get your hips up

As Essar stated, 15 off is really the longest you should go.  full length wont do much for you. the shorter and faster you go, regardless of boat, the better it will be.  keep in mind that all the equipment and boats are made for a certain speed, and most of the time its 36mph.

Skied behind that exact boat plenty in the mid-80's.  Trust me, the wake will flatten out like butter after you shorten past -28'... if your knees survive.

TW

Thanks for all the input. I will try this, My goal was to go 15 off at 32 this season maybe I will just start off with that and see where it takes me.

Like I said I will try. But every time I get behind this thing the wake is big and It doesn't look like it flattens out until you get into the rudder spray tail area or until you get way back but I don't like skiing on a long line everything just feels wrong.

I have an '84 Nautique, once you get to 34mph, there will be a big difference.  Go 15 off. Work on your technique.  Two things I did was take out the back seat, less weight in the stern area the better.  (Half a tank of gas is a lot better then a full tank.  Last thing, call Acme propeller and tell them you want a smaller wake, they will tell you the prop to buy. Which will help make the sofeter.

Just ideas that should help alitte.

IT ALL MAKES SENSE BUT BEING A NEWBEE TO SKING ITS STILL HARD TO CROSS RIGHT. I MEAN THE WAKE AT 32 MPH AND 75 ITS TALL AND STEEP AND THE FARTHER FORWARD YOU LOOK AT IT ITS JUST NARROW AND STEEPER. I SWEAR IT'S ABOUT 1.5' TALL. MY NAUTIQUE ISINT LOADED DOWN WITH ANYTHING. 2 PEOPLE ON THE BOAT 1 SKIER, DOESN'T HAVE A BACK SEAT. THE ONLY THING DIFFERENT ABOUT IT, IT HAS A MONSTER WAKE TOWER. SO TO ME ITS SOMETHING WITH THE BOAT, NOT JUST ME, CAUSE I KNOW I HAVE PROBLEMS.

OK I will Try all
Thanks Guys

Got to go hit the snow up at Taos and Angel Fire a week ago. I have been through many more mogul fields than jumps and this trip was the first time that I was able to attack moguls with confidence instead of limping around them. What I found was that, when hitting a jump, I often absorb most of the upward motion with my knees. This is good in the moguls, and the occasional ski-cross race, but bad when you're trying to pop off a jump. Alternately, you get jostled around if you take your jump knees into the moguls.

h20dawg79 is on it.

Get acquainted with the red loop, there are not many reasons to mess with all that rope.
Soft knees will allow the ski to bump without taking your body along for the ride: to me this feels a lot like absorbing a jump instead of popping. Harder to get your head around is keeping the ski on edge through the wakes. Whether you are skiing behind a 24' barge or a Nautique 200, wakes can get in your head. Be confident and move through them instead of being timid and riding over. Your skiing will take a huge leap forward when you start to ski through the wakes.

Your boat could be several hundred pounds heavier than you think- 30 year old boats have a habit of collecting water in the foam under the floor.

As for the wake crossing, take it one step at a time. Proper wake crossing technique is the most difficult concept in slalom for a beginner, and in most cases it's simply water time that helps you figure it out.

vrod69 wrote:

Well I finally made it out last weekend. man was it great. but i would have to say i spent the morning playing with the rope length and @32mph i cant get the rope any shorter than 10 off, it puts me right on the rudder spray. this weekend i am going to try and up the speed to 34-35 and see if that gets any better.

you're running into the rudder's spray when running 10 feet off?? is it just me or does that not sound right? you shouldn't be running into the boats spray that far behind the boat and if you went faster, i'm pretty sure the boats spray will increase. Just my two sense. wish i could make a suggestion on how to fix you're problem instead of pointing out whats wrong... sorry man.. i agree with what Jhugges was thinking.. if there's extra wait like that then it'd change not only the wake, but boat performance drastically! good luck man

and keep at it mate!! don't let the big bad wake get into you're head

-plotz

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