First time out

saintjoe 06-06-2006, 10:29 PM

I bought a board recently, and will be heading out for my first time on the water ever, and I have heard that getting out of the water is the hardest part of wakeboarding, I was wondering if anyone had any good tips or tricks to doing so...

(shiftsnow) · (shiftsnow) **Join Date: Jun 2006** 06-06-2006, 10:31 PM

keep ur knees close to ur chest...honestly it is harder then said but let the boat do all of the work...keepo the handel between ur legs and just wait...the boat will pull u up..then jsut stand.

(aden_g) · (aden_g) **Join Date: Mar 2006** 06-06-2006, 10:34 PM

Do everything Mitchell said, but keep your elbows outside your knees. If you put them inside your knees you will just break at the waist and never get up.

(shiftsnow) · (shiftsnow) **Join Date: Jun 2006** 06-06-2006, 10:36 PM

yeah forgot that lol after a while it will come so natural...i dont even sit in the water even more i stand on my board and just poop right up

(aden_g) · (aden_g) **Join Date: Mar 2006** 06-06-2006, 10:44 PM

Yeah, I always drown when I'm not standing on my board because I'm so used to being able to breathe, and my board keeps me floated. When my board isn't under me and I exhale I go downnnnn

(shiftsnow) · (shiftsnow) **Join Date: Jun 2006** 06-06-2006, 10:46 PM

true and by the way i meant pop not poop HAHAHAHA

(anodyne) · (anodyne) **Join Date: Feb 2006** 06-07-2006, 12:07 AM

right Mitchell

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(brad63) · (brad63) **Join Date: Jun 2006** 06-07-2006, 2:58 PM

if u r going from the water you should put as much weight as u can in your but and try to pull away from the boat