learning to barefoot

GlassSeeker wrote:

I love low slung boats, but am not overly fond of outboards. One of my all time favorites were the old pre-Malibu Flitecrafts.

Those BI shoe skis do turn easy, they are super slippery, they are designed to use at 15 to 25 mph, Willie skis them at 30 to 32, IMO waayyy too fast. The idea with the shoe skis is to lower your speed which increases drag which "simulates" turning on your feet. going fast there is no drag. Of course Willie is not trying to learn to turn so it is what it is. The BFC shoe skis are the most difficult(most like barefeet) If you are having trouble getting any consistancy turning on BFC's I have some suggestions. And I just got the WBC shoe skis so I'll be testing them out soon.

The line step position is more fun than it looks, doing the one foots is a challenge until you lift your arm up high then they're easy, strange how that works.





   

Several posts ago, Roy talked about Willie's dummy observer and I mentioned our "Rog" from high School days, that was our observer.

75 Tique wrote: LakeBoy wrote: ... or put his dummy in the front seat. Had to smile at this one. Back in high school, my buddy TJ and I had "Rog", an observer fabricated from a vinyl vest, a ball with a face on it and a red baseball cap. I wish I had a picture of Rog out with us, but I don't. He did however, make it into my senior year year book.

I managed to round up a picture of Rog from my high school year book swim team picture. (yes jbear, it was from Rog I got the idea to wear goggles when I foot)

no boat, no problem!!!

Pretty cooool!!!

That looks like a South American version of a North American "Hold my beer and watch this!" moment.

That is not good. We rely on your summer pictures to get us thru winter!   

There are story's of many people finding them and returning them to GoPro who gets them back to the owner. That's why I use the orange float when skiing. Hope it turns up. Maybe go back with a diving mask?

I am seriously dissappointed
I have no idea what it's like to foot in Uruguay, that would have been cool to see. The loss of your vacation photos is even more tragic for you though.

I have a giant float attached to my headstrap mount kind of like how I float my goggles. yes it looks ridiculous. thats how I roll.

Everybody keeps telling me the suction cup mount is going to fall off but so far it works great. no saftey cords attached.

Keep On Footin

Great job on the video/music. Summer cannot get here fast enough

Nice - I gave my DVD to a friends boys (Ethan / Hudson Fox - 6 years old) and they to have been having a good time with it and driving their mother (former Sea World Snivel Skier) crazy. While the boys are only 6 they are already skiing faster then their mother!

That's great Steve. She's clearly been bit by the barefoot bug early. Only one thing to do about that. Encourage/support it!!

found my sweet spot on the side slide, the key, speed. 43+ mph.
With the boom at shoulder height and in that speed, I slided sweet...
only problem is wot for the nautique...
Looks like I need a new 55+ boat!

wondering if a prop change could give me a couple of extra mph, I´m no longer wakeboarding with heavy ballast to I don´t worry about loosing some hole shot....

with no footer on tow I´m getting 47mp @4800-4900 rpm with the 1442 acme 3 blade prop..