by mlines » 18 Aug 2016, 08:05
Yes, I guess the purists will complain but this is the taught (shouted!)sequence.......
Arms straight, knees to chin (or as close as a 55 year old with a stomach can get!)
Boat starts moving
Heels to Bum! - keep curled up
Board rises out of water - keep curled up
Roll forward - keep curled up, board now underneath you and planing.
Board stable - keep curled up - you can now go around the lake like this, no need to stand up! (this for me was the trick, I always thought you went straight to standing as the boat started moving)
Stand up, As board was stable and underneath you this is straight forward.
Board stable and board underneath you, not forward of you.
Rotate board forward, keeping upper body forward and rotate from the hips.
Smile and wave at crowd.
On lesson 1 we went through this sequence on the land, then on the training pole for about 3 or 4 attempts, then on the training pole rope for 2 or 3 attempts, this resulted in me standing up on the last couple of runs.
On lesson 2, I started back on the training pole rope for a couple of attempts to re-learn and then went on the full rope.
On the long rope it was up to me to remember the sequence as you cannot hear the instructor so it took a few attempts before I did it.
Just to also say that the instructor was making tiny adjustments on the throttle as he watched me wobble which clearly helped.