Slalom bruises

[skibrain]

Re: Slalom bruises

Sort of hijacking the thread here... Yes toes on the line until you are moving pretty good.

Take slack out of line. Hook your toes over the line with handle tight to your waist. Repeat, handle tight to your waist. Yell hit it as you take a deep breath. Arch your back and tip your head way back. The driver eases you out until you are planing on your rear end in the seated position. Still keeping handle to your waist and toes over the line. Boat accelerates up to speed (about 38 for me), ease the feet into the water and stand up.

 

[scrit9mm]

Re: Slalom bruises

you make that sound really easy. Is it possible to just ride on your arse until comfortable, if there is such a thing.

how do you fall? 38 sounds like it hurts any way you do it.

 

[skibrain]

Re: Slalom bruises

I've been barefooting for 35 years so this was just adding a new way to get into it. Yeah could ride like that for quite a while but because my rear end has more surface area than my feet, wouldn't need to go as fast. Lots of spray - at least for my noob technique riding in the middle of the wake where it's more turbulent. People that are actually good at it can "cheek out" and steer outside the wake to harder/cleaner water where I would typically do a step-off.

Prefer not to fall. Ski until you're tired, or in my case feet are really starting to hurt and then just get off. Throw the handle up, lean back and put feet together and you slow down quick. I kept my runs short 15-20 seconds of footing time each run.

 

[jigngrub]

Re: Slalom bruises

Pain is weakness leaving the body!