raleys

i have tried raleys a few times before but everytime i get up there i throw the rope and bail, so this week i decided i would nut up and pull it down. i paid for it. i went huge and started pulling the board down too late. i caught my front edge and it was lala land for me. next thing i new my dream was ending with me taking water in through the nose. i started panicking because i had no idea where i was. of course everyone on the boat thought i was joking and so i was left to discover for myself what had just occured. i only got a wicked headache and stiff neck for it so i went out and tried again the next day. thankfully the results weren't as bad but i still haven't landed one. this post has no real purpose other than letting you all get some humor out of my suckiness so enjoy.

at least you are trying, i havent got the courage to try one yet....

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Bad subject...I'm sizing up Raleys. Thanks alot!

Raleys are actually quite an easy trick, its just a mind game. Get them down on the wakeskate, then try on the board, you won't pay so badly for stuffing up this way.

The wakeskate thing never worked for me, because
you dont have anything to pull back down, your going about it the right way. you almost got it

"you dont have anything to pull back down"

your feet....

Last time I tried one in 2001 Ibroke 3 ribs, but didn't have the wake to do one, thinking about trying it again, balls out!!! Commit to it!!

ok umm the july issue of wake boarding mag. has a nice instructional on doing a raley and s bend. Now im not too keen on the wakeskate area, so bear with me. But how does the wakeskate stay on your feet in a raley if the board is flung behind you then brought back in front of you?

The wakeskate fly's behind you and you just pull your feet down and land in the water. If you don't get your feet back down it doesn't hurt without a board on your feet. There is no wipping affect like the common face plant x 10 brought on by a raley. By the way make sure you put your feet together on landing.

I think the wakeskate is a great tool to get the feeling for a raley on, but it is different when you get the board on your feet. My biggest problem when learning a raley was cutting too hard too soon, then I wouldn't get the pop I needed, and I'd let go of the rope and my body would flail through the air like a rag doll and smack the water. I wish I had video. My suggestion is try it on the skate first to get a feel for the trick. One nice thing about a wakeskate is it's hard to overcut. Then keep in mind when you get the board on that you don't need the hardest cut ever. Think hard progressive edge and make sure you're hardest edge is at the peak of the wake. Look at the boat too. Another option I've seen people try is slowing down the boat and shortening the rope. It's gonna hurt a lot more at 22+ than it will at 16 or 17.

How can you say its not the same with the board??? I landed it third time after trying that wakeskate idea. And the first two attempts I fell because I pulled the board back under too far and it slid out from under me. It is a mind game, and I don't like doing them, but still it is something every rider should learn.

i think my biggest problem was the lack of wake size. i am riding behind a yamaha ar 230 and my brother says i only get about 6 feet in the air when i'm extended. at first i was expecting to be able to hold it out for a while but after my tko i reallized that i would have to start pulling it down sooner. the next time i tried it i landed on the board but let go of the rope.

Leo, most people can't cut nearly as hard on a wakeskate as they can on a wakeboard. That was my problem. I did one perfect with a skate first try. Then when I got my board on I tried to really "go at it" and was actually cutting to hard too early. Kawaik, the bigger the wake, the easier the trick is. I've never been behind one so I can't help you out there though. Maybe try slowing down the boat a little to beef up the wake.

I learned a raley on a trampoline. After I gathered the courage to throw one the most important thing I had to remember was keep my eyes on the boat which forces you head up so you do not over rotate and to "break the handle" over you knee like you would a stick. Enjoy. I earned to concussions learning this trick but now its bread and butter.

Definitetly check out the wakeskate! I was intimidated until i tryed first on a skate. Mainly b/c my 1st few attempts on the board went pretty badly. Did the skate 4-5 times, then went to the board last weekend. Brought the board back under me on the attempts, just couldn't seem to stick it. Any advise on sticking this damn thing??

As soon as the board is extended behind you PULL IT BACK!!! You can't leave the board behind you like shapiro when you are learning(learn from my mistake). Take a backroll cut and think about getting as much air as you can, don't worry about speed, I can almost throw them wake to wake. Raleys are a mind game, its all about confidence!! Slowing the boat down and wakeskates might be fine for some, but in my opinion don't even attempt one untill you have the mindset that "I am going to throw this huge and stick it clean and drop everybodys jaw in the boat" I learned them last summer and everybody in the boat would go crazy when I threw them, now I throw krypts and everybody is like "big deal, he does them all the time" I ride with some great riders from 19-44 years old, I am 30 with a bum ankle and the only one throwing them. So grow a pair and throw it with some confidence or leave the trick to us injured old men!

well i tried another one but couldn't stick it. sadly for the last three weeks i have been going through a vicious cycle where i get uber whiplash on a friday or saturday and have to wait a week before i try another big move. i have been working on my toeside game as well as getting some rotations in the trick bag so that occupies my weeknight. eff word, i don't think my neck has felt right for a month. isn't wakeboarding great?!?!