Dock Start Driving

(eubanks01) · (eubanks01) **Join Date: Jun 2001** 09-20-2005, 12:21 PM

So I think I'm comfortable with the riding aspect, but I'm not sure that I know exact when the driver is supposed to hit the throttle.

So the driver (boat) is idling away from you. Do they wait until you jump off the dock to hit it hard or when exactly? And riding, you jump just before the line gets fully tight correct?

Thanks!

byerly137pro 09-20-2005, 12:30 PM

Get the rider to coil the rope and hold it up so the driver can see and idle forward, once the rope starts to dip and there are no coils left but still some slack is when you should hit it.

(jarrod) · (jarrod) **Join Date: May 2003** 09-20-2005, 1:45 PM

If I'm on the dock, punch it an instant before the line gets tight. I prefer not to start my set with a raley!

(madchild1) · (madchild1) **Join Date: Mar 2005** 09-20-2005, 2:01 PM

^^why not!?!? that'd TIIIGHT!!

(ktmwakeboarder)

last weekend I did a running/jumping dockstart with the wakeskate... took a couple tries to get the timing down. So much fun!

walt 09-20-2005, 3:20 PM

I just drove my first dock start last Sunday.

I drove the boat just a little bit faster than idle and accelerated when the slack was gone....It worked out great.

(mike_baione) · (mike_baione) **Join Date: Sep 2005** 09-20-2005, 3:24 PM

Start about 10 feet plus off the edge of the dock. Slide the dock ollie off the end, this is when your driver should hit it. Watch out for splinters.

(pittsy) · (pittsy) **Join Date: Apr 2004** 09-20-2005, 7:38 PM

yeah..raley are definatly sick off the dock..i have been going to OWC lately and a couple of people there are doing raley off the dock and they look so sick...

(stephan) · (stephan) **Join Date: Nov 2002** 09-21-2005, 12:23 AM

When there's ten feet left you floor it as hard as you can. At least thats what the last guy I rode with did. Shawn tell Fred thanks again for that one...

I swear if it wasn't a 2006 VLX I'd have been even more pissed off.

(wakestar8878) · (wakestar8878) **Join Date: Oct 2003** 09-21-2005, 8:53 AM

Hahahahhahahhahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahahahahaha hahahaahhahaahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahaha!

I knew when I saw this post that I'd hear about that one again. Actually I still feel bad about that (even though I wasn't driving), but then again it was probably the funniest thing I seen wakeboarding all summer. Look on the bright side you rode well after the fact.

And ummm why don't you tell him yourself this weekend.

jowoo919 10-03-2005, 8:28 AM

i get about 6 to 10 feet from the edge of the dock and about a second after the rope gets taught the driver takes off just a little faster than with a deep water start and i just slide off the end of the dock

(wakeriderixi) · (wakeriderixi) **Join Date: Jan 2004** 10-03-2005, 2:11 PM

Drive as if the rider is in the water..... You wouldnt jerk the rider up so dont jerk them off the dock. As for the rider.. jump when the boat goes, it is possible to wait until you feel a pull before you jump. The longer you wait the less deeply you'll sink in the water.

(jarrod) · (jarrod) **Join Date: May 2003** 10-03-2005, 3:50 PM

ouch Heavy. I'm assuming you actually did a dock start raley??

(wakestar8878) · (wakestar8878) **Join Date: Oct 2003** 10-03-2005, 4:04 PM

No J-rod - he was standing on the S.S. Relief (see floating porta-potty) and got yanked so hard that he got completely face-planted. It was quite a wake up call @ 6:00am. :-)