Wow, thanks! Really appreciate it! She will be excited she isn't the only one....she was getting depressed. We are in our 40s with kids, she never grew up with water sports and only started trying to ski and wakeboard 2-3 years ago....she tries maybe 2 times a year. Right now she just feels like she is hanging on and can't go anywhere she wants to go out there.
Definitely not a lot of experienced folks on the boat. I am the most experienced and am not too good. (Cant jump both wakes, can't do a 180 on the water, etc. She thinks I am great though because I can go wherever I want on the water, haha.) I learned in my early 20s and just did it and never really thought about hand position or technique at all. It was basically something I did after I was tired from skiing.
Really good comments about hand position and being by your hip and not out in front of you. You made me think about it and If they are out in front of you in the center and not to the side, the board has no choice but to be more perpendicular to the boat.
Right with respect to squatting and holding on too. I have been thinking her stance is too wide which is likely promoting squatting. So much that it isn't a natural stance for her. Right now the two boots are balanced. If I move one in, should it be the front? Or should I move both in and see if it is too narrow?
Boat speed is good. And I am definitely pulling her up slow.....but I can try even slower.
Thanks so much....I am going to go look at some pictures of her from a couple trips.
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