Wakeboarding Ollie

WakeBoarRder180 · Guest

Can anyone give me some tips on Olling on a wakeboard. Last summer i tried and could hardly get the board out of the water. We didnt have a tower last year but we are gettin one this year. Will i be able to do it easier?

wesgardner · Posted: Feb 27, 2004 7:22 pm Post subject:

[Hey b]WakeBoarRder180[/b],

Head over to "Trick Tips", alotta good stuff there...it ain't as easy as just trying to jump up...

Wes

bluefish86 · Posted: Feb 27, 2004 8:45 pm Post subject:

The tower will help a little, but barely any.

Ollieing is simple. All you need to do is push down with your back foot. It's easiest to learn if you start by playing around. Just try pushing the back of the board down a little, and feel how it pops back up. Keep doing that over and over again, pushing a little harder each time, until you're actually getting air. Once you can do that, it's just a matter of being able to keep your balance while pushing down harder.

Once you can ollie comfortably, you can start working on the finer points that help add height, like keeping the line tight while pushing down.

Fredrick Eisenhauer · Posted: Feb 28, 2004 7:51 am Post subject:

When you get your balance sorted, and you have good technique. Try pushing down with your back foot and pulling up with your front foot, as you get to the peak of your jump you should push down your front foot to level out the board. That helped me get higher then usual, I've gotten about 1 metre or so with out a tower using that technique.

jeffrey_25 · Addict Joined: 05 Oct 2003 Posts: 811

1 meter? That's huge!

finkle · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 4067

jeffrey_25 · Addict Joined: 05 Oct 2003 Posts: 811

Buoys? I don't know about the your lake but at the one I'm on the buoys are 0.5 ft off the water...at the most.

ben746 · Addict Joined: 04 Aug 2003 Posts: 560

those slow wake or caution buoys is what i think they are talking about

darty · Addict Joined: 18 Mar 2003 Posts: 522 City: Lexington

yea...that's what he's refering too. They're usually about 3.5 ft off the water, so he's right in saying around a meter.

Fredrick Eisenhauer · Posted: Feb 28, 2004 9:14 pm Post subject:

Yeah thats not a huge ollie. I'm not sure how high the pros can ollie but it'd be much higher then that. Does anyone know?

ben746 · Addict Joined: 04 Aug 2003 Posts: 560

i have a pic of chad sharpe doing about a 4 ft. ollie it looks like

HyperRash · Posted: Feb 28, 2004 9:59 pm Post subject:

post it

platinumsubstance · Criminal Joined: 22 Feb 2004 Posts: 92 City: Austin

ya i'd like to see that

Sportster4Tec · Posted: Mar 01, 2004 6:37 pm Post subject:

It also helps to do kind of a "preload" ollie. Take a small jump then when you land load your front foot and pop down your back foot. When you jump it helps seperate your board from the water and gives you a little more momentum.

finkle · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 4067

Sportster4Tec, basically kinda like building your bounce on a trampoline.

Sportster4Tec · Posted: Mar 01, 2004 7:19 pm Post subject:

Yeah, exactly

darty · Addict Joined: 18 Mar 2003 Posts: 522 City: Lexington

Tru. thats how I do it to Sportster. Works really well...just like on a trampoline but kinda like bouncing one leg before the other (i guess is the best way to put it)?

jeffrey_25 · Addict Joined: 05 Oct 2003 Posts: 811

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