making wake 2 wake easier..

[spyd4r]

I cant ever land in the flats, and just to clear the wake.. i usually have to put a ton of effort into it..

i think that problem lies, that when I am attacking the wake.. I am almost perpendicular to the boat, instead of hitting the wake on a angled approach. it almost feels like i am over cutting my charge to the wake.

what do you think, when you hit the crest of the wake, what angle would you say your at?


i don't know if any of this makes sense right now, i am tired... lol


check around: 0:48 and 1:32
http://vimeo.com/5573597 (excuse the shitty video quality with my old camera)

I do know that I am not standing tall at the wake, but I dont think thats my only issue..

[Prizzy]

All i have to say is progressive edge... and jam those feet into the water at the wake.

[Gir]

After you cut away from the wake, you have to start your cut back toward the wake much slower I think. This way you can more easily make a progressive edge, which means harder and harder until the wake. Good Luck !

[the_dude]

Not "overcutting your charge to the wake" at least from what I think you mean.

Your cut looks regressive instead of progressive. All you have to do is watch the spray generated off your board when you cut. You cut hardest at the apex of your cut out away from the wake and by the time you hit the wake you are completely flattening off.

You really need to work at the standing tall AND the cut into the wake at the same time so it becomes one fluid natural motion.

[HHI Dave]

Definitely not using a progressive edge. Start just outside the wake, take a good hard cut away from the wake then WAIT. Let the boat start pulling you back towards the wake. The rope should remain taut and tension should increase as you approach the wake. SLOWLY build speed and make sure you stay on edge. Look AT the wake as you approach it and stand tall as you ride up the wake, again remember to stay on edge all the way through the wake. Spot your landing, and edge away from the wake. Slow down a little bit and think more about getting vertical pop than trying to get across the wake with speed. You'll be pleasantly surprised with the result.

[pet575]

You are charging at the wake and then flattening off at the last second, thus giving up all the energy you generated when you cut toward the wake. What you are doing is basically the same thing as a car that is trying to make a jump accelerating like hell all the way up to the ramp and then letting off the gas on the way up the ramp and coasting. The car will never make the jump unless it accelerates even more as it moves all the way to the top of the ramp.

You are the car, the wake is the ramp. Don't stop edging on your way in. You should be cutting your hardest as you're riding up the wake (accelerating up the ramp). This is why "standing tall" is so key. It does two things:

1. When you stand tall, your knees do not absorb as much of the wake's energy and you get launched up into the air;
2. When you stand tall, you dig in and edge just a bit harder as you go up the wake. This means you are edging your hardest at that point.

As someone said, look at the spray your board generates when you cut. You should be generating the MOST spray just as you ride up the wake.

[spyd4r]

Cheers!

[tcaseymcclure]

looks like your flattening out a bit when you hit the wake... try doing what everyone else is saying about the progressive edge and make sure your heels are dug in