Video - 1st raley attempt

ayrej2 · Newbie Joined: 04 May 2006 Posts: 10 City: Poole

Everyone likes a good crash huh?

Here's my first attempt at a raley. Funny how any sort of edging technique goes out the window when your mind's on the wipeout about to happen.

At least I got it flat (lots of commitment then) until I dropped the bar and did the front flip! Very Happy

enjoy

http://media.putfile.com/Raley-71

Ed

BigMace255 · Soul Rider Joined: 07 Mar 2006 Posts: 271

Just from what I saw, it looked like you completely flattened out right before you hit the wake.

If you pause it, it looks like you flattened out, killing your jump. It's good you got way out in the flats, better than wussing out and not getting anywhere.

Keep it up! Very Happy

snowmonkey · Outlaw Joined: 30 Jan 2006 Posts: 103

dude that was wicked
i started them but havent gotten anywhere

PMart · Outlaw Joined: 12 Apr 2006 Posts: 113

dude there isnt like any wake haha

QNev · Posted: May 09, 2006 8:54 pm Post subject:

Ahhhh it won't play...

ayrej2 · Newbie Joined: 04 May 2006 Posts: 10 City: Poole

Yeah, straight away when I watched it I noticed I backed right of the edge quite a bit before the wake.

The thing that finished it though, was when I went to pull the bar back in, the line seemed pretty slack (probably cos I stopped edging Rolling Eyes

) and I just kept rotating round.

And yes, the wake is tiny. Fatsacks are on the way but I don't think it's ever gonna be great on that boat. Ahh well, sometimes you just gotta make do with what ya got!
Ed

Rocket · Outlaw Joined: 11 Jun 2004 Posts: 127

ayrej2, you're from Poole? Is that Poole in the UK?

willc · Criminal Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 81

1. No offense, but your wake sucks
2. You might want to get better at getting more air first
3. Don't let off your edge, at all!

ayrej2 · Newbie Joined: 04 May 2006 Posts: 10 City: Poole

Rocket: Yeah, Poole UK. The world's second largest natural harbour! (apparently)

willc: lol, I agree the wake isn't good, no offence taken. I've been experimenting with ballast, and I think I can clean it up a lot. I've never actually ridden on a proper wakeboat, so to be honest, I don't know what I'm missing. There's lot's of wake shops with boats round here, so you can get a slot in one pretty easily. I'm quite tempted to, but I fear if I do, I'll never want to go out in mine again.

Ed

kuehn · Outlaw Joined: 21 Sep 2003 Posts: 186 City: London. UK

Ed you should go get some lessons somewhere if you can. raleys suck for injuries and really pool harbour isnt one of those places i would like to take a bad one. I went there myself many years ago and broke down outside poole and drifted in to a beach....a sandy beach.....ear its a nudist beach! yer u guessed it, studland bay, lovely place though. Back to going behind a wakeboard boat, can be quite intimidating and that wake wants to launch you straight up, you wont know whats hit you. You can look up the british waterski federation website and that will give you all the venues. I know its a way to travel but a trip to quayside near farnborough. its a great day out with a pub overlooking the lake too. you will see some awesome riding with britains best going down there to train sometimes.

That wake sucks yer its small but you cant have everything and im sure its a lovely boat. Hope you can do stuff like tantrums which would be quite easy behind a small wake, if you cant then give them a crack first. Have the same go for it attitude and it doesnt take long.

Good luck whatever you try.

marcuskg · Posted: May 19, 2006 7:43 am Post subject:

the vid isnt playing for me aargh. well im all the way up north in manchester Smile

3 UK riders in 1 topic, that has to be a record.

ayrej2 · Newbie Joined: 04 May 2006 Posts: 10 City: Poole

Ok, here's a different link:

http://www.wakepics.com/view_single.php/1st-Raley-attempt_wakeboarding-photos.html?medid=19018

Studland bay, awesome name for a nudist beach huh? Pitty everyone's a little past it down there!

With regard to the raley's I kitesurf a lot, and can get em really flat behind the kite, but it's so much easier cos the pull point is high and you've a lot of time. But I figured, what the heck and gave it a go behind the boat.

I'll definately give the tantrum a go though. Seeing a clip of someone doing one off the flats has given me some more motivation.

Ed

Cajun · Newbie Joined: 08 May 2006 Posts: 20

Tantrum in the flatts???

Wheres that clip?!?!

ayrej2 · Newbie Joined: 04 May 2006 Posts: 10 City: Poole

It's in another post in the tricks section

http://forums.wakeboarder.com/viewtopic.php?t=57300

The vid link is:

http://www.wakepics.com/view_single.php/Summer-05-_wakeboarding-photos.html?medid=16635

Ed

willc · Criminal Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 81

That's called a Bel Air.

irish_rider · Soul Rider Joined: 30 Apr 2005 Posts: 257 City: Dublin

hey fair Bubb Rubb to you for doing one off that wake. i was trying to learn a backroll of a wake a bit bigger than that. took me the guts of a year

Bstich · Newbie Joined: 11 Jun 2006 Posts: 6 City: coppell

dude, if u have a wakeskate learn the motion of a raley off of the skate and when ur comfortable with that try it again on the wakeboard. thats how my bro learned his.