learning to barefoot

how do you get those screen shots? they are awesome! can´t stop laughing!!!

Steve: All that crazy falling MAY be a result of work on your mind. Barefooting for me gets my mind OFF that stuff. I have learned (especially with the back deep long line start) I need 100% focus while footing, 100% of the time or else I do not get the results I want. That being said, looks like you are planting at 20 MPH and getting your feet swept. Ride the butt glide longer, or ride the 3-point until you get more speed. Ups and downs are part of the ride! Stick with it...

looks like I had some progress!!! thanks!!!
now I need to rush and get myself a new tranny.

so I replaced the bent rudder and the bent stuffing box - we were lucky because the rudder shaft bent and had cracked right at the base darn near broke it off and could have sunk - things coulda been alot worse. all better now($400 later) just gotta water test to be sure nothing happened to the prop - inspected it and can't find anything hoping for the best.

Hollywood- we ski my Sanger DX, Willies Malibu, Mark's 04 Sanger DXII Barefooter with a Proflight tower and superflyhigh, Jerrys Sanger DXII Barefooter with double stacked flyhighs, Roys Nautique, and others on occasion/as needed.

Steve-I'm the one who hounds Roy to be sure he is giving 100% effort and 100% focus. I tell him 95 won't do it right after he misses a back deep or a toehold or whatever. Some people have a hard time leaving the "crap" on the dock so just do your best to forget everything while you are out in the boat---all the stuff will be there when you get back---and as far as not progressing--sometimes things seem like nothing is working(its just a bad day!) (I skied with Mark the other day and just ate it bad a few times tore my neckbrace off 3 or 4 times and I was DONE) persistant 100% efforts will suddenly produce results---maybe it will be the next time out :) And don't forget the boom(NO SHAME!)move back directly on the boom and you can then adjust your feet/foot position and get your glide on without falling--you can't progress without good basics/foudation look at Kap he's getting better right before our eyes(glad he had his boom high for that superman! LOL)

-Kap you are leaning back too far and you need to ski with a bit more bend in the knee (unless its glass- then OK to stand high) "ski dirty" I think is what david small calls it- just a little lower. And as you lift a leg keep your knee bent since that will help keep the leg on the water knee bent. Also I see the pad you are using under the boom--if you can get a 2x6 and a hole saw or just notch it to desired height, run it from floor up to boom to support the high boom position and your dolphin will be off the hook since it will make a solid brace for the boom.      

Nice job, HW.

I'm a walk around guy myself....been trying to get the flip turn but just crash.

LOL I was going to post the exact same video.

These guys have taken the walk around to a whole new level.

Mike also holds the speed record with Scott Pellaton for 2 guys towed barefoot at 99 mph.

Hollywood that flip turn is money

Hollywood wrote: watrski, how was your figure-8? Brief moment of glory from ours. No wetsuits allowed. Group 1 of 4. The prize

Just saw this....

Fig 8. was a hit here. Will I see you next year next to me?

you want a cool figure 8 HW? C'mon down here next year. This past weekend me and Eddie went to KSO...Eddie drove and I judged. Way cool time. Run-off between KSO and David Small. Took 2 runs to decide. Had about 40 footers of all skill levels. Then they went to Cherry Pockets to 'warm-up' for the evening party at KSO's place.



john

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Some good stuff in there. Some really good one foots, including a toe hold, a bouncing tumble turn and an almost back to front. Nice work!

Brrrrrr!!! But good footing and Steve, you definitely get points for determination and effort. Being that cold when trying something new certainly doesnt make it any easier. You are lucky to have a driver who knows what he is doing. You can tell by the way he responds to where you are and what's happening. That helps a lot.

Mark - "Arctic Productions" came from my snowmobiling video's - it just kind of carried over into the footing. HW "claims" the water was warmer then the air, but without a water thermometer on board its tough to tell, they seemed about the same to me.

Larry - HW's driving was OUTSTANDING - He rocks! That makes all the difference in the world. When we were reviewing what I was going to do once I got in the water, I even told him, "Once I get in the three point and am steady and relaxed, it's all up to you!"

Andy - I kind of felt that might be the case in the water, and I came to the same conclusion when I saw the video (what little you can see). I think I also need to lean a little more away from the boat as well.

Looking forward to the next chance to give it another go! hoping for less wind next time both from cold and rough perspective...

old dogs learn new tricks! think I was 58 in this video. wait thru the tumbles and you'll see some bacerds. helps to have a teacher/driver like Eddie or HW. the driver really does make a difference.

two words...neck brace!

agree with GlassSeeker; bend at the waist and feel that water on your chest and chin. let your butt rise up first and the rest will follow. me and Eddie are skiing every saturday. water still warm here. C/Cfers always welcome.

sorry Larry...had to show off a little too.



john

Larry and John; Yes, I have the neck brace just forgot to bring it along, will try it with the drysuit, but I suspect it may not work. At this point I am also keeping the speeds way down. Shoe skis / puppy paws are on the Christmas list... I think it is really funny when I feel my chin dragging in the water - that is always the "feel" I am shooting for, that and - "bend over, bend over, bend over..."

Hey Guys, from time to time, I have lamented constant sinus infections on this board, whether from barefooting or the Sacramento Valley air I do not know. I have been plagued with them, esp. the last 2 years. In fact the last 2 years I have been run down, drained, and resigned to it. I have posted a new discovery for me that has cleared me up in 5 days, and frankly as a by-product my energy is off the freaking chart. To chronicle this, I started a new thread:

Sinus Infections and other Disasters

You may be surprised at what cleared me up, and why I ready to climb Mount Everest or pick a fight with a UFC fighter today...LOL.

Check it out!