Bouncing before ollies

el · Backside 180 Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 1739 City: The Sea

Everything. Wink

Vance Collins · Guest

Haha. Well next time out im wearing one. its my signature style. Why try to be like everyone else?

el · Backside 180 Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 1739 City: The Sea

Well, on the water it's fair game. I've ridden wearing retarded things like a hood and socks before.

But everybody and their mom wears trucker hats now (off the water of course) here in the northwest. I was at a snowboard movie premier last weekend and looked out across the theatre, and easily over half the doads were wearing truckers.

But to each their own, keep on truckin'!

nick · Posted: Oct 28, 2004 7:55 pm Post subject:

I guess we could call them posers Smash

sk8thewake69 · Posted: Oct 31, 2004 11:45 am Post subject:

<---- Nick likes that motion

alex · Pop Shuvit Joined: 01 Oct 2003 Posts: 153

yeah but a trucker hat while riding is just to gay...you dont want to be a wakeskating ashton kutcher do ya?

seven11dmd · Posted: Oct 31, 2004 12:15 pm Post subject:

Frye · Guest Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 3335

i bounce before i ollie beause i learned how to wakeskate on my trampoline.. and to get the board to stick to your feet you bounce first. but i tried not bouncing and i dont think i ollie half as high. i can ollie really high on my wakeskate though with a bounce first. its kinda like.. here ill draw a pic

Dinjj · Ollie Joined: 17 Oct 2004 Posts: 74

I just started doing it, it helps with the ollie

wakeskatefooo · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Oct 2004 Posts: 908 City: odessa

i wear a pink trucker wen riding so f yall

andy ross · Posted: Nov 02, 2004 9:06 pm Post subject:

so you guys just push down with your back foot right?

Nekkie · Posted: Nov 06, 2004 12:34 am Post subject:

You all see it as bouncing cause that's what it looks like from the boat Smile

When it 'looks' like I bounce my ollies, what I'm doing is just pushing down on both my feet before poping the ollie with the back foot.

It's simple physics... The harder you push on the water, the harder it will push back upwards... So pushing down with both feet before poping the ollie with the back one just helps getting more reaction from the water.

And there is the leverage too like Frye said, but it plays a lesser role than the water reaction imo...