Please Help me with this bad habit!

ScottyB_RochNY · Addict Joined: 09 Jun 2004 Posts: 971 City: Rochester

Ok, Whenever I go HS wake to wake, about halfway I let go of the rope with my back hand, and it just kinda flings in the air like I'm waving to the boat. Then when I land, I'm all hunched over forwards like I'm bent over at the hips. Does this hurt my air? How to stop it besides some ducttape?! IS this a common problem with beginners? HELP

THanks thanks

_Scott

cuttinbutta-2 · Newbie Joined: 02 Sep 2004 Posts: 6

dont be gay and have some style

ScottyB_RochNY · Addict Joined: 09 Jun 2004 Posts: 971 City: Rochester

Brilliant, thanks for the help :rollseyes:

SB_Boarder · Posted: Sep 02, 2004 3:08 pm Post subject:

letting go with your back hand will not hurt your height, as long as you a re pooping correctly off the wake (Standing tall and pushing the handle down to your hips with both hands). It will actually help you learn grabs, cause you will be used to having one hand on the rope. Just keep practicing...style comes with practice just like everything else in wakeboarding

ben746 · Addict Joined: 04 Aug 2003 Posts: 560

poop?

savage3221 · Posted: Sep 02, 2004 5:27 pm Post subject:

I do the same thing..and I just grab the board whenever I just go with a straight air. you just have to learn how to hold the rope into your hip onehanded so that you do not get off balance and land funny or wreck

bradb · Outlaw Joined: 09 Jan 2004 Posts: 204 City: Parksville

Like the others have said, you really want to focus on keeping the handle in close to your hips. It doesn't really matter if it is one hand or two on the handle. Generally, when the rope gets pulled away from you in the air and you are landing bent over, it is a very unstable position. If you don't land perfectly, you will have no place to go but down.
If you land with standing tall with the handle in at your hips, even if you don't land quite right, you can "give some rope back to the boat" by letting your arms out and/or even bending over a bit to generate yourself some slack and give you some time to regain your balance before the boat pulls you over.
Good luck.
B