last summer bacerds attempts

Good clips Larry.
You'll be nailing those back deep starts consistently this summer.

Hope you can make the best of these "crappy" winter days. I recommend pond hockey and snow skiing

-Brad

I'm not the expert here, but what are the instrutions you gave the driver. Usually
on a back deep you throttle up to 25-28 mph, and then take it up to speed once the feet are firmly planted. Based on the sound of the video, it sounded like the driver was doing a pretty consistent speed???

BKH

I agree with Steve...driver is most important. C'mon down and Eddie will have you goin' in no time...tried to link to the short video of mine but could not get it to work. Wanted to show that if Eddie could teach me..he can teach anyone.

john

Ok I just tried the IMG code copy and paste and it worked fine...now why wouldn't it work last night? I'll never understand these things.

Thanks Larry...figured you would take pity on me and post it. Can't believe you lobbed that softball up to HW tho. Sorry I missed you but I think I got a reason to call ya later on this week..thursday maybe.

john

ps; I'll save the instructions till I get it...maybe won't have to bother ya for awhile.

bkhallpass wrote: I'm not the expert here, but what are the instrutions you gave the driver. Usually on a back deep you throttle up to 25-28 mph, and then take it up to speed once the feet are firmly planted. Based on the sound of the video, it sounded like the driver was doing a pretty consistent speed??? BKH

Typically I pull my back footers at about 15 MPH until their feet are planted, then accel to about 35MPH. Personally I think the driver in these vids is going too fast during the feet plant phase. You really want to baby the throttle during this phase, at least with the back footers that I pull.

Hollywood wrote: Here's one tip for your driver. You want about a 2' fountain of bubbly water coming straight up through the crotch during the glide (i'm going to say glide instead of PLANT which sounds too harsh for this). If it's flying over your head that is probably too fast! This is an easy thing for the driver to look for instead of the speedos. Eventually it will all get quicker but for now definitely slow it down.

Good tip- Ill have to tell that one to any new drivers, and use it myself. I usually shoot for 10-12mph until the feet are planted, then bring it up to 30-35. Much slower than 10, you drown; much faster than 12, you bounce.

Larry,
Looking at this pic I see a couple things really quick. Your butt is in the air really nice, and I mean that purely from a barefoot perspective!!!

Your feet unfortunately are way too wide at this point though. You can actually see your right foot is still pointed away from the boat and you're actually skiing on your instep and big toe rather than the bottom of your foot. If your ass is that high in the air, your feet should be turned straight down into the water and you should be bringing your feet much closer together (think no wider than shoulder width).

When you get going fast enough so that your ass starts to lift off the water, you need to do a few things all at the same time.
First,
You think about constantly keeping your toes pulled up toward your knees. NEVER and I mean NEVER point your toes like you're trying to stand on them. Keep them pulled or pointed up toward your knees (whichever way you want to think about it).
Second,
You start to turn your feet down toward the bottom of the lake while keeping your toes pointed up toward your knees. I know it sounds kinda contradictory. Think of it like this. When you're doing your "glide" your toes are actually pointed out toward shore (but still pulled up toward your knees) so that the inside of your ankles are actually riding on top of the water. When your ass raises off the water, you can SLOWLY but EVENLY turn both feet straight down into the water while keeping your toes pulled up toward your knees. Many people have a tendancy to try "standing" on their toes at this point. That just makes your feet act like an arrow and drive straight down into the water and you're done at that point. Keep your toes pulled up toward your knees while you turn your feet down into the water instead of laying on top of the water. One very important fact here though. Turn both feet AT THE SAME TIME. A combination of boat acceleration and how "hard" the water is determines how soon and how fast you turn your feet down. It's a "feel" thing that can only determined by you. Generally, as soon as your ass starts to lift off the water, you can turn them down. How fast they get turned down is the "feel" thing.
Third,
Bring your feet closer together. A LOT closer together. Having them a little wide is OK when first starting out, but too wide and you'll never get your feet completely turned down into the water. You'll only be able to get them about halfway turned down (just like the pic shows). As speed continues to increase, if your feet are too wide you'll never be able to pull them together. No matter how strong you are. At that point, you end up doing the splits and pulling a hammie. Your heels should not be more than shoulder width apart. When you're doing 25MPH bacerds and you think you're feet are at shoulder width, they really look just like your pic. They're WAY wide yet. My own personal rule....If you think your feet are close enough together, trust me when I tell you that they aren't. Pull them together more.

So now your ass is in the air, feet turned down with your toes pulled up toward your knees and your feet shoulder width apart. When you're in the right position, your chest will naturally lift off the water. Everything from the waist down should not move now. You'll feel the spray from your feet hitting your chin. As you continue to lift your chest, as soon as you don't feel the spray hitting your chin, stop lifting right there. Don't raise up any higher. You're officially going bacerds now. Enjoy the ride.

75 Tique wrote: Would sure like to swing a trip down your way for a day out with you and John. I know I'd come home with a solid bacerds run.

Sure sounds like a good plan to me. Bet you need some warm weather, sun, skiing and adult beverages about now.

john