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WaKeSkAtA66
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 Posted: Jun 10, 2005 7:21 pm Post subject: Begginer |
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Hey i just started to wakeskate. When you guys started did your board feel like it is really slippery on the water like you have no control of it? Is that what it feels like and you have to get used to it or is there sumtin wrong with my board. ALso is it easy to get used 2?
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gate-rider
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| Posted: Jun 10, 2005 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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WaKeSkAtA66, well thats how it first felt when i started riding i ride finless as most others do but you might wnat to throw some fins on and get used to basic turning and riding and then take them off
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Raven
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| Posted: Jun 10, 2005 9:51 pm Post subject: |
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Ride with fins. Welcome to wakeskating. Let's see what the kid can do.
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gate-rider
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| Posted: Jun 10, 2005 10:55 pm Post subject: |
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Raven, hahahahaha ya defintly start off with the fins to help out with blance and begging but then after if yu want to to take them off or leave them on or buy smaller ones
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-=AlexXx=-
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| Posted: Jun 10, 2005 11:21 pm Post subject: |
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| ya i started with fins, and never had that problem. |
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nick
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| Posted: Jun 11, 2005 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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WaKeSkAtA66, In 2 years you will land something that no one had ever done, but you will have no proof and only a few people will believe you.
Try riding with some fins
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| Posted: Jun 11, 2005 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Nick Taylor, wtf? |
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ZoSo
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| Posted: Jun 11, 2005 8:40 pm Post subject: |
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| When I started on my homemade board with only 1 tiny fin on it in that back (which did nothing at all), I was all over the place. I would just be cutting out, then just bail for no reason. It's kind of weird, but you'll get used to it. I've got an awesome vid of my first ride, and just falling off my skate right on my face for no reason. Maybe I'll post it... |
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IndySkate
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| Posted: Jun 11, 2005 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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yeah, at first these things feel totally loose, especially if you come from something that has real control (skiing, wakeboarding with big fins, etc). Soon you will find the best part of wakeskating is the loose free feel.
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Raven
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| Posted: Jun 12, 2005 12:36 am Post subject: |
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IndySkate, true thatZoSo, post that sh*t homey
WaKeSkAtA66, Is it easy to get used to? Well let's just say it's not easy getting used to not being able to do it. Especially when it's nice out and you have nothing else to do.
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ZoSo
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Alright, here it is...the fall I was talking about is the very first clip...after that, there's just random clips of me falling...and I threw in a pretty nice tubing bail at the end. Oh yeah, I know the camera work sucks, but since either me or my friend has to drive while the other rides, we have to rely on our little siblings to film and spot...
http://www.wakeskating.com/media/showphoto.php?photo=1514&sort=1&cat=500&page=1 |
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TannerC
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| Posted: Jun 12, 2005 11:11 am Post subject: |
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| ZoSo, Haha nice ya the camera seems to like to film clouds alot. |
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mikeskatesonwater
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| Posted: Jun 12, 2005 2:01 pm Post subject: |
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| huh yeah..... |
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kento911
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| Posted: Jun 12, 2005 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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hahahahah sweeet
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Raven
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ZoSo, That was great you are an extreme tuber man. Sike, the fall video was funny, have you stuck that shuv yet?
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Kavanagh
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ZoSo
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| Posted: Jun 13, 2005 11:40 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | ZoSo, That was great you are an extreme tuber man. Sike, the fall video was funny, have you stuck that shuv yet? |
I'm not that extreme of a tuber...well maybe, I'm a little more nuts than my friends are (I'm the one screaming faster when whoever is next to me is screaming slow down...or the one who has to sit it out in the single tube and get tanked by the double, or even the triple.)...but it's more of a pastime for me...something to do when it's too rough to wakeskate.
And that's probably the closest I've come to a shuv on video...I've had closer attempts that weren't filmed. But last summer was my first time wakeskating and I only got out for maybe 20 pulls (over which half were in crap conditions) over the entire summer b/c the weather was so crappy. Our summer was actually rated one of the worst in the world last year...even Siberia had a higher average temp and less rain/snow  . |
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