learning to barefoot

saw a preview on FB

some skiing done this past days!

Had the oportunity to ride LL behind a BU Vride...with a 14x14 prop, its a slow pig, it was barely pulling me into the 35-36 as i felt i was plowing, cheecking out of the wake was a challenge also, like jumping from a big curb!....then put the shoes on and that was another story. Some side slide aon one foots...all in all the boat sucks for BF. Did a wakeboard run and it was incredible, landed all my tricks with ease.

Some bruises of the struggle during the ll attemps...


Sunday was another story, I went out with Julio in my boat.
Had a los of wind and high tide so some flotind debris was around in the river, after clearing it we started skiing.
SS are almost there but still not gliding it as I would like to, probably I need little more speed.
New tricks are flowing, both one foots are now consistent, I´m about to nail both toeholds, tumble up one foot with both feets. Toe hold butt slide standup....
Back one foot...
Julio is editing some video of the run. Hope to have it ready to uplaod soon..

OK, so one trick I have been dying to do is the back toe-hold. I have been able to do it on shoes for quite some time. I held off on doing it on bare feet since up til recently by back one foots sucked. I might have tried it on the basic, but the reverse would have suffered.

So here it is, the back toe hold. This was my second attempt. My first attempt I fell because my thighs weren't squeezed tight. The second attempt was "the ride of my life" on equal to barefooting for the first time. Guys, this trick is bad ass. you gotta try it!

you can hear me yell "AGAIN" but Roy was already basking in "FnA I just did a back toe hold!!!" LOL

This evening I perfected the triple face to foot.

That flat water costs extra

Footin' w/ Mitt Romney!

Well as you can see above we have found some a pretty pristine area to ski. Winds cab be blowing 20-25 mph and we can still have butter.
Tom, Chris, Kyle and I have made some serious improvements as well. We should be able to ski wet for a few more weeks, but then drysuits. I think we will have a 3 1/2 - 4 month layover with a BFN restore and maybe a clinic before getting back in the water down here.

today i tried my first back to front....nice face plant!

went with a newbie, couple of attemps in the boom and he was out, second round he was doing deep starts foot forward with the short rope!
He was very excited about the sport!

Excellent skiing Roy! You look comfortable out there.
This season has been an outstanding season for most barefooters improving their skiing. Maybe the sport is making a comeback. We are skiing tomorrow afternoon.....our skiing days are numbered here in TX for the 2012 season.

No video of the back to front faceplant???

Who is David Small?

kapla wrote: another glorious day of footing! nailed the ss finally! boom sky high is the must for this trick! also nailed a backroll or whatever you call the jump and turn... no footage though, going out tomorrow, but I'll take the gopro this time

FreeStylin

Seb,
Keep some bend in the ski leg on the back toehold and "push" your toehold foot down towards the water. Head up, look out the back for the horizon to keep balance.

Looks like you are busting loose this summer