height on w2w jump

Hockeykid026 · Newbie Joined: 11 Oct 2005 Posts: 10 City: bradenton

i just started this summer and their is this guy who wakeboards where we do. he is good he is an instructor. the kid he is teaching learned 4 inverted tricks from him going on 5. he told me that when i get 2 the top of the wake to act like i am standing out of a chair. how soon should i start to get out of the chair.

Jim M · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 17 Jan 2003 Posts: 2933

Stand tall as you leave the wake-- kind of like springing off a diving board or trampoline.

surfersarah · Posted: Jan 03, 2006 3:56 pm Post subject:

like Jim M said you need to time it so that you are stood as tall as possible when you reach the peak of the wake. Time it so that you are at your tallest at the top.

ScarecrowTrey · Newbie Joined: 09 Oct 2005 Posts: 25 City: hartsville

start standing when you are mid ways through the wake.

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

Are you sure that's the problem. I think any one will tell you that's the icing on the cake for a little more air I can strait leg a w2w higher then most of my friends. The standing tall is not near as important as the angle and form of attack. My bet is your riding up the face of the wake and standing tall is not going to get you where you want to be. You need to look at the form first and then worry about standing tall.