whirly (video)

kkholiday · Newbie Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posts: 12 City: east lansing

This isnt one of my closer ones but the same thing happens basically everytime, so any advice would be nice. Also the video is on wakepics.com- sorry pat

http://www.wakepics.com/view_single.php?medid=16261

colefooter · Posted: Jul 20, 2005 1:17 pm Post subject:

The link is messed up for me?

toothpick · Posted: Jul 20, 2005 6:06 pm Post subject:

Put that vid on wakeboarder.com for good times. Doesn't work on wakepics.

david-d · Guest

looks like you need to lean a little more back while youre popping off the wake so you don't fall forwards

rhettb · Criminal Joined: 03 Jun 2003 Posts: 69 City: Raleigh

Im having the same problem with mine, I either overrotate and catch a back edge to neck snapper, or land front front heavy and fall out the front like you are doing in the video

The tip I was given (won't have the chance to apply it until tomorrow) is take the trick more up and wake to wake (as I guess you need to do as well) to minimize the lateral momentum you have. So I plan on really slowing down my approach and focusing on a more straight up pop

david-d · Guest

yeah my friend just recently learned them and he said that taking them into the flats are much harder to land, try to go wake to wake

rhettb · Criminal Joined: 03 Jun 2003 Posts: 69 City: Raleigh

I finally landed mine on Sunday - the trick for me was taking a cut similar to my 360 for the trick, more squatted down and less edge - That really slowed me down, reduced my lateral momentum and helped me take the trick more straight up, and I still landed out in the flats at 75'

Slowing it down definitely helps the landing and cuts out some of the punishers

pbfoot · Criminal Joined: 28 Jun 2005 Posts: 67 City: Grand Rapids

When you are doing a whirly i understand that you have to pull across your body so your bicep goes across your face; but i was wondering when do you do this? when i tried it i ended up pulling the rope into my body more than up and across so i didn't spin a full 360 horizontal to the water. does anyone have any tips? and do you do you look straight back like a regular tantrum or do you look with the backside spin??

Phil · Addict Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Posts: 636 City: Chattanooga

pbfoot, You can start throwing your arm before you leave the wake as long as you make sure you wait to throw the tantrum. And yes for the main part throw straight back like a regural tantrum.

pbfoot · Criminal Joined: 28 Jun 2005 Posts: 67 City: Grand Rapids

thanks phil, ill try it this week when i get a chance to go out; i appreciate the advice.