help i suck

flo_rida · Newbie Joined: 02 Feb 2009 Posts: 10 City: orlando

i just started wakeboarding again after a couple years. Not to say that i was really good a couple years ago but now i suck. i know i need a tower for my boat which is happening soon but take a look at these 2 pics and tell me what i am doing wrong if you can. thanks

JeffreyCH · Posted: Feb 08, 2009 1:24 pm Post subject:

The first pic looks like you need to straiten up and get the handle more towards your leading hip.

Wakeboarding=Life · Outlaw Joined: 08 Jul 2007 Posts: 200 City: Castle Rock

Make sure you stand up when you hit the wake. It looks like you could use a little longer rope too.

m_lesney · Soul Rider Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 358 City: Austin

yea looks like u need to stand tall a little more and longer rope make sure its a "wakeboard" rope

get_sum · Soul Rider Joined: 04 Aug 2008 Posts: 395 City: Edmond

m_lesney · Soul Rider Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 358 City: Austin

I couldnt think of the name thats it SPECTRA

flo_rida · Newbie Joined: 02 Feb 2009 Posts: 10 City: orlando

its an acurra line its supposedly a thin wakeboard line. i had a masterline back in the day. i may look at a new line and new wish list is perfect pass tower and 5 blade prop

m_lesney · Soul Rider Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 358 City: Austin

well u know towers are helpful but ive heard a lot of badass riders say its not a must all i mean is that you can still progress without one Mr. Green

Okie Boarder · Ladies Man Joined: 03 Mar 2008 Posts: 10056 City: Edmond

Try to post some videos too. They are much better for evaluating form. I posted a lot of videos of me last year and a bunch of guys on here were very helpful teaching me adjustments I needed to make.

Craig-R · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 19 Dec 2008 Posts: 1676

yeah like Okie Boarder said, try to post videos, pictures are hard to tell what's going on from... on the first one, it looks as though you might be sucking up some of the pop with your knees, so like everyone else said, at the top of the wake stand tall and lift your chest. the second pic is all sorts of messed up though Laughing

definitely need a video to decipher it

Medina · Posted: Feb 09, 2009 8:40 am Post subject:

TS, You really look so funny Laughing

pet575 · Posted: Feb 09, 2009 2:17 pm Post subject:

Speaking of which, Okie Boarder how is that injury coming along?

Okie Boarder · Ladies Man Joined: 03 Mar 2008 Posts: 10056 City: Edmond

Good. Every once in a while when I kneel all the way down, it aches when I stand up. It ended up being a bone contusion...can't remember if I had posted that or not. I just had to take it easy for about 4 weeks back in the summer and I was out boarding again.

Wakeboarder3780 · Posted: Feb 12, 2009 6:36 pm Post subject:

I've riden some pretty crappy wakes with some pretty crappy lines, even ski line. I am a strong advocate of form over gear. I could easily wake to wake on a pretty crappy inboard wake and a pretty crappy line too.

As is always the golden rule, build line tension as much as possible. Don't sharply bee-line straight for the wake. Make a progressive cut towards the wake making sure you edge all the way through and in addition to standing tall, one thing someone told me once that really helped was "try to push your feet through the floor" this really helped me learn to explode off the wake. Standing tall is one thing, when you picture trying to push your feet through the floor, you REALLY stand tall.

Anyways, think parabolic, not linear Wink

Okie Boarder · Ladies Man Joined: 03 Mar 2008 Posts: 10056 City: Edmond

flo_rida · Newbie Joined: 02 Feb 2009 Posts: 10 City: orlando

thanks guys yeah i can go wake to wak no problem just trying to get more pop ill definately try and stand tall when i approach. ill post some pics later i tried a backroll yesterday but lost the handle and really didn't ever commit to the trick.
chris

Zach2orJack · Soul Rider Joined: 14 Aug 2008 Posts: 255 City: Haleyville

Try ducking your stance out a little more. It looks like your feet are straight and you are uncomfortable. It helped me this past summer.

Chocoholic · Soul Rider Joined: 21 Feb 2009 Posts: 363 City: Dubai

I think you defo need to be a bit more upright. Also you're looking down, try to look up where you're going instead of worrying about your feet - it helps alot.

toothpick · Posted: Mar 03, 2009 7:55 pm Post subject:

Hey flo_rida, looks like you've got the good fortune of living in the land of wakeboarding, Florida. It would be well worth your time and money to come out to Clermont for even just one day and take some lessons from us at The Wakeboard Camp. I'm a coach there, and the stuff you'll learn in one day will help you more than a year of reading stuff on how to ride. Not to rip on forums, but one on one instruction can't be topped, and when you don't have to fly cross country to do it...easy choice. Wink

I imagine you may have questions about us. PM me or reply in here if you do. Happy to answer them.

jonyb · Addict Joined: 06 Oct 2007 Posts: 844 City: Paducah

Sorry, can't help. I suck too Crying or Very sad

Medina · Posted: Mar 04, 2009 2:55 am Post subject:

Doesnt matter guys if you suck, just make fun Very Happy

Sinkoumn · Posted: Mar 04, 2009 7:24 am Post subject:

STANG KILLA SS · Posted: Mar 06, 2009 6:26 am Post subject:

dont hunch over/lean forward, stand tall and shove the handle to your hip at the wake if its not already there