Taking tantrum wake to wake

tommie_tantrum · Outlaw Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 102 City: South Africa

Just wondering if anyone could help me out. I just recentley learned a tantrum and am keen to learn some variations on it. Trouble is when I do the tantrum I always tend to send it quite low and flat and have pretty hard landings in the flats, it looks kinda like the way a lot of the girls do them in videos, I dont seem to get an up and down pop. Any suggestions? Thanks.

Blindside_137 · Posted: Sep 29, 2004 2:42 pm Post subject:

you could be edging to hard, just edge like you would going w2w

mcmarbles · Newbie Joined: 22 Sep 2004 Posts: 44

I found that the best way to go higher is to switch your edge at the top of the wake and try to pop up instead of over. If you do it right, this will send you up and into the trick. Also, it helped me to look at the wake for as long as I could before I switched my edge. Hope this helps. Confused

Blindside_137 · Posted: Sep 29, 2004 3:11 pm Post subject:

mcmarbles, i hope your not saying to go t heelside into the wake and then switch to TS???

mcmarbles · Newbie Joined: 22 Sep 2004 Posts: 44

Don't go toeside, when I said switch your edge, I meant when you hit the top of the wake, you should be opening up and squaring up your board which will give you the "pop" that you need to get high.

tommie_tantrum · Outlaw Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 102 City: South Africa

Thanks, I know what you mean about switching the edge a little later, i think im switching early and am in a hurry to throw the flip so im not getting 100% of the pop.

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

yeah it sounds like you might be switching early. Also work on pumping the transition so when you come into the dip in front of the wake pump down and then up the wake. The more you square up your board the higher you'll go (vs distance).

mcmarbles · Newbie Joined: 22 Sep 2004 Posts: 44

If you look at the wake for as long as you can, this may help you to time it right. You will definitely feel the "pop" when you are doing it right. Sometimes I leave the wake too early and don't get the height that makes the trick that much easier..

Brit Rider · Posted: Oct 11, 2004 11:08 am Post subject:

yeah the trick with a Tantrum is to snap your edge as you come up the wake. youneed ot edge hard at the wake, but once you come up it, turn your board fairly aggresively toward the boat and throw your head backward.

Don't think about what you are doing too much.. just do it! Very Happy

(If that makes ANY sense!)

roundbaywakeboard · Posted: Oct 11, 2004 2:26 pm Post subject:

The biggest problem people have is that they let off their edge too early. Ride out the full height of the wake or your height will lack and landings will be harder. Don't rush it.

ben746 · Addict Joined: 04 Aug 2003 Posts: 560

one of my friends can only go w2w if he does a tantrum.

Tyler~Moore · Posted: Dec 21, 2004 9:28 am Post subject:

tommie_tantrum, you might be taking the "trip" too seriously...Many people edge super hard and square up and "trip" off the middle of the wake and it send them low and far. Ive found it you think less about the actual "trip" and edge for a high w2w jump, and square up at the very last second you will have a good looking tantrum...hope this helps

south · Posted: Jan 04, 2005 2:00 pm Post subject:

Sounds to me that you are hucking the flip and consequently throwing yourself back.

Cut in hard, back off the edge at the bottom of the wake, not before, and stand tall. Dont think about throwing your head back, its really not necessary. Think about pushing your chest up. By thinking up instead of back, you will be more likely to take the flip up than out.

Dont forget to ride all the way up the wake.