learning to barefoot

yesterday I had the opportunity of using the EZ footer to teach some friends....
Not as easy as I thought..or my friends are not fast learners....or I suck as a teacher...
they would get speed and plough the feet in the water..no matter how many times I yell them to glide first with the butt, then knees to the chest, etc...
What I do need is some equipment in s size. One of my friends is actually A girl..so imagine the situation: high speed, water and bikini..lol.
After dealing a bit with the ez she wanted to start holding to the boom (not mine of course)...I gave her my BI shorts(smart move)...I take off and suddenly water washed away the shorts..leaving her completely bottom less...hilarious..too bad there´s no video there...
video will come later...

Here is a video that shows us using the Handle to sit in.
From SacFooter on youtube


forgot how to do that link thing

You really "fly" them, set it up so they don't sit in the water but just above it. Then you have them set feet on water slowly and push down with feet (STAND UP)-KNEES BENT-you will be yelling over and over to them "BEND YOUR KNEES!" have them look straight ahead, chin up, eyes forward=(balance) NOT looking at their feet.(when they drop the chin and look down - its look down go down) they will catch a toe and then they can spin back forward as long as you have them just high enough off the water. have everybody wear a barefoot suit or barefoot shorts or at least some thin wetsuit shorts (even if it doesn't fit well) it will be better than nothing. a bikini won't do anything ...the girls can get hurt from the water so I give them something to wear.   

27 miles from the marina- that is a long way to go to foot- but if its really good then its worth it.

for your one foots- you need your foot directly under the rope/line and you need to tighten your legs and torso and groin muscles --"scissor" your leg in the air with the leg on the water and shift your weight onto the foot you are skiing on(keep "scissoring")keep your ski foot directly under the rope all the time by shifting the handle and your foot - as long as the foot is under the line you will have good balance.

Try some one hand-one foots...with your right hand on the handle shift the handle over your left foot (and let go with your left hand) and visa versa.

One foots and toe holds make it feel like you are gonna catch because the water is closer to your toes you have to get used to that edge moving up to your toes without catching a toe. Its a fine line.

go back onto the boom without any handle just hanging on your boom (and get the glide down)you can learn not to plow there.   

how do I embeb the videos???

Beat me to it! Nice

okay fess up fellas....am I the only one that hoped the girl on the ez footer would lose her grip and spin to her left?

That water looks pretty ard on those falls....not as hard as the water we have here now

kapla wrote: the handle on the boom is an add on?

Yes.

Your inside cable is flopping around in all the videos, snug it up or extend the outside one. When you test it out on land the inside cable should get taught first, the boom will flex and the outside cable will become tight during use.

GlassSeeker wrote: been putting a stroker motor in my boat which took 2 times(long story) so my time has been workin on the boat in the cold.

Any chance it was a rear main seal problem? 351?

kapla wrote: far though...its 27 miles away from my marina, but they are worth 100%...

actually its 17.5miles...or 27 kilometers...

Hey question for the footers. I have never footed behind a tower or high pole. Last fall as most of you know we got a 2000 sport with the FCT2 tower. Is it a sweet difference footing with a tower? Or is it virtually un-noticeable? What are all of your opinions on that?

Nice Tim, I noticed Kap was on his in those vids and was getting excited to foot behind the tower this year. I thought it would be slightly easier to do things. Plus, it looks so cool...

oh..I didn´t go out yesterday the crane of the marina broke, so it was impossible to put the boat in the water....
I hope they get it fix by the weekend...we are having a long weekend, monday and tuesday are non laborable due to Carnival celebrations!!!

So that's what's going on in Argentina! I work with guys from Argentina all day for work (IBM) and yea, they're off Monday and Tuesday!