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Hayden R Frontside 180
Joined: 02 Oct 2009 Posts: 340
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Posted: Feb 03, 2010 10:45 am Post subject: Hitting obstacles |
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Im trying obstacles, and i was wondering about tips for hitting the rails, boxes, kickers, hittting em toeside vs. heelside, etc. any tips would be great, thanks. |
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GnarShredd Backside 180
Joined: 24 Jan 2009 Posts: 1529 City: Seattle
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Posted: Feb 03, 2010 1:23 pm Post subject: |
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Cut out to whatever the object is and flatten off just before you reach the rail/kicker. Make sure you're not on edge at all. Keep your knees bent and the handle low (some people tend to put the handle at or above head-level and that's no bueno). |
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Hayden R Frontside 180
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Posted: Feb 03, 2010 1:30 pm Post subject: |
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GnarShredd, Thanks, how should my weight be on my feet? more on backfoot or even? _________________ yo |
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GnarShredd Backside 180
Joined: 24 Jan 2009 Posts: 1529 City: Seattle
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Posted: Feb 03, 2010 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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Keep your weight even at first, just keep your knees bent and stay low. Kind of like you're just boardsliding the lip of the wake.
Once you feel more comfortable with just that you can start moving your weight around a bit and getting used to sliding more on the nose or tail, eventually work your way up to nose/tailslides instead of boardslides. |
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Hayden R Frontside 180
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Posted: Feb 03, 2010 4:56 pm Post subject: |
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GnarShredd, thanks man, that for kickers too?
Im going on sunday, ill tell you how i did aftr. _________________ yo |
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GnarShredd Backside 180
Joined: 24 Jan 2009 Posts: 1529 City: Seattle
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Posted: Feb 04, 2010 9:32 am Post subject: |
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Hayden R, Pretty much, the biggest thing is just not to be edging when you hit. A lot of the times when you see someone's deck shoot out from under them, that's the reason. |
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Monchstar Faceplant
Joined: 03 Apr 2010 Posts: 2 City: Miami Beach
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Posted: Apr 04, 2010 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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GnarShredd wrote: | Hayden R, Pretty much, the biggest thing is just not to be edging when you hit. A lot of the times when you see someone's deck shoot out from under them, that's the reason. | Yep, that's been happeneing to me alot. I've spent 6 hours hitting a fun box and i'm not getting anywhere.
But Thanks GnarShred, i'll try that this week when I hit the park.
It's impossible to get anywhere with Wakeboarders advice cause they're always strapped in..lol! |
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