Need help from someone better than I

cleankellner 08-02-2004, 5:46 AM

I am a bored Wisconsin girl who decided to take up wakeboarding, but I am very new to it. SO new I have never been able to get up. Nobody I know knows how to wakeboard, so getting up for me is based on what i can find on the internet. My board is the right size for me, so thats not the problem. I've found the article on this site, and listened to the advice, but still cant get up. I now sit here with big bloody knuckles from my fingers smashing into the board. Im trying to get up behind a jetski. Would it be better to start out behind a boat? How long should the tow rope be. What should my driver be doing? Should my board be vertical or horizontal to start out? (I've heard both). If someone could share their secrets to this it would be wonderful. Thanks a ton, I will take any advice right now

wake__freak_66 08-02-2004, 6:06 AM

hey your board should start out horizontal in the water.have your knees as close to your chest as possible but keepthe board were it is. as the boat accelerates, stay in that postion until the boat pulls you up. once your up ,turn the board vertical.it depends if ur goffy footed or regular.regular would be left foot foward goofy is right foot forward.

hopes this helps

cleankellner 08-02-2004, 2:23 PM

how much of the board should be in/out of the water, what length tow rope works best?

(big_ed_x2) · (big_ed_x2) **Join Date: Jul 2004** 08-02-2004, 2:40 PM

personally I keep the board vertical and the front of the board out of the water about 6" to a foot.keep your arms completely straight and wait for the initial pull from the boat,have your knees bent.once you feel the pull,push with your legs as if you were in a hole and the handle was somebodys hand trying to help you out of the hole.your legs push as if you were up against the wall.If you kept your board vertical and the tip of your board out it should make like a litlle ramp and you should have very little risistance out of the water.this technic helps everyone that had problems getting up.hope it helps you.

(big_ed_x2) · (big_ed_x2) **Join Date: Jul 2004** 08-02-2004, 2:45 PM

another thing...make sure that you wait for the boat to pull you.Some people don't wait for the boat to pull them out completely.If you try to pull yourself before its time you will put too much slack on the rope and sink.

(big_ed_x2) · (big_ed_x2) **Join Date: Jul 2004** 08-02-2004, 2:46 PM

the lenght of the rope only matters after you get up

(bdehaan) · (bdehaan) **Join Date: Jul 2003** 08-03-2004, 8:33 AM

Boy did I struggle getting up the first season. Go buy the video "Detention" and watch the instruction on getting up. Getting up is the easiest thing in the world if you do it right.