can i gte some help on this

marshro · Faceplant Joined: 09 Dec 2008 Posts: 18

well iv been looking at getting a wakeskate and i am sorta worried that i can't even wakebord. is it much harder to do can i learn on just a wakeskate or do u think hold off and learn to get up on my mats wakebord first??? thanks guys Very Happy

ZackFL(BRE) · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Oct 2008 Posts: 2386 City: Tampa

practice makes perfect.. well not perfect but better Smash

Evan71 · Posted: Dec 09, 2008 1:57 am Post subject:

wakeskate, same dificulty getting up just like getting out of a chair wait till the boat pulls u, dont let it pull u out the front get the board planing and just sort of get up like out of a chair not sure if this helps but happy wakeskating

marshro · Faceplant Joined: 09 Dec 2008 Posts: 18

Evan71 · Posted: Dec 09, 2008 10:40 am Post subject:

well. go with a concave board for sure, id say concave with grip maybe Oak, Sattelyte, Byerly, Gator, or Hyperlite go to there websites or http://wakeworld.com/Skates/ and look at some boards

taku · Kickflip Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 2868 City: Central FL

pretend you're taking a dump in the woods... stay that bent and squatted over the board. One of my guy friends always repeats the same mistakes.. he straightens his legs and trys to stand way before he's out of the water. He also fights the boat and tries to pull himself up. You need to lean back and let the boat pull you out.

Remain perfectly perpendicular to the boat until you're out of the water (at least while you're learning do this.. afterwards you can do whatever you want). Do not try to stand up until your body is 100% out of the water (same).

I think key for first timers is legs spread to each end of the board, toes slightly pointed outward for stability. Once you can figure out how to stay on the board idling behind the boat, you're halfway there. To do that, keep your feet perfectly level/flat until the boat begins to idle... about 1 second before the rope slack is gone and the boat starts to idle with you.. angle your toes upwards slightly, so the front of the board comes up and the water pushes the board to the bottom of your feet. You'll catch on, just don't get stressed out if it takes longer than you hoped. Some people are quick to get up and others aren't. But once you figure it out, it's like riding a bike Smile