GETINN AIR !!!

cva · Newbie Joined: 13 Sep 2005 Posts: 13 City: MONTERREY NL

hey was up people .,... i just got my new board and got rid of my seadoo waverunner ..... i got miself a wakebording girlfriend .... and a new pair of riding shorts .....

the problem is i can fly !!! tips on how i can hit the wake .... and a technic if there is one to not fall after landing !!!

thanxs ill apreciate !! Rolling Eyes

Oasis137 · Addict Joined: 21 Aug 2005 Posts: 687 City: J-Town

How long have you been wakeboarding for. Just work on your progressive edge into the wake. Go out about 10-15ft and wait for the boat to pull you back, slowly start to cut in and build your line tension. Start building up speed and maximize your line tension. Once you get to the wake you should be standing tall, so you dont absorb the pop from the wake. DO NOT TRY TO JUMP OFF THE WAKE. I pretty much just summarized the progressive edge bit on this site. Go to trick tips to read the whole thing.

Blake · Posted: Sep 14, 2005 2:54 pm Post subject:

Oasis137, Uhh, you dont want to jump the wake, but you dont want to ride in stiff as a board also. If you are familiar with lifting weights, the best way to describe it is as doing a squat. You want to explode up, but not hop... When you are at the top of the wake, dig your heels or toes into the wake to give you a little more pop... Again, just riding in all stiff will make you flatten out 80% of the time!

Oasis137 · Addict Joined: 21 Aug 2005 Posts: 687 City: J-Town

Blake, I was just summarizing the progressive edge section on this website. And it does say dont say to jump. So i was just making that clear to him.

Blake · Posted: Sep 14, 2005 7:38 pm Post subject:

Oasis137, See, you were summarizing something you know very little about... If you have to go to a website, to review how to clear two wakes, you really shouldnt be giving out much advice if any. I am not trying to attack you here, but you truely arent the one that should be explaining something. I told him to explode up, not jump. My method, which is the method of many top riders, will help you get the added pop... AND, digging your heels into the wake at the crest of the wake, will ensure that you stay on your edge all the way through it...

Again, not trying to be a dick about this, so dont get your feelings hurt...

Oasis137 · Addict Joined: 21 Aug 2005 Posts: 687 City: J-Town

I see your point. I dont have to go to the website to do it, but because the people that wrote that information are much better than i am i thought i would get that information and summarize for him. You do have a good method no doubt about it ive used it before.