Who else is riding?

[Surfdad]

Judy did amazing, didn't she?

[jbort]

Jake surfs 1st time

Jake is 10 and big for his age and he's been gun shy because of prior faceplants doing other stuff and got him up last night on starter board whihc is Hyperlite Landlock. Cam does not capture well but he's smiling like crazy. We have some friends coming today and gonna try different board for him and planning to get Lakewakes 4.2 Grom board in 1-2 weeks from Mark who's down the road

[bigdaddy_houseboater]

Thats awesome! He's sagging the rope.. he should just toss the handle. Great for him....

Long swim home, huh?

[ragboy]

his feet position looks pretty good. Have him reach out towards the wave to get his weight over the board. Should help him stay in. He is close!

[Surfdad]

Thats awesome! He's sagging the rope.. he should just toss the handle. Great for him....

Long swim home, huh?

Yeah he's surfing up through about 41 seconds! That's so cool!

That is funny watching dad swim back to shore!

[Surfdad]

We went out today, we are so spoiled from early in the year when no one was around.

Some sequence shots. James' surface reverse.

[Surfdad]

Check me out! Another 3!

[Surfdad]

...and some misc.

[Surfdad]

Today was actually nice, not crazy with tubers.

[Surfdad]

and the remainder!

[Surfdad]

Going for the youtube video! A couple of grabbed ollie 3's, couple of grabbed airs, a wind-to-unwind (surface reverse to surface 3) and a grabbed ollie 7. Ending in James straining his back!

[jbort]

Buddies wake surfing last week

Here's some fun stuff from last week w friends on Lake Lanier. Will is 9 yrs old and doing great on the small Inland Surfer board.


Will on 7 14 2011:


Coach Mark wake surfing 7 14

[jbort]

Sue giving it a whirl on Liquid Force Noserider but not getting much push.

[ragboy]

Here's some fun stuff from last week w friends on Lake Lanier. Will is 9 yrs old and doing great on the small Inland Surfer board.


Will on 7 14 2011:


Coach Mark wake surfing 7 14

I love watching families surf together, very cool. Keep that kid riding and he will start tearing it up, looks like he has good balance.

Quick tip, look at his front foot, looks like both riders can move the front foot more towards the wake. When he relaxes, he starts to turn out and fall out of the wake. Have him move his front foot more towards the wake. Usually, if there was a line down the center of the board, his heel would be just behind it. It can be a bit different for everyone, but he looks like it would help. We teach about 2 people a week, and I sit in that ballast boy seat and stare at feet all day. ;-)

Keep posting those videos.

[ragboy]

Sue giving it a whirl on Liquid Force Noserider but not getting much push.

See how the board looks like it is doing a wheelie? And look at my last comment about the front foot. You can really see how the front foot for her is pointed to the nose and too far to the heel side.

Have her move that foot over the middle of the board, point towards the wake. Get weight on the front foot and square her body more towards the wake. Prob move front foot a bit more towards the nose also. A good way to do this is have them let go with one hand, so they only hold the rope with their front hand. The person in the boat can pull the slack up on the rope for her so that she doesn't have to choke up and hold all that rope.

Put more weight on the front foot, so she isn't doing such a "wheelie", board should be flat, and she should have enough push to go wireless.

I bet she could do it in one more session! Just the foot position should help her enough to stay in.