I love working nights

breazy · Criminal Joined: 13 May 2009 Posts: 91

Parent's played hooky monday and I work nights so me and the fiance met up w/ them to go out on their boat. Nothing better than a glassed over, a wakeboard, a cold beer or 5. Here's a few shots my girl took. I'll apologize for lack of in flight pictures. Its my fourth day out and prolly my 6th session ever lol so I'm not in the air for long. On another note though I figured out how to do surface 180's and at the bottom is the obligatory faceplant that's part of the learning curve lol

http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y4/sdwyzs14/boat/?action=view&current=MVI_1097.flv

edit: SRY for teh huge pictures, photobucket is pwning me right now

Medina · Posted: Jun 03, 2009 2:34 am Post subject:

Heavy backfooted...

cvach · Criminal Joined: 11 Jul 2007 Posts: 51 City: Royal Oak

agreed. distribute that weight a bit more...nice shots though, everyone loves dat glass

kmagnuss · Posted: Jun 03, 2009 6:40 am Post subject:

Do yourself a favor and get a wakeboard handle. I have one for sale in the classified section.

ssuter · Outlaw Joined: 21 Apr 2009 Posts: 191 City: Nashville

The only good thing about workin nites is to go out on the glass when every1 is at work.

Chad H · Posted: Jun 03, 2009 7:14 pm Post subject:

breazy · Criminal Joined: 13 May 2009 Posts: 91

bah i'm workin on leveling out the board, it's a bit tough for me because its so large lol. I'm 5'6 130 ish and the board is a hyperlight something or another 141 lol. Been mostly getting the stance where I can ride comfortably for more than 10 minutes may still widen the bindings more.

Any tips for lvling out the board

HHI Dave · Posted: Jun 03, 2009 9:42 pm Post subject:

I love working nights too. Daywalkers and weekend warriors suck at life. Smile

breazy · Criminal Joined: 13 May 2009 Posts: 91

The only thing i don't like about working nights is that during the school year My fiance teaches so I'm pretty much dead to the world when she's home lol. It's nice during the summer though, get to spend alot of time with her lol

DRAGON88 · Posted: Jun 03, 2009 10:28 pm Post subject:

breazy, more important to the too much weight on the back foot thing is that you're bending at the waist.

Next time you go out, really really focus on keeping your chest up and not bending at the waist. Trust me, your progression and back will thank you.

breazy · Criminal Joined: 13 May 2009 Posts: 91

yeah i just noticed that too, after watching some instructional stuff on youtube. I'll work on that sat and sunday lol

pet575 · Posted: Jun 04, 2009 7:11 am Post subject:

Getting the "front" half of the board in the water is more about you learning to put your weight on both feet evenly than anything else. When you're edging, you want to have as much of the entire length of that edge in the water as possible. If you have ever snowboarded, it is the same concept.

Fear of burying the nose because you are putting too much weight on your front foot is pretty much unfounded. The board is going to plane out once you get going to where it is pretty tough to bury the nose. I can put most of my weight on my front foot and not bury the nose of my board.

Yes, the board is big for you but that just means it will ride on top of the water more and ride faster.