How many times did it take you guys to get up?

icanollie121 · Criminal Joined: 23 Jul 2006 Posts: 53

not bragging but i got up on first try!
what about you guys?

Blindside_137 · Posted: Apr 20, 2007 12:08 pm Post subject:

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

That's sort of bragging since you started a topic about it. But.. 1

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

J-Ro · Posted: Apr 20, 2007 2:43 pm Post subject:

One on a skurfer....beat that biatch! In fact in 14 years of riding, I only fell 3 times getting up. Suck on that too!

devon · Posted: Apr 20, 2007 3:14 pm Post subject:

one
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Elysia · Outlaw Joined: 13 Apr 2007 Posts: 105

hahaha look at everyone saying ONE... Rolling Eyes

Orange Peel · Newbie Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Posts: 37 City: Gilbert, AZ

I replied but it dissapeared Sad

*edit - I replied in the wrong thread, doh!* It took me 3 times, I just bought The Book so I will be trying their techniques for getting up, I do it a lot different than they say to do it Laughing

It is kind of hard when you weigh 235 lbs and don't know how to do anything Smile

OuachitaWaker · Addict Joined: 16 Sep 2006 Posts: 577 City: Hot Springs

it took me an entire day to figure out how to let the boat pull me up and to not fight it so much. I bet half of you are full of stuff saying i got up my first try. Btw what trick did u guys first do, a whirly bird? when u say u got up on ur first try, you forgot to say you fell down 1 second later.

HHI Dave · Posted: Apr 21, 2007 1:22 am Post subject:

I'm not lying when I say I got up on my first try. I'm also not lying when I say I fell almost immediately. Laughing

tpj · Outlaw Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 158

1st try... then rode around the lake

OuachitaWaker · Addict Joined: 16 Sep 2006 Posts: 577 City: Hot Springs

woah sorry to come off as an ass everyone i was way intoxicated when i wrote that

rowlex · Outlaw Joined: 05 Oct 2006 Posts: 207 City: seattle

1st try...then rode around, but i have ski'd before.

snooks · Soul Rider Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 313 City: Calgary

like 100th try... In 57 degree water... Didnt know anybody that knew anything about wakeboarding... so i read these forums for weeks

karkid · Soul Rider Joined: 10 Sep 2004 Posts: 327 City: Tempe

somehow i got up on the first try after studying the instructions on wakeworld.com years ago. progress stopped somewhere shortly afterwards lol.

bonsaitree · Outlaw Joined: 12 Mar 2007 Posts: 198

I didn't count. The first board I tried on was too small for me and the bindings were med and I needed xl. I got fed up with it and started reading anything I could. Bought a new board with the right size bindings and a tad bigger. Talked my dad through a smooth acceleration for the pull up and I was riding after one try. Like HHI Dave said though.....I fell shortly there after Very Happy

marcuskg · Posted: Apr 21, 2007 5:46 pm Post subject:

snooks, I was exactly the same. Started lurking these forums for answers to my questions, without looking like an ass.

wakeG · Outlaw Joined: 06 Oct 2006 Posts: 241

me too, I would look on the forms and in instructionals when I was trying to learn how to get up, lets just say it wasn't my first try and leave it at that Rolling Eyes

but then again I wasn't keeping count either Wink

nickl011 · Posted: Apr 21, 2007 6:10 pm Post subject:

coursey · Newbie Joined: 12 Aug 2005 Posts: 31 City: Cincinnati, OH

First Time. It then took about 4 tries to get up again.

pet575 · Posted: Apr 23, 2007 8:48 am Post subject:

Well over 10. Probably closer to 20. Had to teach myself, mostly using the awesome advice on this site. I'd say that, after getting some good info here, it only took about 2-3 tries and then it was like, "WTF?! Why did I make that so hard?!"

GuitsBoy · Posted: Apr 23, 2007 10:28 am Post subject:

Second try. The first try yanked the handle out of my hands. My younger brother got up his first try. We had been water skiing and snowboarding for years, but we had never even seen a wakeboard ridden before. These were in the days of sandal bindings though. I still think sandal bindings super easy to get up on.

LakeIolaLuke · Posted: Apr 23, 2007 12:10 pm Post subject:

I got up my first try, and probably rode about 10 times. then I had a traumatizing experience which ended with a wakeboard punching a hole in my lower lip, so i didn't touch a wakeboard for a few years. when i did try to get up again, it took me about 3 tries.

jjaszkow · Posted: Apr 24, 2007 10:06 am Post subject:

First try, but fell pretty much immediately.

ripperchick · Outlaw Joined: 16 May 2006 Posts: 158 City: Atlanta

The first time I ever wakeboarded i got up on my first try with no instructions, then at least a year later when i took up wakeboarding it took me probably close to 20 tries with instructions. I obviously have a problem with authority and directions Wink

burntorange77 · Soul Rider Joined: 31 Jan 2006 Posts: 321 City: Kingwood

Took me about 4 times, but it was behind a 45hp fishing boat --- not the greatest holeshot.

eastcoastsurfer · Newbie Joined: 23 Apr 2007 Posts: 16 City: Mount Pleasant

Good question. Can't really remember at this point since it was close to 15+ years ago. lol... Does getting up on the surfboard behind the boat count? Pretty sure that was first try hehe By the time we got a real wakeboard (or skurfer back then) it was old hat getting up...

ryguy5211 · Newbie Joined: 22 Apr 2007 Posts: 10 City: phoenix

devon · Posted: Apr 28, 2007 12:48 pm Post subject:

i had been waterskiing for years before i was wakeboarding
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nickl011 · Posted: Apr 28, 2007 1:51 pm Post subject:

devon, same here

devon · Posted: Apr 28, 2007 2:42 pm Post subject:

LFPIMP, whens the last time you went waterskiing
its been 3 years for me
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nickl011 · Posted: Apr 28, 2007 3:16 pm Post subject:

2-3, also used to be really into kneeboarding, its been sitting in my closet for 2 years now Laughing

spyd4r · Addict Joined: 22 Apr 2006 Posts: 701

nickl011 · Posted: Apr 28, 2007 3:45 pm Post subject:

spyd4r, This is true, that smaller guys have an easier time, I probably only weigh 75 pounds when I first started, and my board was a 135 back then, so I had no problem getting up and staying up. My first trick was a surface 180

DCAP · Outlaw Joined: 17 Oct 2006 Posts: 140 City: Sacramento

Maybe 8th or 9th try...but got up 1s try on a wakeskate Very Happy