Getting up on a wakeboard can be tricky as it has to be in sync with the movement of the boat. If one tries to hurry, it will result in failure. Timing is very crucial. New wake boarders need to pay careful attention to this detail. Let’s start at the beginning. The first step is obviously to fasten your wakeboard to your feet and take the rope handle in your hands. Then they must take the handle of the rope. You are just holding it in your hands to be connected to the boat.
Once you have done the above, you need to back into the water and wait for the boat to begin – this is the first initial yet important position as the boat will begin to move. You have your wakeboard on, you have the rope handle in your hands and you are lying back in the water while waiting for the boat to begin moving. The wakeboard is now parallel to the rear of the speed boat. This means until the boat begins only your feet are in contact with the wakeboard.
When the boat is in motion, let it pull you over the waters. As the boat pulls you, your body with will be pulled out from the water and onto the wakeboard. This means that till the boat begins movement, the wakeboard is the only solid contact you have. You must balance your body along with the movement and the tempo of the boat. Once you are confident, you can rise up on the wakeboard. Yet be careful, don’t get over confident, just go with the flow. It is imperative that you rise without loosening or increasing the tension of the rope.
While rising turn your hip so that the wakeboard moves from its horizontal position to a straight line pointing directly at the boat. You are now in a standing position. This means that one of your feet is in front of another. The rope handle you are holding should be resting at your hip.
Your hands holding the rope is resting it against your front hip while you surge ahead following the boat.
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