First time out for a year

provin1327 · Posted: Jul 13, 2008 8:39 pm Post subject: First time out for a year

Well not really I went last weekend, but this will be my official time for the season. So my dad came home from work (washington) and we got to take the boat out after wiring up some tower speakers. We went down to the lake today, it was myself on the skate and my cousin on his wakeboard. After reading up a bit more on the motion my feet should make for ollies I finally got some decent pop on them. I didn't try any re-entrys or i/o's but I can ollie fairly high now which is nice, I mastered my surface 180's and wake boardslides so I decided to try some shuv's. The vary first attempt I got sooo close to landing. It got around all the way, my front foot got on, and the toes of my back foot got on but I fell, man was I pissed, but it was nice because I got so close, but we didn't get any vids of that. So my next few attempts were ok, but not as good. I can get the board around every time but my feet usually get caught up or the board gets away from me, any tips?

Tower speakers

First shuv

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js3seuD7bcg

Second shuv (vid still processing)

A few screenshots from the vids, they look ok but I dropped the handle

knox · Kickflip Joined: 14 Jun 2007 Posts: 4693 City: Gainesville

dang that water looks choppy

provin1327 · Posted: Jul 13, 2008 8:48 pm Post subject:

Yea it was a bit, but earlier in the day it was amazing. We got on the water at 8 but it was a sunday so it got dam crowded when I thought about trying shuvs.

MattG · Posted: Jul 13, 2008 8:50 pm Post subject:

provin1327, Laughing

from the first screen shot it appears landed, try em in the flats - take a progressive edge(away from the wake) and as soon as you level out the board is when you want to spin it - concentrate on where you want your feet to land

keep the vibes good, it makes tricks allot easier when you are in a good mood Cool

*Nate · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Mar 2008 Posts: 1230 City: Nokomis

provin1327, sundays are bad days to go out...

What paintball team do you play for? I see the HK thing going on here.

provin1327 · Posted: Jul 13, 2008 8:57 pm Post subject:

Oh I don't paintball anymore. It was too expensive with the jeep and wakeskating, i've been meaning to change it but I haven't been on the site since last summer, and all the paintball places closed down here.

MattG- so your saying right after I get out there I should get off my edge and bam spin it? Should I pop hard like an ollie too?

MattG · Posted: Jul 13, 2008 9:00 pm Post subject:

provin1327, yeah as soon as you back off your edge spin the board, and no work on the rotation first- the pop will come in time

MattG · Posted: Jul 13, 2008 9:01 pm Post subject:

http://www.wakeskating.com/tricks/backside_popshuvit.php

provin1327 · Posted: Jul 13, 2008 9:10 pm Post subject:

Yea I already read that

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

just have fun! i can't do many tricks but i have a blast every time i ride.

craphappy · Pop Shuvit Joined: 12 Jul 2008 Posts: 117 City: vicksburg

i hate the first day out i always suck

kornhouse · Posted: Jul 14, 2008 7:54 pm Post subject:

The Kid, i can't tell if it's the water or the filming Laughing

provin1327 · Posted: Jul 14, 2008 8:27 pm Post subject:

It was the water bumping the boat bumping the camera Smash