wake2wake

chriscut · Backside 180 Joined: 28 Jun 2004 Posts: 2000

How much ballast do you guys use when you go wake to wake?

How long of a rope do you ride with?

and do you use fins for w2w?

this pic is me riding at 80ft, 22mph, no fins, 400 lbs of stock ballast, and four people in my friends 2001 Ait Natique. I can land 65 ft + 400lbs ballast w2w airs pretty consistantly. I want to go bigger though. I want to make wakeboarders jealous even, haha. I was getting really close to landing it but i wasnt quite getting enough speed to clear the wake. Its a challenge to figure out the right ollie pop amount to get you the highest possible air while still being able to land on the other wake's transisiton. When you get good air on a wakeskate w2w you almost are required to land on the other wake... if you dont you end up going splat when your knees cant suck up the impact. i'm sad that they didnt get any of the crash shots, i'm sure they would have been really funny.

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Jun 10, 2005 2:06 pm Post subject:

ride at liek 60 feet.

JamesBoardr · Posted: Jun 10, 2005 2:08 pm Post subject:

or 70, i never even wakeboarded that far back normally

chriscut · Backside 180 Joined: 28 Jun 2004 Posts: 2000

yeah I can land w2w at those lengths, but im not satisfied. I want to go bigger. Twisted Evil

SleuCrew · Posted: Jun 10, 2005 2:20 pm Post subject:

Chris Barcellos, When im riding behind the 02 San, Im riding with the stock ballast "all 3 tanks full" @ about 22mph and i always ride with fins. on a 80ft rope... i would say get a little bit better cut at the wake or pull 5ft out of your rope to resolve you casing issue. Casing sucks and its a good way to blow out your knees really fast.

75ft and a tad bit slower might solve your problem... and you will have plenty of time and pop.

Hope this helps some.

88skisupreme · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Nov 2004 Posts: 1342 City: ATX

...progressive edge

Mr. Top Hat · Dead Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 5818

65ft of rope, two other people, no fins, and two coolers.

urinal mint · Backside 180 Joined: 20 May 2005 Posts: 1991

Mr. Top Hat, full of what, sunny delight? Razz

freerider4 · Backside 180 Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 2462

Chris Barcellos if you want to go bigger just keep working on your edge into the wake

PIRATE · Guest

86 ft @ 25.5-26mph

when im asleep. Laughing

Mr. Top Hat · Dead Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 5818

urinal mint, those coolers are our ballast. you cant be drinking your ballast.

-b-rau- · Pop Shuvit Joined: 27 Feb 2004 Posts: 224

i would say try sticking a small fin on, it'll be way easier to get a nice cut into the wake.

Nekkie · Posted: Jun 10, 2005 3:36 pm Post subject:

u guys have long ropes Razz

i'm usually riding at 55/60 lol and @ 22 for w2w, 21.3/21.5 for lip tricks.

I need to work on my w2w and riding a longer rope. I'd like to be comfortable at 60/65. On the X-9 with some weight that makes a pretty wide wake at that lenght

wakemitch · Posted: Jun 10, 2005 4:32 pm Post subject:

thats a clean pic chris.

SleuCrew · Posted: Jun 10, 2005 5:28 pm Post subject:

PIRATE, Randall Harris on a wakeskate???

n8t3d0gg · Posted: Jun 10, 2005 10:22 pm Post subject:

23 mph is wut they say is the best speed for getting that perfect pop off the water but i find my self going 25 when doin w2w

Jeff206 · Faceplant Joined: 10 May 2005 Posts: 25 City: Seattle

SleuCrew · Posted: Jun 11, 2005 12:27 am Post subject:

deepcove · Posted: Jun 11, 2005 12:38 am Post subject:

PIRATE · Guest

SleuCrew, i was going to make a joke about how you can ollie a bi-level like 6ft in the air and laydown a whole bunch of sarcasm and then i saw deepcove, post and started laughing.

dont pop your bi-level to high, cause it might delam before you land. Laughing