w2w help

bob. · Posted: Jul 21, 2007 10:25 pm Post subject: w2w help

anyone have any tips for goin hs w2w on a wakeskate, i can do it effortlessly on a wakeboard but when i try on a wakeskate i barely get any pop and usually slide out and fall towards my face, i ride a finless vinyl, i tried the search button.
advice or tips please?

mc.willz · Posted: Jul 21, 2007 10:54 pm Post subject:

i ride vinyl too, and the slipping out may have to do with riding finless i can w2w without fins but its harder to keep the edging, recently i just started doing some toeside w2w and the main goal is to have a progressive edge all the way through and u dont nescarily need to snap a ollie becuase if u have a good progressive edge then you will go straight up the wake and suck ur knees up, its not that hard just takes some practice and dont cut at the wake too hard or flatten off right at the end honestly progressive edge the whole way and u will get popped and just float and stomp it, then throw some grabs for steeze and ride away

bob. · Posted: Jul 22, 2007 12:52 am Post subject:

mc.willz, alright ill try it thanks, i think i was flattening off.
any more tips or does that pretty much sum it all up?

jake heney · Posted: Jul 22, 2007 11:16 am Post subject:

I ride the vinyl as well. I ride one fin so when I do wake to wake I put it at the back. without a fin on the vinyl is hard because it sits so high on the water its difficult to get a good edge without slipping out.

also next time you go out do a few mellow one wake jumps. after that do the exact same thing but cut out further and edge in harder. dont pop any different. if you do this you should make it w2w. what happens when you try to hard to pop is that you dont wait for the natural pop that the wake gives you.

also how fast are you going? how long is your line? and what boat do you ride behind?

Raven · Posted: Jul 23, 2007 12:27 am Post subject:

It sounds to me like you need to dig in on your heelside edge a lil more. Try and let the wake pop the board up and out in front of you more. Suck your legs up to absorb the pop and stay behind that a$$. Also make sure when you hit the wake you are letting go with your back hand, and use it to help stabilize you in flight and upon arrival.

bob. · Posted: Jul 23, 2007 1:28 am Post subject:

jake heney, around 20 mph i'd guess, probably 60 or 65, behind a flats boat, 16.5 silverking with 90 4 stroke yamaha.

i tried again today and i only slipped out once, i think i was flattening off before i hit the wake before, i just held my edge all the way through and it helped with everything, ill try everything thats been said, hoping to get it tomorrow.
thanks guys.

mc.willz · Posted: Jul 23, 2007 12:16 pm Post subject:

bobby211, thats sounds solid man, once u get it u like basically have it u kno, like my first time i landed it and then i still case and mess up every once and awhile but i kno wat im doing wrong and can just hit it again, hope the riding goes well

bob. · Posted: Jul 23, 2007 8:39 pm Post subject:

mc.willz, yea i know what you mean.

today i was landing right before the other wake and i kept getting bucked off the board it sucked, maybe needed to go faster.