Jet ski start

GoWakeboard · Posted: Jun 25, 2006 3:43 pm Post subject: Jet ski start

How do you guys start on a jet ski? In the water or off a dock? i tried to get up in the water but couldn't do it, but maybe i dont do it right.
Thanks

w2w motive · Outlaw Joined: 17 Feb 2006 Posts: 105

should be the same as getting up behind a boat...? it is for me anyway, i guess if you have a less powerful jet ski you could have problems, but it really shouldnt be that much of an issue. you could try a dock start if you want. i do have one tip for you though. if you just floor it like you would on a boat, depending on the rope length you could get hit by a wall of water while trying to get up. thats no fun

GoWakeboard · Posted: Jun 25, 2006 4:53 pm Post subject:

I have a kawasaki stx-12f (1200 cc) it has the power but i can get the nose up but i cant.....How long do you have the rope when you ride on the Jetski?

AlioWakeboard · Newbie Joined: 22 Jun 2006 Posts: 33 City: Epsom

As long as it goes. Not like you really want to be any closer to that 'wall of water' than you need to be. And, the wake gets better the further back you are.

hco · Posted: Jun 25, 2006 6:52 pm Post subject:

It is ALOT harder to get up behind a jetski, because there is not nearly enough power to give you a start quick enough like behind a boat. I recently tried getting up on a 127 makeshift wakeskate, and I strained my abs because it was so hard (I am 6.5", 170 lbs). You just have to stick with it and hold on for your life.

Chad H · Posted: Jun 25, 2006 7:31 pm Post subject:

GoWakeboard,
You may want to try tetting up the alternate way with your board pointing up and kind of standing on it.

xSugaxKanex · Posted: Jun 25, 2006 7:42 pm Post subject:

its the same as a boat you just gotta know the dynamics of getting on plane, a boat with a tower pulls you up where as a waverunner pulls you forward so you need to make sure you tilt ur board so it hydroplanes out of the water, it helps to get pulled up real slow do you get used to it

wtbamoomba · Addict Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 808 City: raleigh

i dont think it wouldever be good to "hydroplane" on the water while getting up on a wakeboard... a little too technical there jim

GoWakeboard · Posted: Jun 27, 2006 3:55 am Post subject:

ok guys thanks...So i hold on for all my life and point the board in a upward....

Catch This Wake · Addict Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 590 City: Miami

It should be the same for wave runners and boats.

However if you are shallow starting, you might wanna consider a deep water start. Should put less strain on the engine.

screwston_boarder · Soul Rider Joined: 08 Jun 2006 Posts: 342 City: Houston

getting up behind a jetski should be the same as behind a boat but it is a little harder. i have done it hundreds of times behind both jetski and boat. i've done dock starts, sitting on a dock, with my board underneath me underwater, and the old tradtional style

Jeff206 · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 27 May 2004 Posts: 1002

this might be the most retarded thread I've read at wb.com