Boat speed for different tricks?

stevoaw · Faceplant Joined: 08 Aug 2004 Posts: 10

I just started wakeskating a few weeks ago. So far I feel pretty comfortable on the board carving back and forth and going from regular to switch. Now I'm trying to get the ollie down along with some other surface tricks. What should the boat speed be for these tricks?

i dunno · Pop Shuvit Joined: 13 Mar 2004 Posts: 146 City: orlando!

go at the speed you like

seven11dmd · Posted: Aug 18, 2004 6:49 pm Post subject:

stevoaw, if you go too slow then the water will just absorb all your energy when you try and snap down and nothing will really happen, but if your going to fast then you wont be able to snap down into the water at all.

liquid · Posted: Aug 18, 2004 7:38 pm Post subject:

yea try to find that nice even speed that you are comfertable twith then it will b easy!!

eighteenvisions · Ollie Joined: 06 May 2004 Posts: 94

i go 24 for most everything i do, and 25 for kickflips in the flats. but then i again when i started doing shuvits i was going 19, and a lot has changed since then.

freerider4 · Backside 180 Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 2462

eighteenvisions why so fast?

Parky · Guest

I ride 20-19, alittle faster if the wake is washed over on a boat, its mostly personal prefrence

nick · Posted: Aug 18, 2004 8:20 pm Post subject:

23-25

seven11dmd · Posted: Aug 18, 2004 8:26 pm Post subject:

i feel anything under 20 feels like im too sluggish in the water

HighRida · Posted: Aug 18, 2004 8:27 pm Post subject:

HighRida · Posted: Aug 18, 2004 8:29 pm Post subject:

You will know when you have hit your personal preference in speed, It just feels comfortable and smooth.

Nekkie · Posted: Aug 19, 2004 5:33 am Post subject:

yep, first get the boat to go fast enough so that it's wake is clean.

That's the slowest speed you can go at, then go faster until you feel good riding at that speed.

You usually want to go at a certain speed for lip/flat tricks, and a bit faster for w2w stuff. Faster means more pop on the wake, and a bit shorter wake usually.

The Pavement 3.6 · Backside 180 Joined: 23 Jan 2004 Posts: 572 City: Eustis

20-25 doesnt every one like that feeling that your totally on top of the water i ve gone 40....

cfxomega · Frontside 180 Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 466

stevoaw, rope length and boat speed go hand-in-hand. Don't go 25 with a 50' line! Use a rope length that is at the "best" part of your wake (not washed out, comfortable spacing between wakes for W2W) and then start slow and move up from there. You will eventually find a speed that you're comfortable with. Hope that helps.
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chriscut · Backside 180 Joined: 28 Jun 2004 Posts: 2000

seven11dmd · Posted: Aug 19, 2004 5:39 pm Post subject:

yeah me and my friend were trying to see how fast we could go...it gets sketchy over 30

nick · Posted: Aug 19, 2004 5:47 pm Post subject:

we did about 40-43 on my jet ski. crazy sht

stompin9s · Posted: Aug 19, 2004 9:41 pm Post subject:

on choppy days we do crazy whips...sooooooo fast Shocked

seven11dmd · Posted: Aug 19, 2004 10:28 pm Post subject:

stompin9s, haha yah my sister did that too me last weekend, i ended up going so fast the board slipped out and i landed on my back, she said i slid on my back for like 5 seconds....i never went underwater totally, just skidded on my vest