learning to barefoot

Trying this again - Kristin said it should work.

Trying again

Hollywood-
It is the goofy camera mount to the tower. Function of trying to capture videos while only a driver on board. Need to see if the GoPro has a pivit option that may work.

I had camera issues - GoPro was set to picture instead of video so I end up with multiple selfies.
I will let Larry speak to my events of the day

I am not seeing the embeded videos on scree now - can you?

One more try this evening-

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Ouch!

Regarding links: I was all confused. Hollywood and Adam were talking about the videos, but I could see no links or attempt at links. Not until late in the evening, after Greg's 10:58 post (where the links did show up) did it occur to me to go back and do the quote thing to see the guts of Greg's posts, and then I saw the links, which seemed to be correct, so I dont know why they didnt show up. Oddly, this morning I realized they did show up on my phone, which is usually the first place things disappear.

Re: Bryan's fall. It was awesome. I told him that I think they could hear it in Charlotte. It sounded like a thunderclap.

Re: Greg's runs. He did great. Two long runs. He does have video of one of his runs, but didnt post it, but since he asked me to verify it, I will. He had a couple of awesome long runs, and one shorter one, that I thought we did capture on video.

Re: Hollywood's comment "Stand up, Larry" Are you referring to my feet being too far out it front? If so, I know I do that because that's teh way I am in 9 out of 10 of my videos. Every now and then my form is better. Greg commented on it too yesterday. Trouble is, I don't know how to fix it, how to get my feet more under my butt. I am open to suggestions. I've got two things going against me, 1 - I don't know how to do it and 2 - the mental part is, I fear if I try to tuck my feet under my butt, my heals will go down and catch, and as many as I've done, I still dont relish going out the back, or front, or whatever you call it when you go backwards. (When I was fussing putting my neck brace on I told Greg, you don't need them for every fall, but when you do have one of those falls, its good to have one) Little did I know a few seconds later I demonstrated one of "those falls" I did get to see pretty flashy little stars for a while tho.

My quest for the day was LLBDs. I did about six tries. Patience, patience, patience. On my last try I did actually start getting my body off the water and Greg said it all seemed to look right, so maybe there is a chance it will happen this year.

All in all, a great morning. Lot's of fun, fun to see Greg really ski away his back deeps, Glad I could be a part of it.

Funny you mentioning head position. Greg said the same thing on an early run and I tried to correct, but good point about looking up vs head up. Interesting comment on speed. Never thought of that. I typically tell drivers 36ish which I am guessing is about where Greg had me. Do you really think that is too fast for a 190 pounder? I guess it cant hurt to tell my driver to slow down a bit, 34 - 35? to see what it feels like.

Interesting. I'll give it a shot. I hear what you are saying about skiing defensive. For me, its never a real leisurely ride, more a survival run. Maybe slowing down will change that. I took one run on Greg's shoe skis yesterday and he said we were going about 27. Pretty good training I guess. I don't own a pair, but should. What speed would you recommend for my long line work?

Who's the honey in the bikini?

I was thinking the same thing but figured it wasnt my place to comment. Besides, it kind of fits his personality. He is a real dynamo that has two speeds off and full. He makes a case of Red Bull look like a snifter of brandy. The baseball grip is stronger than the overhand grip and if Bryan isnt trying to pull the boom out of its sockets or the pylon out of the boat then clearly he's not pulling hard enough.    

[QUOTE=Swatkinz] my lake time has been minimal this year due to kids, work, etc. I was able to get some time this weekend working on back deeps. My driver is new to watersports and had only watched a back deep on youtube prior to these attempts but he was all I had.
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Steve: looking at these I would suggest a couple of things: 1. work on a solid "plane" before you plant. This was a bad habit I developed. Never liked the plane so I avoided it and it hurt me LL. Stiffen up like a log (tighten the cheeks) and get used to riding the plane. 2. Your plant looks good all considered. This is when you want your driver to give you a little speed and I did not hear much of that going on. The drive does not need to hammer it, but it is hard to progress with out it. When the speed was given, I did not see much bend in the waist happening. Gotta get bent. Pooch the butt, fold in the middle, push down with your chest, however you want to look at it. Nice work.

Went out tonight and had some additional success. This is the only run on video but the ones that followed I was a bit more vertical, arms out straight and rode it about 2x the distance. Managed to get up and ski 4-6 away before daylight was gone.

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Great skiing, your video linking is coming along too! A little too fast, hardly any forward spray and your feet are skating around. Catch a heel at that speed and it could the last run of your night, doesn't have to be like that...

Greg you are the man. Nice work.