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Thread: Just a Little Help please
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07-30-2007, 11:10 AM #11Member
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I'm constantly tweeking my techniques and trying to make little changes to get better. Lately my jumps have become smoother and cleaner than they have ever been in the past. Your approach to the wake is key, and varies depending on the trick you are trying to throw. If you are just focusing on pop and clearing the wake, this is might help:
This going to be a tricky one for me to try and verbalize....
When you cut out away from the wake and transition back in on a progressive heel side edge, focus on your orientation in respect to the wake and the boat. As your progressive edge increases, the "vector" of your board is relatively perpendicular to the path of the boat. Changing this angle of approach as you begin to ramp up the wake, will affect your jump. I find that if you aim your path/board towards the boat slightly just as you begin to ramp up, you will get a nice pop with enough momentum to clear your wake. This technique helped me to land wake to wake 360's because it helps your body maintain a nice axis in the air, plus it gives a little more slack in the rope so you're not getting ripped around while you're rotating.
My suggestion would be to play around with your approach until you find something comfortable that seems to be working.
Also, standard jump techniques would apply. Lock your hips and keep your core abdominal muscles flexed as your jumping... making your body solid. If you don't, your body will fold in the middle, absorbing the translational force and momentum that generates your jump.
ITS ALL ABOUT PHYSICS!
If anything I have said is incorrect, don't hesitate to call me out on it.... as I am in persuit of continual improvement myself! : )
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07-30-2007, 01:08 PM #12Originally Posted by Pike15 Mondo Surf Edition
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07-30-2007, 05:07 PM #13Junior Member
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I'll go ahead and apologize for no video...and no picture... BUT the picture of Pike looks similar to what I do. Jesse's advice on the angle to cut across helps because I know I cut straight towards the wake, no angle towards the boat. I still think that if I adjust my angle and can possibly get clear the wake I will have no height at all. Should cutting towards the boat help with the height and distance or am I just not "popping" enough? Currently I am running at 21mph and 65'.
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07-30-2007, 05:31 PM #14Originally Posted by Fat G
Please post the videos or send them to me and I will host them.15 Mondo Surf Edition
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08-05-2007, 06:46 PM #15Member
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i think i have fixed my problem. I realized that i was edging in as hard and fast as i could but then i was letting off as i got to the trough. Today i just started my edge slowly and kept the board at the same angle and just edged through the wake. I didnt actually clear the wake, but i was landing on the crest when all of the sudden one of these NC afternoon thunderstorms pops up and runs us off the lake.
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08-09-2007, 09:38 PM #16Member
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What type of rope are you using?
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clear trichomesLast edited by superman; 01-24-2011 at 01:47 PM.
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08-10-2007, 01:33 PM #17Member
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a straightline at 65'