked chicks onto the bags

[martin pearce]

landed my first raley today off a kicker