Do you know how to water ski or wakeboard?

Question

Ok, I am learning how to water ski and wakeboard and I need some pointers. Anyone?

Answer 1

For skiing you want to bend your knees a lot. Stay bunched up and lean back, as far back as you can without actually falling backwards. Stay in this bunched up state as long as you can until your skis are on top of the water and you're basically sitting on them. Then you can carefully stand up. You're going to want to do the same thing for double and slalom skis, the only difference is slalom is a bit harder to balance.

Wake boarding is a little easier to get up. Get in the same bunched up position as with the skis. Now when you start you're going to use the board as a plow in the water. Build up a wall of water to stand on. Then let the boat pull you up, remember to stay leaning back here too.

Answer 2

the absolute hardest part of wakeboarding is learning how to get up.

to begin this, sit in a ball position with your knees bent and your butt hitting your heels... your arms should be bent around the outside of your knees so that you are holding the handle in front of you..

when you are ready... keep your body in the ball postion while slightly pushing the board ahead of you.. dont try to pull yourself up, stay slightly leaning back in the ball position till you come to the surface, as soon as your board planes, simply satnd up and turn it to the side you are comfortable with and pull the handle to your front hip. many begginners have a problem of edging outside of the wake without meaning to.. to correct this.. let go with your back ahnd to keep your body aligned and stand up straight with about 60% of youre weight on your back foot, 40% on the front...

once you're ready and comfortable to go outside the wake.. you'll probably feel more comfortable going out to your heel side first. to do this, act like you are sitting in a chair or act like your standing on the balls of your feet and keep the handle close to you, this will improve the control of your board. to go out on your toe side edge, act like you're standing on your toes but the important thing to remember is keep your chest pointed towards the sky and the handle close to youre front hip.. once you have this down, its all muscle memory and youll get better and better the more you practice..

good luck, hope this helps.