A dilema

airboarder · Posted: Jul 05, 2005 3:41 am Post subject: A dilema

Okay, I am so mad at my parents right now.

I haven't wakeboarded yet, but I am so obsessed with learning all that i can possibly learn about wakeboarding before i can wakeboard. I'm trying to train the muscle that will help me with wakeboarding, like kneeboarding. I like kneeboarding and I'm hooked with riding the wake.

I tried water skiing. I hate it. And guess what? My parents won't get me a wakeboarding - they won't even let me ride one - until I can learn to water ski. ARGH! They tell me that skiing is easier than wakeboarding. ?!?!?!?!

a) How would they know that if they have never wakeboarded?
b) My heart is into wakeboarding. I don't care how hard it is, I'm going to do it and get back up on my board. Skiing, on the other hand, I hate it soooooooo much, and is i fall, i scream, have a fit, and curse at the water, the boat, and the skis.

If I can argue my way through avoiding skiing, then I guess I'm going to have to go through with it. And learn is. *cringe*

So what do you think? Is skiing easier than wakeboarding? Would it be best to learn skiing before wakeboarding, or best just not to bother with skiing?

pointblank12 · Soul Rider Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Posts: 313

Make a deal with your parents. Tell them that if you can get up on ski's, then you can buy a wakeboard. Mr. Green

WickedClimber · Outlaw Joined: 26 May 2005 Posts: 157 City: Annapolis

personally i think wakeboarding is easier but not nessecarily the tricks... this is my first season in 5 years and on my second time out i got butterslide 180s easy. i still cant get up on skis and i got up on my wakeboard my first try.

but then again i got up my first try on skis 5 years ago and couldnt get the board out of the water with my friends wakeboard

Blindside_137 · Posted: Jul 05, 2005 5:12 am Post subject:

when i first tried skis a couple years ago i never got up, but last year when i bought my board i got up on my first try and was pretty smooth through the water.

i agree with WickedClimber,

airboarder · Posted: Jul 05, 2005 5:20 am Post subject:

I ALMOST got up on the skiis yesterday, I was at least in a crouch, but then I did a face plant and I got water up my sensitive nose, so I was done.

I'm kind of scared of trying to water ski, mostly because I have an overactive imagination and I have it in my head that I'm going to break my leg or do a split that really hurts or something. But......I'll try that deal with them. My birthday's coming up, and I know they are going to tell me to "wait until my birthday" to get a wakeboard. I know I can stand up on skiis, but I don't think it'll cut it. They are going to want me to be able to do tricks and learn how to steer and all those things that will come completely useless for what i really want to do, which is wakeboarding.

Oh well, kneeboarding and skiing until then.... Puppy Eyes

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

airboarder, I skied for 8 years before I wakeboarded. And let me confirm it for you that it does indeed suck. I was so bored I would just try to jump the wake on a slalom ski (could get about a foot of air too). Learning how to get up on a waterski will help you a little to get up with wakeboarding but not much after that. Wakeboarding is not necessarily harder to get up, some people find it easier, others struggle more.

It sounds like your parents are probably just waiting to get you one for your birthday and are encouraging you to ski so you can get the feel for it while you don't have a board. In which case just be patient. My parents never bought me a board. I didn't start wakeboarding until I could afford to buy myself one.

WickedClimber · Outlaw Joined: 26 May 2005 Posts: 157 City: Annapolis

when you try and get up on the skis you said you did a faceplant... did the tip of your skis dig into the water or did you just fall over? cuz you should prolly lean back a bit either way... maybe just save up a bit and buy it on your own if you can, otherwise good luck gettin it on your b-day

airboarder · Posted: Jul 05, 2005 6:00 am Post subject:

lol, thank you. Whatever I did, I went in face first. I think I did more of a flip. I fell because I hit a little wave, and I think I did dig my skis in, dunno. I was too angry at my parents for making me ski.

WickedClimber · Outlaw Joined: 26 May 2005 Posts: 157 City: Annapolis

lol i would be too if i was you. when theres little waves try to bend your knees w/ them so that your knees are like shock absorbers... it should help

airboarder · Posted: Jul 05, 2005 8:10 am Post subject:

Ah, I forgot about that.

I also have another question i just thought up.

I think I'm goofy-footed, but I'm not sure. It seems more comfortable than regular, and I've tried to skateboard before and I had my right foot forward. When I use a skooter, I push with my left and my right stays on the board. Also, when I kneeboard i tend to keep a habit to put my right knee before my left. So.....goofy?

WickedClimber · Outlaw Joined: 26 May 2005 Posts: 157 City: Annapolis

yeah i used to think that i was goofy cuz i rode a skateboard w/ my left foot foreward and all my friends rode w/ there right but now i know its regular so yeah if you wakeboard w/ your right foot foreward thats goofy

airboarder · Posted: Jul 05, 2005 8:55 am Post subject:

Yeah, I was thinking that. I didn't want to get the wrong board.

I heard that if you stand with your feet together and have someone push you from behind then the foot that goes forward first is your lead foot. If that's true, then I'm both regular and goofy.

WickedClimber · Outlaw Joined: 26 May 2005 Posts: 157 City: Annapolis

well first i dont think there are switch boards you just switch around the bindings. also ive never heard of that but i dunno it might be true, basically just do whatever feels best

airboarder · Posted: Jul 05, 2005 9:04 am Post subject:

Okay, then goofy it is.

I was just saying that maybe I can do either. When I shoot a gun, I'm left handed, but I do just as well right-handed.

WickedClimber · Outlaw Joined: 26 May 2005 Posts: 157 City: Annapolis

handed-ness doesnt make a difference its whatever foot you feel more comfortable with forward. and you might be able to do it both ways, most people can but one way is more comfortable.

airboarder · Posted: Jul 06, 2005 3:46 am Post subject:

CaRoLiNa Girl · Newbie Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 16 City: Raleigh

Goin back to that whole stance thing, I know what your talkin about. After i bought my first wakeboard, i got home and tried to figure out what stance was best for me so i could adjust my bindings. I eventually drew to the conclusion that goofy was best for me. Next day when i went out (my first time wakeboarding ever), as soon as i got up and pulled the board forward into the regular riding possition....it felt totally wierd. So then later when I got home, i just switched the bindings around to regular footing and that felt a lot better next time i went out.

Basically it doesn't hurt to test around and see what feels better. It's pretty much a matter of trial and error i guess.

Oh and when you start, (whichever footing you choose, doesn't really matter), i found it easier if your back foot's binding is set at a right angle to the board, and your lead foot's is set a few clicks in the direction towards the tip of the board, then its alot easier getting up at first. Once you progress and get better, you can move the lead foot's binding back at a right angle or whatever feels best.

good luck

keep it real,
~Meg

airboarder · Posted: Jul 06, 2005 7:16 am Post subject:

Eeee, thanks!

WickedClimber · Outlaw Joined: 26 May 2005 Posts: 157 City: Annapolis

yeah... i have my bindings set up like \ / but not that much at a angle... i think its easier that way

airboarder · Posted: Jul 07, 2005 4:12 am Post subject:

Well, my dad is so supportive of me, but my mom isn't quite so. She keeps telling me things that i know but i don't want to hear, like "It will be a while before we can get a board" Duh, i know that. "Our money is tight right now." "It's either school clothes or a wakeboard." I can't choose with that! "We are going to get a board for both you and your brother to use." !!!!!!!! Who was the one that offered to buy most of the board with her own money? Who is commiting herself to the sport? Of course I'm going to let him use it, but she doesn't understand that I'm getting this board for me. My brother weight 2/3 of my weight, and he's a foot shorter than i am. He needs a kid board. When he wants to commit himself, then he can go to my mom. Geese...

I can't argue with her either. She starts an arguement by saying "You and your brother will have to share the board." Then I start saying "I'll let him use it, but remember, it's mine..." "DON'T ARGUE WITH ME!!!!"

*throws a fit*

WickedClimber · Outlaw Joined: 26 May 2005 Posts: 157 City: Annapolis

that sucks but was one of the same things for me. my bro is like 80pounds and im 115 which is a pretty big difference but he can still use my board. he just wont be able to do many tricks

airboarder · Posted: Jul 07, 2005 7:33 am Post subject:

I'll just try to only talk to my dad about wakeboarding. My brother COULD NOT get up on the skis, and he's quick to quit, so i'm hoping that he wont even want to wakeboard, and say it's too hard.