One of the most important things is getting up on your board. You can start with your feet on the board. the advantages of using this technique is it's the easiest way to get up, unless you have a large surfboard. It is also faster to get up.
You want to start in the water on the side of the boat on which you intend to surf (goofy or regular; will be explained in a different post). Put the board in front of you. Lay back and put your feet on top of the board; the board will be floating on top of the water. Hold the rope secure in your hands and signal to the driver when you are ready. As soon as the boat start moving, push down with the heels of your feet so the board flips up flat against your feet and KEEP YOUR ARMS STRAIGHT. If you bend your arms, you will not be successful getting up. Once the board is flat under your feet, stand up slowly.
Now that you are standing, you want to start creeping your back foot all the way back to the bump. Make sure you move slowly and smoothly. Once you move your foot back, you want to creep your toes forward closer to the edge of your board. You want to put more weight on the inside edge of the board, the side closest to the wave. You now want to find that "happy medium" on your board. If you shift your weight forward, the board will accelerate. If you shift your weight to the back, it will slow down. Staying in the happy medium zone takes practice and very little shift in weight or position.
Be patient, your first time wake surfing will be hard. Most people ride several times before they catch the wave. Once you feel comfortable you can throw the rope to a person on the boat waiting to catch it. You can free ride and have fun.
Once you are comfortable you can do trick, you can cut back and forth, ride up and down the face of the wave, attempt side slides, 180's and 360's.
Sources: http://www.howtowakesurf.com
Wow sounds like a great sport, Jenna! I'm always open to trying new things but I never really heard of Waking Surfing before now! Your blog will really help me to start a new challenge in my world of sports. This post was very helpful. If I may ask, how long have you been waking surf ? Until next time!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jillian ! Wake surfing is really an amazing sport. It is one of my favourites. I hope my blog will help you in learning more about wake surfing. Keep checking weekly for updates! I have been wake surfing since the summer of 2013. My cousin Brian Gardener, semi-pro wake surfer, introduced me to this amazing water sport. I will be going up to live with him to learn and to train how to wake surf next summer. I will check out your blog. Till next time.
DeleteCan you add an instruction video so we can see your suggestions in practice? How did you learn? Was it tough?
ReplyDeleteSeems very fun, but hard to start off. I would like to try any type of surfing some day, if I can even accomplish such a thing. It would be pretty sweet to be able to do a 360 in the air off a wave.
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