Whirlybird: Got it, want some more tips

holdsworth

i started landing whirlybirds just today and want a few more tips on it. i can get the rotation around okay, but it just looks somewhat sloppy. anything different i can do that will add a little bit of style to it?

Craig-R · Guest

wait longer to pop, then whip it around...that or grab it

holdsworth · Posted: Jul 19, 2007 5:33 pm Post subject:

sorry...i meant style as in making the trick itself look better. i can get it around fine and everything, but i just want it to look better as it comes around. i wouldn't say it looks like i am hucking it, i just want to know if i need to do anything different mid-trick. i'll watch pros on videos and there's look really clean, mine looks good, but not close to how they have it. do i just have to get used to the trick for a while and once it's consistent, have it look more relaxed?

wakedude83 · Posted: Jul 20, 2007 6:42 am Post subject:

It will definitely get better with repetition. Once that trick becomes second nature, it feels and looks alot better. Just keep doing it.

Craig-R · Guest

ohio_wake_2008, yeah, IMO mine look better now than they first did, when i first started doing them they looked like crap but they've gotten better with time, nothing special

david-d · Guest

Craig-R, I wouldn't say they looked like crap... don't be so hard on yourself. They do look better when you delay the spin though

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

I've gotten really close to landing my first whirly. Do you guys think it's easier to try to throw it right off the wake or wait?

When I do them on the tramp I wait but on the water I always want to throw things early.

Craig-R · Guest

wait, then huck that fiddlesticks

jpminter

holdsworth · Posted: Jul 20, 2007 2:23 pm Post subject:

jpminter, i can't grab anything but a tantrum, and that's just indy Laughing

sounds lame, i know. sucks being self taught on everything and not ever going for learning tricks with grabs. Sad

david-d · Guest

sucks being gay

Craig-R · Guest

got em!

holdsworth · Posted: Jul 21, 2007 3:46 am Post subject:

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

SouthBoarder · Newbie Joined: 26 Aug 2004 Posts: 48 City: Melbourne

honestly i think the bigger the tantrum and the slower the spin the better the bird looks. I cant do one but its my favorite trick, and everytime i see soven do his 7 i nut

holdsworth · Posted: Aug 03, 2007 4:51 am Post subject:

SouthBoarder, that's not weird or anything Colorful

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

its easy to see this boy likes his whirlydicks

holdsworth · Posted: Aug 03, 2007 7:23 am Post subject: