learning to barefoot

stick with it Greg!

and figure out that GoPro!



john

sweet!


john

me too Larry...all day long on the boom...trouble with LLBD. Only one that I have hit this year is when I was using Eddie's drysuit. Lots of xtra bouyancy! So I am back on the boom..slowing it down..remembering all the steps.
great for you & Greg to be able to ski together. Without Eddie I wouldn't be doin' anything.

john

We were back out yesterday and I got a few long line runs in but the water was :-(
Jet ski's, tuber's and wakesurfers saw the slalom course in the cove (we run next to it since it has decent water most of the time) as an obstacle course for them :-(
We should try to get the GA/NC footing crew together one of these weekend'!
At least I could learn something and have fun with ccf buds

To some extent if you are doing a TON of footing that is just conditioning. But to a greater extent it is probably indicative of "plowing." So not only is the flat foot important, but getting in a proper standing position is important also. Lane Bower has a ton of free video on the correct foot position (I noticed I am doing the "flex" instinctively as I type - don't lift your toes, but flex your ankle drawing the whole front of your foot closer to your shins) and power glide (meat hook, shoulder roll).

Ok, just so we are on the same page you do NOT want to arch your foot, keep toes and arch relaxed, flex at the ankle. Pull the front of your foot (notice I did not say toes, if you pull your toes, you will arch your foot and that is what you do not want) towards your shin. When I first started doing it, I actually had to concentrate on crunching my toes, almost curling them down.

Look at pictures here, #8, 9 & 10...

Barefoot positions

Also picture 1 is a good "posture" picture...

Conditioning, foot shape and size, speed, positioning all play a roll in bruising. Even after all that some people bruise easily some don't.

Oh, man I would totally be up for a footing clinic. Since I can't ski anymore I would be happy to come and teach/drive, finding a date would be a challenge but that would be cool.. Best would be a weekday, better water, etc. Throw some dates out, lets see if we can get any interest. Pretty sure I could get Frankenotter to go.

NCH20SKIER wrote: Videos from last weekend - one in slow motion that really shows the effects of handle movement. With some slow motion

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I have another version of the slow motion that is still uploading

Same as the earlier absent the slow motion

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NCH20SKIER wrote: Not real pretty but I will take it as another learning opportunity. Not sure but if felt like the speed (37) could have been reduced slightly but who am I to say....

Going out again Friday and will try to keep it all together and execute.......I keep running through the steps in my mind but as soon as I roll over all thoughts seem to vanish

So after my graduation I treated myself and the Mrs to a short break in Orlando while my mom watched the little one.
1st day we went to Universal, where I was happy to meet my hero the Duffman

But the Universal took a bad turn


2nd day we went to the WBC and I'm very proude to report that my wife tried footing! First on the seahorse

then of the boom...
https://youtu.be/BEaemssoCGg
While she told me she will never be a footer (that wish died about 40 sec into the video), she learned a lot re driving and seeing little things I do wrong (and big ones), which will be a great help while on our lake!

I started of with the usuall one foots on the boom, short line and same without shoeskies. I keept hearing Steve, in my mind "don't point the toes, flex the ankel" which transalted to some nasty faceplants initially as I flexed the ankle but curled the toes hahahah my left arm is litteraly blue from that (video might get posted at the WBC youtube channel). But then I got comfortable with the flex and relaxed the toes and all went smooth.
Besides tumble turns, I worked a lot on long line cheeck out and runs (Adam, guess you will keep the title of bud ride king/could not resist, sorry). This will help on our lake/boat since the short line puts me in the spray and that way I can fool around on the long line...

Great folks at WBC and in the PM session rode with Jackson (12 years old), who last weekend scored 7200 points in tricks! Great kid, polite, friendly, down to earth and fun!
https://youtu.be/ep2tFA1EYT8

Still haven't figured out how to embed video's

A quick trip back out this morning with Kristin and Carl. All geared up, ready to go, good water GoPro set up and ready.....Kristin, give me a minute to go over the steps in my head and I will be ready to go so be ready to the GoPro. Yup I am ready - hi the button and lets do this thing.
Away we go, plant and wait.............plane and wait for it........stripper but engaged - wait for it......bring feet together and let the boat pull your shamooo sized keister out of the water, you up slowly straighten up and bring the legs together and try to pinch the shoulder blades. We are skiing away at 35 and this is feeling real good, going, going still feeling good feet starting to heat up time to be thinking and preparing for the dismount, lean away and let go. Man this was the best run yet. I am now at home and go to view the video only to find that I had the MF in picture mode! Will have to wait until tonight when Carl uploads the video he shot with his phone - hope it is a good as what the run felt like. All I have to share now is the above thoughts and picture below that Kristin took while driving. Comparing pictures I can see improvement.......[/IMG]