Originally Posted by
Tommy2slow
Keep your back straight, bend your knees a bit, lean back against the rope. Keep your handle low down by your front hip.push your front hip out towards the boat a bit sort of like your carrying a baby on it. Slow the boat way down, 14-16 mph for an adult learning switch.
You don’t need to spin your board nose up when starting either. If the driver does a nice gentle start you will be fine. When in the water, as the boat takes up the slack let the board push your knees to your chest and your board to your butt. As the boat begins to accelerate let your body rotate towards the boat while staying in that compressed position . Don’t move your hands or pull in your arms. Your board can even go under the water a bit at this point so long as your toes stay above your heels. Once the boat is going fast enough for the board to rise out onto the water surface and support your weight gently stand up using only your legs, don’t pull on the handle. The boat driver should be only be giving gentle throttle as it takes very little power to get up correctly on a wakeboard. Once you are up simply move the handle to whichever hip you want to be your front hip. I don’t know how to post videos, sorry.