learning to barefoot

Went out this morning with my buddy Carl - nothing but crashes for me - sorry guys no posts at this time. Trust me it was the same thing over and over - slow down and do not rush - do not gas pedal.
In any event here is one of Carl's short line runs behind the boat - he called the speed - 44.

My Balls hurt just watching but nice job!

If you want to do more than that then yea, a suit for deep waters is necessary.

Quite a challenge! note that i can do it in my basic foot, but reverse i can't get that high!

Kevin, everytime I drive down to Powers Lake I have to drive over the Fox River, if we could figure out access we could (I guess I have to start changing this to something like "I could pull you and we could") have some GREAT water ALL the time. It appears to be about the same (bank to bank) width as was Seb is skiing on, only the water is a tad bid cleaner - HA!

challenge accepted

Just thought I'd pass this along here...There is a movie called Bang Bang that includes some barefoot scenes of Keith St Onge as a stunt double filmed in Clear Lake CA that used Roy Lakeboy's Sanger as a towboat and to chase the plane with videocameras. Its a Bollywood movie that I was kinda sceptical about ... but Iwent and saw it and I really can't recommend it enough. I loved it. I give it 4 out of 4 possible barefeet! It is action packed and just spectacular. You do have to read subtitles but you can really tell what's going on anyway. Its a great story with a twist. Its interesting to see all the locations they shot in. There are a few song and dance sequences that are not subtitled but still enjoyable. I highly recommend this movie and thought it better than most of what Hollywood puts out. Go see Bang Bang!

Hollywood wrote: challenge accepted

http://www.alliancewake.com/wake/alliance-slalom-wakeboard-world-championships/

I'm trying this from my phone...I know its not barefooting but this video of these guys wakeboarding through the slalom course is pretty good.

haha nice one Andy... never seen a boarder try a course before.

Just winterized the tug... going to need a lot of these to get me thru the winter..

Been thinking this trick for some time.
I think I've never seen it done before.

Its a side slide but the show foot goes way forward, thus making it seem I slide parallel to the boat. As i run the boom on the port side, I give the back to the boat hidding away most of the leg position.
I might need to catch the action from a gopro mounted on the boom or me holdind it from a stick..or mount the boom on the drivers side....

anyway I called it the Front Slide or KFS (kapla front slide) here it goes:

good advice, but context?

NCH20SKIER wrote: Went out this morning with my buddy Carl - nothing but crashes for me - sorry guys no posts at this time. Trust me it was the same thing over and over - slow down and do not rush - do not gas pedal. In any event here is one of Carl's short line runs behind the boat - he called the speed - 44.

Greg, After looking at the video of carl, its like he's barefooting in the furrow of a plowed field. He's way to close and directly in the prop wash. I.am 58 and I pulled some serious long line footer's in my day. I don't see this as fun for carl or you. Here is how I see it. If you barefoot long line use the lift ring at the back of the boat. Your pull is at shoulder height. Carl is way to close to the boat. We always used 100' for long line barefooting. Next after your up, get out of the turbulent wake and move to the curl, left or right. The tower and ski pole serve know purpose in long line footing in my opinion. I hope this will be helpful to you, I also would recommend you step off a ski in the curl as a first, before deep water or tumble turns behind the boat. Good luck in the spring, and let us know how you do.