getting up

bteat88 · Newbie Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 38 City: athens

is it hard to get up? and how exactly do you get up?

DavidHoff · Posted: Aug 03, 2004 1:06 pm Post subject:

It is harder for some people than it is others. Some are naturals and some need to apply a lot of effort. There are a ton of threads so if you want more info it will be easier and more worth it to search but I'll try an explain the basics. Just remember to let the boat pull you up. Don't get over anxious and stand up when you feel the boat pull because your board will sink and you'll get pulled over. Stay in a ball with your knees bent, arms straight and when the boat pulls you up turn your board slightly until you get going. Sit on the ground on your butt and have someone pull you up and its similar feeling.

Chad H · Posted: Aug 03, 2004 8:08 pm Post subject:

And adding to what he said its as if your sitting on the ground and someone is helping you get up.

Blindside_137 · Posted: Aug 04, 2004 7:04 am Post subject:

bteat88 · Newbie Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 38 City: athens

is ti like getting up when skiing, cause i can ski pretty good

simland · Posted: Aug 04, 2004 7:57 am Post subject:

SKiing on one ski is harder to get up on than a wakeboard.

aloharodeo · Posted: Aug 04, 2004 8:08 am Post subject:

so you haven't tried yet bteat88? Go ahead and try, and if you have trouble come tell us what's happening.

PortlandBrder · Soul Rider Joined: 18 Apr 2004 Posts: 352 City: Portland

I leaned dock starts before deep water starts. I did it backwards

Numberone_Newbie1 · Criminal Joined: 26 Jul 2004 Posts: 73

People that start out wakeboarding with dock starts have some nasty falls. I saw this one guy do a faceplant in the water and you could hear his face hit the water 1/4 mile away when the boat tried to pull him off of the dock. It was some funny stuff

bteat88 · Newbie Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 38 City: athens

I can get up on one ski good. does that mean that i could prob. get up on a wakeboard?

wesgardner · Posted: Aug 04, 2004 9:59 am Post subject:

Hey bteat88,

From what I recall of skiing, getting up on one ski was WAY harder than getting up on a board. Just go out and play with it and laugh alot - do what the others have suggested and it'll happen for you...

Wes

bvilleboarder · Newbie Joined: 11 Jul 2004 Posts: 38 City: Bartlesville

Skiing is nothing like wakeboarding.. like seriously.. its not.. umm gettin up solomn(one ski) is not to much harder than gettin up on wakeboard... but i have skied much longer than I have wakeboarded..
Daniel

Shifter · Newbie Joined: 30 Jul 2004 Posts: 37

Trust me - as long as you do the stance people have stated, it's much easier getting up on a wakeboard. The boat does all the work and you just sit there. Also, I can wakeboard for a much longer time compared to water skiing. You are much more on top of the water, so there is much less pull from the rope(boat).

wakeboarder55 · Outlaw Joined: 01 Jul 2004 Posts: 202 City: nor cal

as long as you do what others have stated and dont stand up to soon you'll do fine. its alot easier than you think.