Wakeboarder :: w2w

freshpimp008 · Newbie Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 4

ok ive been wakeboardin for almost a year now and im still not going wake to wake... it seems that im landing 3/4 of the way across the wake... what else can i do to go w2w?

McQuesten1 · Guest

Good progressive edge, and stand tall.

ohdoor · Soul Rider Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 281 City: OKC

I was having the same problem for awhile... it wasn't until I had someone get a video camera and record me jumping that I saw what I was doing wrong. I was edging in hard and I had always thought that I standed tall when I hit the wake but after watching the video I realized I wasn't at all. After that I really over exagerated standing up at the wake and it made a huge difference. If you can get a video camera and have someone record you jumping. It really helps to see what your doing wrong so you can fix it.

Blake · Posted: May 30, 2007 10:36 pm Post subject:

Not related to the thread at all, but ohdoor; your name cracks me up! Laughing

Edit: To the topic poster, I will help you out, amigo. The w2w jump is usually the thing that takes the longest for riders to accomplish... Or so it seemed at the time. Your edge into the wake should be one in which you load the line tension. You load the line by slowly gaining speed into the wake. You also need to think of staying on edge all the way into a through the wake.

A drill you can do is take small cuts. Take a few cuts from 5' away from the wake, and really focus on edging and exploding up to create the pop off the wake. This may confuse you, as you might be thinking I am telling you to jump off the wake, but I am not. I am sure you have lifted weights in your life, and you are familiar with squats. When you explode up with the weight on your shoulders. You arent trying to jump, but forcefully put yourself in the stiff knee position. The wake will naturally make your knees buckle, so you need to fight that force via the squating technique. Now, couple that with edging the board through the wake with a loaded line, and you are going to get booted. However, the 5' cuts will force you to load the line and stay on edge. So now, do this from 10' away. After a few attempts at that, commit to it on a full cut.

I know what will happen. You are going to do it, get booted in the air, freak out, and drop the handle in mid-air. It happens to 9 out of 10 of my students, and the other 1 guy, always botches the landing. Dont worry at all, just do the drill again, and practice ever cut again leading up to the big one. This is how your day will go. Spend the day working only this drill, and a few things will happen. You will bore every passenger in the boat, you will be getting much more stamina, and you will be building a great foundation. The next trip, start the set off with this, and then start doing it ts or hs, depending on which one you did first. The third trip combine hs and ts cuts. If you start getting to good at one of the jumps, start adding a grab in. The next time, learn the 180 back and forth. You just need to stay commited to this routine.

[ends coach mode]

jplvr · Newbie Joined: 23 Apr 2007 Posts: 37

KYScrilla · Newbie Joined: 23 Jun 2005 Posts: 17 City: Atlanta

Blake
Just read your advice, thanks for putting it in "teaching terms", it really helps. I've been having this same problem for a while, but next weekend I'll definitly put your advice to work.

Goodhands · Outlaw Joined: 25 Aug 2005 Posts: 136 City: Murfreesboro

Seriously, Blake. Out of every damn set of instructions that I've read this has to be the best and most basic thanks.