learning to barefoot

was that a candid shot Larry or did your friend really let you take a picture of him in that wetsuit?



john

75 Tique wrote: Jim's a good sport and although he and I have done a bunch of slalom skiing together, this was his first taste of a hardcore ski workout session. I think he enjoyed himself and was impressed with how easily we Greg and I ran the drills/coordinated/knew what the other was up to, needed or wanted. I think he also enjoyed being on a "real" boat.

always makes for a great experiance when you got a crew that knows the drill. Hopefully that is how Greg found Eddie and I. Why don't you come down and see for yourself?

john

    Awesome!! You're right there Greg!!

Another quick one before heading to the garage

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It was my buddy Chad Colby. Chad was over for last October's Mini. He was the "one" to foot behind Steve's Excel

Thx Andy. You are not the first to say the plant is to wide - I am having trouble pulling the dogs in......My plan was to go back to the boom some this week - weekend.

Roy
I am getting up and are getting pulled out the back (front?) regularly - I am thinking I may be trying to get to vertical before speed is appropriate. I also had a hard time getting my feet turned down in sync.
I feel that I am close but could be months away from success. Hopefully not.
Perhaps my driver needs to return to the seat.

Good job Greg.
I completely agree with Andy and Roy. Feet are a bit too wide. Not much but a little. I've always said that as soon as your feet are planted and the boat starts throttling up, tell yourself to touch your heels together and lock that position in and wait for speed.
When you're face down and backwards 5MPH feels like 55MPH and 5 seconds feels like 5 minutes. It is not a natural act so you have to exaggerate what your brain tells your body to do. In that position your brain telling your heels to touch together in reality is only moving your heels a couple inches closer but that's all you need until your muscle memory and repetition makes it more natural.

The rest of your start I thought looked pretty good. As you start to come up you'll feel the spray from your feet hitting your chin. As soon as you don't feel the spray hitting your chin anymore STOP and stay bent in that position.
Now again with that exaggeration thing. Tell yourself to touch your knees together. Touching your knees together does two things very naturally...it brings your feet together and forces you to bend your knees all at the same time and all with one simple command. Reality is that you'll never actually touch your knees but that's what you have to tell yourself to get your feet to a comfortable riding stance and keeping your knees bent.
Then just relax and enjoy the ride.

Also agree that adding a 5' section to the shortline on a low boom is a nice step to transition to longline.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5D_xarhN0ww

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hLyvIHo9ZvY

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G2jOZAIbvWI

Old guys getting it done.

Should be able to lift either at will...at 40. Try some one hand one foots...ski on left foot hold handle with right hand...line up the rope and the skiing foot...directly under and inline with rope...then do the right foot with left hand...repeat

Here is an old video. Im playing around with my stance and how far forward I am getting. Im looking down to see where the water is breaking on my feet. I know your not supposed to look down but im trying to figure things out. I used to try them alot and I would fall as soon as I would pick my foot off the water or I would fall backwards.

Foot Run

One foot both problems in one video

Long line for your amusement listen to the commentary

Ok I will. I was doing them on the boom first day I ever barefooted they are so easy. Probably because you can have super crappy form. Should I put the boom Hight or low? Want to make it close to the real thing as possible.

Reading through this thread inspired me to take a barefoot set this past weekend, something of a rarity these days. I managed a tumble turn before my feet started burning too badly. I need to work on some one-foots next time, never tried those before.

Go easy on my form, I've footed maybe 15 times in my life!

After seeing your leg jim I dont think I can take any footing advice from you haha.
Just kidding you always know what your talking about. Except idk about that backwards ski thing.

GlassSeeker wrote: Run the boom about chest or shoulder height...don't go too high. Halfnelly...nice...pic 4 and 5 you want to be on trailing hip knees pointed away from boat on the tumble turn...it'll be faster smoother better funner...the leading hip must be raised ...both when you sit down into the tumble and then rolled to the other side as you complete the 360...don't put feet in til you are all the way around and square

Noted. Thanks for the tip. Hoping to get my wife more confident to drive so I'll be able to practice more. This was a rare occasion the lake was calm and my old man was there to steer. I think that's the 3rd tumble I've ever done, I made the first one I tried in college, then missed one last year because I didn't even have a barefoot suit and my life jacket proved to be a bit catchy.