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geissap Pop Shuvit
Joined: 02 Jun 2010 Posts: 142
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Posted: Aug 02, 2011 12:31 pm Post subject: Not using wake correctly... |
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Ok so I suck...this question itself is probably gonna make some of you go huh?
I don't get how to get pop off the wake itself. I understand the ollie concept. I can ollie a little bit on the flats, and if I actually go really slow towards the wake I can get some pop. However, when I cut into the wake hard and try to use the wake to actually go high...I don't. Instead I end up pumping over the wake? (Kinda like you would do in a park on a skateboard to gain speed over humps, etc.) Are there any tips here? I just don't get how to use the wake as a kicker of sorts? Is it just timing? |
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Jake S Backside 180
Joined: 29 Dec 2010 Posts: 683 City: SLC
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Posted: Aug 02, 2011 1:00 pm Post subject: |
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do you/have you wakeboarded before? |
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splitphire Pop Shuvit
Joined: 22 Jul 2011 Posts: 171 City: C-Town
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Posted: Aug 02, 2011 1:19 pm Post subject: |
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DON'T suck up your knees at the wake, stand tall and extend your legs. Only suck up your knees while your in the air to keep your board with you. _________________ Hang Loose Bro!
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geissap Pop Shuvit
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Posted: Aug 02, 2011 1:33 pm Post subject: |
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@slwk No
@split - what do you mean extend your knees. Like straighten my legs? |
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splitphire Pop Shuvit
Joined: 22 Jul 2011 Posts: 171 City: C-Town
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Posted: Aug 02, 2011 9:54 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah bud, just extend your legs at the top of the wake. Stand tall and straighten your legs out at the wake then once your in the air suck them up to keep the board with you. It's like if you were on a trampoline. I don't have one, but I've jumped on them many times. If you stand on a tramp and just jump you won't go high. You have to go down absorb the energy from the tramp then rise up. It's that same motion. So just rise up the wake. Also, stay on your edge. _________________ Hang Loose Bro!
Wakeskating is my Facebook!
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geissap Pop Shuvit
Joined: 02 Jun 2010 Posts: 142
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Posted: Aug 03, 2011 9:08 am Post subject: |
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Wow definitely doing this completely wrong. I've always tried to Ollie at the top of the wake. So I crouch down into like an Ollie stance. I mess around with it this week and see if I can figure it out |
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dirtyohioriver22 Backside 180
Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Posts: 1705 City: cincy
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Posted: Aug 13, 2011 12:38 am Post subject: |
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what your doing is absorbing the impact from the wake, stiffen your legs straight so it pops you off the wake, also once your in the air push the handle down by your waist,. good luck homie _________________ I heart wakeskating. one day we will reunite for a daily morning glass sesh,,, one day..... |
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