What Trick are you Working On?

[New Guy]

Get my tantrums on lock.
Continue to progress my toeside.
HS 3. TS 180.
Backroll

and the list goes on......

[bergermaister]

I'm working on that trick where I get out of work early on Fri. and head for the water.

And the other one where you call from the boat launch in a muffled, pitiful sounding voice about how crummy you feel and won't make it in.

Maybe going to spice it up this year with 'please don't call because I'll be sleeping' or 'missed your call because I was in the Dr's office'.

[rdlangston13]

toe side w2w
switch...just riding switch in general
maybe a hs 180 or i may just go straight to the 360 to avoid riding switch...

what exactly is a scarecrow? i was riding with someone recently who did it but all the inverts look basically the same to me...

[kaneboats]

Time to get a video and watch some slo mo.

[ryan_8099]

Here is what I am working on (filmed yesterday) It is kind of long, but if you fast forward to the end you are in for a treat.

http://youtu.be/cnX5xO4bNao

HS w2w (consistency)
Switch riding (just terrible as seen in the video)
Simple w2w HS grabs
Start trying TS w2w

[bzubke1]

what exactly is a scarecrow?

A toeside frontroll with a frontside 180.

Some of the best advice I ever received about ts and hs wake to wake jumps was to hold on with two hands from take off to landing, when you take your back hand off you lose tension. I still do 2 or 3 two-handed wake to wake jumps from each side as a warm up.

We should either on this thread or a new one report back with the new tricks everyone is landing.

[bhowell]

Definitely agree on the two hands. I also find a significant benefit in height and stability starting to bring the handle towards my hip right before I pop off the wake.

BTW: Landed nothing new this weekend. Water was poor from all the Cinco traffic.

[dusty2221]

Same here, went with the intent of working on TS front roll and had decent water for a only a very short time. Ended up folding my ankle over on the Switch Roll to revert and pretty much just held on to the rope after that. Typical.

[WaterBullDawg1980]

I also hope to break my mental block on the tantrum.

It may help to really concentrate on making certain you are letting off your edge as you come up to the jump. Obviously you need to hit it flat and from what I see, most folks mess up by not letting off their edge for fear of not making it across.

[z28ke]

I want to learn do a heel side 360. I ride regular, is it easier to spin to the left or right? I can w2w 180 both hs and ts but haven't really attempted 360's.