Beginer wakeboarding?

Question

okay, i have a board, i can get up and stay up for about 30 seconds, but i cant turn! Any help on how to turn, cross wakes, go over big waves and things like that, also, what is the easiest trick u no? thanks, and ten points to the one who answers the most or all of the questions, thanks!

Answer 1

ok those are all problems in beginning wakeboarding but for the first thing when you want to turn and carve try to keep the handle as close as possible to your hips and put more pressure on your foot to carve and turn. next when you want to cross wakes just take a good edge and absorb the wakes with your knee's and carve into the flats for the big waves just keep handle close to hips and agin absorb them with knees. then when your comfortable with edging and carving take it to the jumps and tricks for the easiest trick is problably the indy grab inbetween your feet with back hand

if you really want to progress your learning i suggest a dvd called "The Book"  it helps all skill levels

Answer 2

turning involves pressuring and steering. pressure the side of the board for the direction you want to go. steering involves angulation of the body initiated at the hips. you have to steer by creating the angle and gain tension on the rope. ( start by overexaggerating turning your lead hip the direction you want to go). when you pull to cross the wake you need to feel the pull more in the tricep area of your rear arm, not your front. to get over waves and rough, absorb with the  knees. bend them. overexaggerate all of this at first. easiest trick? an ollie. pull outside the wake and soon as you feel less tension on the rope like you might start to drift back in push down on the rear foot and  then lift up the front foot. surface 180 was the first thing I learned which helped cause now riding switch is easy.

Answer 3

1- going to a wake bord scool could b helpful

2-i can jump the wake which can be considered theasist trick

3-switch footing based on comfort.

4-turn the board using your ffet

Answer 4

Putting pressure on your back foot usually makes you turn, to go right, put pressure on your back foot and steer right with both feet. Also, to go over wakes, make sure you bend your knees, also the steeper you turn, the faster you will go in that direction - so to go slower over the wake, don't point the board directly at the wake.