180/Switching help

c-boy · Posted: Sep 06, 2006 11:39 am Post subject: 180/Switching help

im still kinda newbie at the sport but my latest thing is attempting a 180 w2w so some help there would be appreciated

also when i go switch i have alot of difficulties going back to regular i tried before when i took the fins off and i did it with ease...but once i put the fins on everything kinda went downhill

any help would be appreciated

Justin 25 · Addict Joined: 29 Aug 2006 Posts: 797

Surface 180's are near impossible with the fins on, anyway, i prefer to keep the fins off because it teaches much better carving.

mwhit · Criminal Joined: 15 Aug 2006 Posts: 98

do u have a strong toeside jump?

wakedjs679 · Outlaw Joined: 15 Aug 2006 Posts: 105

c-boy · Posted: Sep 07, 2006 6:59 am Post subject:

I know its easier to do without fins but I share a board with my freind and were always on a limited time frame so I can't really ruin his run by taking them off then putting them back on

My toeside jumps are alright but im still kinda sketchey on them

And its probably because youve been doing it for a while so you know what you are doing

mwhit · Criminal Joined: 15 Aug 2006 Posts: 98

ok then try a toeside 180. the toeside 180s r so much easier cause u land on ur switchstance heels. remember to take of on ur toes and land on ur heels. tell us how it goes later.

Justin 25 · Addict Joined: 29 Aug 2006 Posts: 797

wakedjs679, oh, but don't you kinda have to fight the water a bit with that kind of resistance?

c-boy · Posted: Sep 07, 2006 1:58 pm Post subject:

alright thanks man..im just trying to get as much info as i can cuz i only have like two weekends left

thanks for the input

c-boy · Posted: Sep 07, 2006 1:59 pm Post subject:

what about ollie 180's?

how do you get the height you need to do it?

thekpan · Outlaw Joined: 11 Jun 2006 Posts: 168 City: Dallas

keep it all on your heels man, kick your heel around and lean back.. you should slide around, i learned on a board with huge fins (1.7) and then borrow my friends .5 inch ones and could do surface 360's my first try, so if you can learn with fins on it will be better in the long run peace

mwhit · Criminal Joined: 15 Aug 2006 Posts: 98

edge out hard into the flats on ur heels or toes and then lean forward, then lean back and ollie. u should feel that pop when u lean back.

c-boy · Posted: Sep 08, 2006 12:08 pm Post subject:

what do you mean when you say ollie?

like push down on your back foot?

or try to just jump?

mwhit · Criminal Joined: 15 Aug 2006 Posts: 98

both, push down on ur back foot and when u feel that force puching u up,
jump.

c-boy · Posted: Sep 08, 2006 1:07 pm Post subject:

thanks man

Justin 25 · Addict Joined: 29 Aug 2006 Posts: 797

Make sure you load the line before you ollie though, as in the line has a lot of tension.

c-boy · Posted: Sep 08, 2006 2:32 pm Post subject:

thanks man..if i had a raised rope would it help...i know people say it dosen't really matter
but for what im trying to do would a higher rope help?

tprkolbas · Outlaw Joined: 30 Dec 2005 Posts: 184 City: white lake

you might want to look into getting some shorter fins - i have pulled off surface 180's with fins as big as 1.25" (rainbow bat wings), but they are much easier with the obrien glock fins i have (.5" and .75"). they aren't cheap - usually about $20 each, but well worth it.

wakeboardingismypassion · Newbie Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 41

i can do 360s on the water easy with fins on its just about doing the spin quik dont hesitate halfway through, it also helps to be on the wake and your fins wont catch thw water.

c-boy · Posted: Sep 11, 2006 6:42 am Post subject:

ya thanks..i use to ride like1.5's but now i tihnk there about .75's i can tell its gotten easier since i switched them but i still have problems so i guess this weekend after getting all this info ill be able to do it

c-boy · Posted: Sep 11, 2006 6:43 am Post subject:

when do you start the turn once your going w2w 180's?

mwhit · Criminal Joined: 15 Aug 2006 Posts: 98

ok i had this problem a while ago, u wait ntil u are at the peak of ur jump then u turn the board into a 180. ull do the same thing for a 360.

c-boy · Posted: Sep 12, 2006 11:50 am Post subject:

so like close to after i straighten my legs