Articles Tagged: instruction
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One of our readers wanted a little more instruction on how to do a tantrum, so Kyle Schmidt answered in classic learnwake.com style with a video instructional. Here's the original message: From: Paul Schirber To: Editor WB <editor@wakeboardingmag... -
A wakeboardingmag.com forum user decided to contact WakeBoarding Magazine with a question about his heelisde frontside 360, and it just so happened that WBM Instructional Editor Kyle Schmidt felt like answering... -
(Video loading below) Corey has his heelside backside off-axis 7s on lock. I originally saw him hit this trick at the Malibu Pro Team Challenge, and after almost witnessing Corey pull the first ever backside 9 at that contest, we thought it would be a good idea to go try some more... -
Danny Harf and Parks Bonifay were good enough to get up at the crack of dawn last month for this photo shoot in Clermont, Florida. If there was one word we'd use to describe these guys, it's "professional... -
Getting Started Wake Surfing
Wake surfing can be an exciting and challenging sport to add to the list of thing that make having a boat so much fun. Wake surfing is well known to be the oldest "behind the boat" sport, even predating water skiing... -
The Wakeboard Camp Coaches Kyle Schmidt, Ben Greenwood, Kurt Robertson and Mike McLin have created the most comprehensive instructional video to date, in the form of a 5-disc series.
Pick your coach... -
Whirlybird
1. Make sure you get the handle in front of the spin on this trick. If the handle is not in front of your rotation you will get hung up and pulled back to a tantrum. 2. Try to bring your front knee up as you leave the wake to help you roll toward the wake and get the straight-up pop you need for this trick... - Indy tantrum to blind
1. For this trick, make sure you spot the wake on the landing side before you pull the handle to spin blind. Spinning too early will cause you to fall back over your heels as you hit the water... - Tantrum to fakie
1. Learn big HS/FS 180s landing out in the flats so you can manage the landing of this trick. Move the handle back toward the wake on the landing so you can get into the toeside edging position... - Ollie over Obstacle
1. Start with something small and then work your way up. Beach balls come in many different sizes, all the way up past 4 feet tall. Tie a string to the ball and a brick and drop it in the water... - Backside Lipslide
1. Try sliding in the back lip position in the middle of the two wakes at 10 to 12 mph before you try it at full speed on the lip of the wake. 2. It helps to use the handle to move your body and work the wake... - Surface BS 180
1. Instead of using all the strength in one arm to pull and pass, try to bend over and use your body to bring the handle to you. 2. Try riding in the middle of the wake with the board still facing forward but your upper body facing backward, with both hands behind your back in the cuffed position... - Pumping the wake (de-weighting)
1. You can save a lot of energy when cutting out by pumping the wake. Every time you edge out, start by going up the wake first and then pumping down and out to give you a burst of speed... - HS/BS 180
1. Grabbing the tail of the board helps you get into an ideal backside spinning position. Try to think about doing a tail grab backside air first to set your axis. 2. Make sure you are strong at all three handle-pass options...
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