learning to barefoot

your friend is making some stuff up

Oh about the 41mph?

Pretty much all of us know of Randy Filter from his Berry connection, but here is a video and backwards start move I have never seen before, not even by ADV or the likes thereof. I thought it was pretty cool (presently the 2nd video down on the footer's edge page)

https://www.facebook.com/TheFootersEdge/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED

Nice video! And all this time I thought a LLBD was a big deal!

Does this count as a landLandis

41...LOL...no there is no max speed in tricks or wakes...at 2014 Nationals no one called for more than 47. Now there are guys who want 50 but at a tournament you're never gonna get it so call 99mph and yell hit it waterdog.

Actually the boats they run now will get 50+ and did also in 2014 but nobody called for more than 47. One reason might be few people can practice wakes at 50 with 5 in the boat.

GlassSeeker wrote: That Sanger outboard...needs a 19 high five

I have a ski buddy who has a 19p high five off a Merc that he is looking to move cheap

How big are your feet? 175, you should be comfortable at 37-38 LL, 1-foots should be easy at 40-41. If you have small feet maybe a mph more than those numbers.

Keep working on your form. I would not compensate with too much speed, get your foot underneath you. Pulling up on your toes will make things worse- your arch gets taller and the ball goes lower. Flex the ankle and relax your foot, it'll flatten it out.

At 195 with size 9.5-10 (and tall arches) I like more speed... But can do 1-footers at 42-43. Prefer 44-45 though. Get your form perfected on the boom and short line first.

lcgordon wrote: When I first learned how to barefoot pretty much as soon as I got on short line I wanted to try to learn 1 foots. And at about 40 I just did alot of face plants.

So to learn the one foots go back to the boom directly....no rope or handle....master them on the boom first.

At 190 with a size 9 foot I like 42 for ones short or long line however, I can do them at 40 with good water. Warm water I like 43 and cold water I can slow down to 41. Boom itself I can get by 38-39.

Listen to what everyone is saying. Go on the boom and get your form perfected first. Faster speeds can make up for poor form but will not correct it.
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Good Point Kev! We are usually at 100' and with my extended pylon makes the fly high a little taller then most, when I stand on the dog house the top of the fly high is just at the end of my reach about 8 foot.

BTW, still working on the jet sizes for your altitude, my outboard guy is off racing and have not been able to reach him...

NCH20SKIER wrote: GlassSeeker wrote: That Sanger outboard...needs a 19 high five I have a ski buddy who has a 19p high five off a Merc that he is looking to move cheap

Correction 18p

Those Sanger outboards can suck if not set up right. Ours had power steering an extra 15 gallon bow tank(no bow rise). We ran a HighFive 19. My buddy Joe Valenti had the trim rule created for him since the tourney boat was not getting speed with trim down...the skier sets the trim.

I've driven some really bad ones...with a guy on the boom...no power assist steering is a nightmare. The wrong wrong prop even makes the wake suck.

Due to many other commitments (for those of you who don't know, my daughter got married a month ago) Greg and I haven't gotten together in about 5 or 6 weeks for our long line back deep training. We finally got back out today. We were joined by Greg's down the lake neighbor David (samudj01) who is just starting his barefooting quest.

Here is one of two of David's starts. Sadly the camera went out of focus, but you get the jist. Sorry about that David.



I figured after the long layoff, I was either going to have lost everything gained to date and have to start all over again, or I was going to knock it out of the park. Went ok. This one was followed be an exact copy.



Greg had seven attempts and stood almost all of them up. But if you look closely at the first two, you can see his feet flying over his head, Never a good sign. He took some pretty hard licks but kept after it.