High Altitude Wakeboarding

Friday Morning Lesson

admin — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:19:10 +0000

Today we went out with some Park City locals, Brie and Davin. Neither one of them had been on a board in years nor ever behind a tournament boat like our Supra. They both wanted to brush up on their skills and get back into wakeboarding. We had both of them working on their progressive cuts and standing tall at the wake to get more pop. By the end of the lesson Davin was clearing the wake on his heelside and nearly clearing the wake on his toeside. Brie was charging hard as well and almost clearing the wake on her heelside jumps.

Coach Tommy had a chance to take advantage of the glassy water to show them how it was done.

How to pick up a fallen rider

admin — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:32:11 +0000

Here are a few tips to make sure you stay safe and make your wakeboard experience more enjoyable

Stay at a steady speed. Don’t juice a rider in his or her approach to the wake

Go straight. Pick a spot on the horizon and drive to it. This will ensure a consistent wake for the rider. Don’t make a long continuous arc that will result in a wake that is big on one side and small on the other.

When you circle around a fallen rider, SLOW DOWN . Don’t go making the power turns like you see in the James Bond movies. You send rollers across the whole lake when you make the fast turn around. Instead, bring the boat to a stop, then make a slow turn and return to your rider.

Once the handle has reached the rider, throw the boat into reverse just a little. This will keep from ripping the rider’s arms out of their sockets as the rope passes them at 10 MPH. This will also reduce the chance of injury from wrapping the rope around an arm, leg, neck or other body part.

Finally, pay attention. This is simply common sense, but is still good to remind you.

Wed am wake sesh

admin — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:12:56 +0000

This morning was a rare chance that we had no lessons and got to freeride with my local crew at The Jordanelle Reservoir. The weather was overcast with some sprinkles here and there. The lake was butter with hardly a boat in site, these are the days that we live for!

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