yamaslut
07-10-2007, 02:08 PM
The "Nothing"
Ok... this trick is one of the few tricks you will do that your entire body will be seperated from the ski. That means there is a good chance you will wreck and wreck hard... Nothings are all about unweighting yourself at the right time and being neutral to the ski... By "neutral" I mean you want to not effect the flight of the ski w/ your weight, the ski should fly pretty much by itself.
"nothing"
To do this you will need approach the wave w/ both feet next to each other, in the center of the tray (not in footholds). Then as you are leaving the top of the wave unweight your body by jumping w/ the ski... this is hard to explain, but you basicly jump right before the ski leaves the water. This will remove the downward force your body is applying to the ski. If you don't perform this jump (hop) the ski will drop out from under you like a rock... That's scary sh*t and always ends in pain or twisted ankles...
Now that you are in the air pull legs up and out (remember the gunwales are high and you have to clear them) so always pull up then out. As you are doing this, you remove your hands and extend them fully into an "X" patern w/ the right leg lining up w/ leg arm ect... Then hold position as long as possible... always pull legs first and hand last... then when getting back to ski, always grab bars first then plant feet... This methos gives the most control and least chance of injury.
As you land the ski should be less than 45 degree angle so you don't go in, flounder around then continue riding... This should be a one complete move and you should still be moving forward in a riding position when done...
A few tips:
look at your feet when moving them out... It helped me figure out where I was at at first
limiting rope is a big help if the ski or tray gets away from you. THAT DOESN"T MEAN USING A ROPE IS OK... THAT'S CHEATING BITCHES... Only use it if you are gonna wreck or die..
practice unweighting yourself by doing pre-hops or bunny hops on flat water... do a few and just lift the feet up a bit to feel it out
remember style and extension are everything w/ this trick... full extension is sweet... everything else is cockroach...
practice just doing no-footers after you get the unweighting thing down... (basicly the same as a nothing except hands don't come off bars)recomended modifications/gear
Hydro Turf 25mm underpadding
Hydro Turf mats (for good traction)
shortened handpole
remove spring in pole
either tighten pole w/ double locking nuts (tight), or loose/dead weight w/ no spring (how my pole is)
lace up shoes (wrestling)... the slip on type will allow your feet to slide inside the shoe... ouch!!!!
Helmet w/ cage or face protectionthat's all I can think of right now...
Of course I got no good pics of them fully extended...
Ok... this trick is one of the few tricks you will do that your entire body will be seperated from the ski. That means there is a good chance you will wreck and wreck hard... Nothings are all about unweighting yourself at the right time and being neutral to the ski... By "neutral" I mean you want to not effect the flight of the ski w/ your weight, the ski should fly pretty much by itself.
"nothing"
To do this you will need approach the wave w/ both feet next to each other, in the center of the tray (not in footholds). Then as you are leaving the top of the wave unweight your body by jumping w/ the ski... this is hard to explain, but you basicly jump right before the ski leaves the water. This will remove the downward force your body is applying to the ski. If you don't perform this jump (hop) the ski will drop out from under you like a rock... That's scary sh*t and always ends in pain or twisted ankles...
Now that you are in the air pull legs up and out (remember the gunwales are high and you have to clear them) so always pull up then out. As you are doing this, you remove your hands and extend them fully into an "X" patern w/ the right leg lining up w/ leg arm ect... Then hold position as long as possible... always pull legs first and hand last... then when getting back to ski, always grab bars first then plant feet... This methos gives the most control and least chance of injury.
As you land the ski should be less than 45 degree angle so you don't go in, flounder around then continue riding... This should be a one complete move and you should still be moving forward in a riding position when done...
A few tips:
look at your feet when moving them out... It helped me figure out where I was at at first
limiting rope is a big help if the ski or tray gets away from you. THAT DOESN"T MEAN USING A ROPE IS OK... THAT'S CHEATING BITCHES... Only use it if you are gonna wreck or die..
practice unweighting yourself by doing pre-hops or bunny hops on flat water... do a few and just lift the feet up a bit to feel it out
remember style and extension are everything w/ this trick... full extension is sweet... everything else is cockroach...
practice just doing no-footers after you get the unweighting thing down... (basicly the same as a nothing except hands don't come off bars)recomended modifications/gear
Hydro Turf 25mm underpadding
Hydro Turf mats (for good traction)
shortened handpole
remove spring in pole
either tighten pole w/ double locking nuts (tight), or loose/dead weight w/ no spring (how my pole is)
lace up shoes (wrestling)... the slip on type will allow your feet to slide inside the shoe... ouch!!!!
Helmet w/ cage or face protectionthat's all I can think of right now...
Of course I got no good pics of them fully extended...