Got me some air finally

slvrbullit · Newbie Joined: 08 Aug 2005 Posts: 5 City: Alabaster

here is a pic that was taken this past weekend. Critique my form please and tell me what can be improved, will try and get a pic fo me hittin the top of the wake before take off. We were working with no ballast due to the high gas prices.

ckligor · Soul Rider Joined: 18 Feb 2003 Posts: 454 City: A-town

We need a video ro images that got you where you are in the image to help you

HyperRash · Posted: Aug 17, 2005 10:19 am Post subject:

HyperRash · Posted: Aug 17, 2005 10:20 am Post subject:

PeeDeeRider · Criminal Joined: 31 Jul 2005 Posts: 77

congrats

Zito · Criminal Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Posts: 58

I think you can still pretty much tell that you are keeping your knees bent while going off the wake, absorbing the pop. Try standing up much earlier, you should be literally standing straight up when you reach the top of the wake.

slvrbullit · Newbie Joined: 08 Aug 2005 Posts: 5 City: Alabaster

yea, thats what I figured Zito, thanks.

pooser · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 4738

you didnt stand tall and probably flattened out.

KristianB · Posted: Aug 18, 2005 2:01 am Post subject:

Blake · Posted: Aug 18, 2005 6:30 pm Post subject:

Eric2929 · Criminal Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Posts: 70 City: Marblehead

Progressive edge and pop, that's all there is to jumping and it looks like u are doing neither

wake09 · Criminal Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Posts: 71

just jump off the wake the big problem with me is that i just let the wake do all the work which dosent get you across the wake pop off the wake and land.

Azruial · Newbie Joined: 09 Aug 2005 Posts: 28 City: Charlestown

If you want air, watch the progressive edge video in trick tips on this site. I always watch instructional videos full-speed first, then go int manual (frame-by-frame) mode and really study it, then go full speed again. Good luck, and lookin' good!
BTW, your starting earlier than my dad, he was 44 years old when he started!

nan0 · Criminal Joined: 08 Aug 2005 Posts: 55 City: San Jose

wake09,
consider using a period occasionally to mark the end of a sentence or thought. The wake should do all the work for you. I've only been out 3 or 4 times since learning about the correct way to hit the wake, and I'd say that the wake does 90% of the work for me. I cut, leave my knees slighly bent but stiff, and keep that position up off the wake.

slvrbullit,

check out this thread for some tips on progressive edging -
http://forums.wakeboarder.com/viewtopic.php?t=46910

A little experiment for you - take a cut at medium speed with no intention of clearing the wake. when you hit the wake try jumping (flexing legs, pushing off to get height). Then do it again, but as you approach the transition keep your legs stiff (not straight, but stiff) and just let the wake throw you. I think you'll find that you get more pop (air) compared to when you try and force the jump. Now add a bit of speed when cutting towards the wake and you'll get the distance.

WhoUBe · Outlaw Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Posts: 130 City: Spokane

Welcome to the world of flight. congrats.

Addammer · Newbie Joined: 29 Jul 2005 Posts: 46 City: Millbrook

Aim for hitting the wake at a 90 degree angle (cutting harder)

pooser · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 4738

Addammer, no offense but imo this is bad advice. it is IMPOSSIBLE to hit the wake at ninety degrees.

wake_quake · Posted: Sep 11, 2005 9:25 pm Post subject:

legs staighter. handle lower. weight even over both feet. look at the pylon.

Vampyre · Addict Joined: 12 Oct 2004 Posts: 622 City: Ooltewah, TN

Cool, congrats! Wake_Quake, : Shouldn't you be looking at your landing, not the pylon? I ask because in the videos I have seen (Waketrix, Detention, Higher Education), I believe that they always say to "spot your landing" , or to look at the horizon across the wake.
I think his handle position is OK, it IS at his lead hip, in flight.
But it does look like he is definetly absorbing the wake with the bent knees.

LFevo138 · Outlaw Joined: 28 Aug 2005 Posts: 147 City: Grand Rapids

yea definitly spot your landing