Does any one have any tips on easy wakeboarding tricks and how to get up behind a boat?

Question

i have a liquid force diva 131 and i have a boat with 130 hp 3L engine and no tower i only started 3 weeks ago but got up on my second time and am now trying to teach my friends without any luck.

Answer 1

Keep board perpendicular to the boat, keep knees bent, keep handle pulled close to the chest.  Keep this position until the board gets on plane.  You can actually slide sideways with ease until you are ready to apply weight to your dominant foot and letting the nose of your forward foot swing around.  

As far as progressing, you should learn to ride switch first and get to where you are comfortable riding with either foot forward.  Learn it early to avoid bad habits that will slow your progressing later.

Also, check out 'The Book' wakeboarding instructional series DVD set.  Covers all the tricks from different angles with detailed explanations of each trick.  Definitely worth the money.  Hope that helps.

Answer 2

To get up, pretend that you are doing a wall press against the board.

Answer 3

getting up: knees bent a little bit and arms bent.  

Let the boat pull you up.  Your hands will move away from you, and you will slowly stand up.  I like slow starts, but some people like fast better.  

my tricks: I haven't done any tricks yet besides butterslide (which doesn't really count).  Butterslide is when you are going slow (10-12 mph) nad you switch which foot you have in front.  You do this by moving the handle to the right to switch from left foot forward to right foot forward.  Sometimes the water catches the edge of board when you start turning.  I am working on jumping.  I know that you have to cut hard into the wake without leaning with your knees bent, then jump at the wake.  I haven't gotten a lot of air yet.