teaching the tantrum, slow the boat?

AndyAndy · Addict Joined: 09 Aug 2004 Posts: 660 City: cutchogue

im trying to teach a friend to tantrum but hes to freaked out to try it at his normal riding speed (20.5 mph) cuz wenever he falls he gets so messed up. Do you think it would be a good idea to slow the boat down to 15 or 16 mph and have try it just 1 wake so he could learn the rotation and throwing it without getting beaten if he stalls out upside down?

listen2cky · Posted: Aug 16, 2004 11:12 am Post subject:

you really can't get a good progressive edge at 15-16mph. That is way too slow and he'll never be able to get enough speed to pop off the wake and trip himself. Tell him to stop being a wuss and deal with it. I've taken some bad falls while working on tantrums but you deal with it and suck it up. If he's afraid of the trick he will never be able to do it until he conquers the fear.

Blindside_137 · Posted: Aug 16, 2004 12:41 pm Post subject:

yea, just ho atleast 18 but 15 is waaaaay to slow: no air, no edge, no trick

colefooter · Posted: Aug 16, 2004 1:32 pm Post subject:

i say go 19 then, dont let him back in the boat if he doesn't try one at that speed

Twisted Evil

wakeguy2008 · Addict Joined: 16 Jul 2003 Posts: 847 City: Ft. Myers

go 40.

that way when he falls nothing can hurt as much as that.

am i right?

lol

hyperrider · Addict Joined: 06 Aug 2003 Posts: 613 City: Edmonton

haha do as colefooter says

HatzicMotive140 · Soul Rider Joined: 18 Jul 2004 Posts: 261 City: abbotsford

yah what we do is when the guy tells us to slow down we slow daown a bit the speed back up so he thinks he is going slower but actually goign the same speed...

flukdfilms · Posted: Aug 17, 2004 8:00 pm Post subject:

dont slow down. get him to practice backflips on a tramp for hours at a time. its incredible how much getting used to the rotation will boost his confidence.

wakeguy2008 · Addict Joined: 16 Jul 2003 Posts: 847 City: Ft. Myers

flukdfilms, yeah i cant explain how much a trampoline helps on the water.colefooter, nice advatar lol.
HatzicMotive140, we do that alot.lol.

wakebored · Posted: Aug 18, 2004 6:27 am Post subject:

Keep the boat the same speed. Tell him to think more about the pop first then the rotation. If you wait on the pop, everything else comes easy. Make sure he opens up too, meaning square your shoulders up with the wake. Put some time in on the trampoline like the other guys said. Make sure you look straight back and not over your shoulder or you will start to spin. I did all this and was landing tantrums on my 4th try and i have never had a bad fall, and i suck.

AndyAndy · Addict Joined: 09 Aug 2004 Posts: 660 City: cutchogue

alright he did it and actually was planting them and then falling on the 3rd try
hopefully heel land one on his next outing....thanx for the advice

savage3221 · Posted: Aug 19, 2004 9:52 pm Post subject:

landed one on the third try..no bad falls, no slowing down. but I have been on trampolines for years and they really help out with knowing where you are in the air.