As a rider how do you HIT a double up?

bhamglassman · Soul Rider Joined: 21 Jun 2005 Posts: 338 City: Bellingham

I can time hitting the double up but how do you keep yourself from getting launched into the air off-axis. When I time the double up perfect I feel like i'm getting shot out of a cannon and i end up losing the handle and landing on my side or stomach. how do you prevent going off-axis?

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

is riding through the rollers on your cut towards the wake much trouble? What do you do to ride through them

Kampus-slide · Addict Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 527 City: Tucson

how do you even hit double ups...

ive never tried Rolling Eyes

shaggyboarder · Posted: Jul 09, 2005 6:59 pm Post subject:

Have something on your mind that your gunna do when edging in for the roller... if you just edge into it not planning on doing anything you will most likely get thrown off like that. or if thats not the case you could try just doing a huge grab or something. another note if your getting launched bigger than you like you can aim for a differnt roller, i think the first roller is usually the smallest hope this helps later

bhamglassman · Soul Rider Joined: 21 Jun 2005 Posts: 338 City: Bellingham

My bro messed up driving most of the doubleups today, he hit most of them at like a 130 degree angle so i was riding DIRECTLY over the rollers Rolling Eyes

but when he hit one at 90 degrees once I hit it perfect and landed in control on the other side of the wake. It was fun watching everyone's faces when I landed
Shocked

Doubleups are one of the coolest feeling things... ever... Now I just need to land a Dup 360... Very Happy

Anyways if you've ridden enough to be able to handle a double up, riding over the rollers are not what you are concerned about. They are not a problem, the concern is timing the doubleup so you dont ride through the pockets between the doubleups (there are pyramids where each roller hits the wake, and holes in between each roller where there is pretty much no wake).

Buddybud · Outlaw Joined: 25 Nov 2004 Posts: 106 City: Ottawa

If find that the hardest part is keeping a good edge going over the rollers. One of the reasons for that is because the boat is also going of the rollers and the tip of my pylon is swaying back and forth. When it sways, the rope tension changes from high to low and it's really hard to keep my speed. Any thoughts?

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

You don't need a ton of speed on a double up. Take a short progressive approach like the distance you would on a backroll and if you do it properly you'll get launched.

Kewlboarder27r · Soul Rider Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 497 City: Mound

well i was having the same prob but figured it out there so much fun now how bout a triple up