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RE: [Hydrofoil] Need Help Landing

Stop jumping and improve your cutting and flying control.  Go out and try to learn how to cut back and forth through the wakes…way out parallel to the boat…back and forth.  Then get more and more aggressive with the cuts, but keep it solid and smooth.  Try not to be sloppy with the cuts when you go more aggressive.  When learning how to cut, you’ll make enough mistakes that will pop the foil out of the water and you’ll learn to regain control…this is more of a passive way of learning how to jump. 

 

Otherwise, you will probably keep on taking hits while trying to learn how to jump, before you have good control of the foil.

 

 

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From: Hydrofoil@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Hydrofoil@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of mikael nixon
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 9:02 PM
To: Hydrofoil@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Hydrofoil] Need Help Landing

 

Every time I try to jump I land on my face? Does any one have any advice?

 


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Every time I try to jump I land on my face? Does any one have any advice? ... Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A....
mikael nixon
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Jul 6, 2007
4:02 am

Lean back? ;) Sounds like your holding the handle too high. Hold it down on your knees & concentrate on keeping your weight back to land on the back...
Bill Kinnison
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Jul 6, 2007
4:37 am

as Mike Mack used to say............ "Hands on your knees..........and Freeze!" Rob Plamondon rob@... Oh.......and don't push with your feet in...
Rob Plamondon
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Jul 6, 2007
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Stop jumping and improve your cutting and flying control. Go out and try to learn how to cut back and forth through the wakes.way out parallel to the ...
Bryan Steele
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Jul 6, 2007
4:49 am

Sounds like the way my daughter jumps. She tries to sneak up on it real slow and just break the foil out of the water. Of course the foil then loses all lift...
David Burton
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Jul 6, 2007
5:21 am

Make sure you are using a good zero stretch ski rope. Good technique will get you out the front if you are using a slalom type stretch rope. After that, make...
Chip Reihl
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Jul 6, 2007
10:02 am

Mikael, You've just gotten some really good info from experienced riders. The only thing I would add to what they have recommended is to 'Never look down on a...
cinchmax@...
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Jul 6, 2007
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Also never pull the rope when learning,let the boat pull you. ... From: cinchmax@... To: Chip Reihl ; mikael nixon ; Hydrofoil@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Garry
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Jul 6, 2007
11:11 am

Keep the handle very low (on your knees) throughout the entire jump and do NOT pull on the rope. Hope this helps. Jason...
Jason T. Gunstenson
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Jul 6, 2007
4:34 pm

Push on your feet to dip , and lift on your feet to jump , have the board pointing upwards , not down . Farrell To: mn3368901@...:...
Killer Kadoogan
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Jul 7, 2007
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The more you crash out the front, the more you get scared subconsciously. It is natural to try to stand up to save yourself from that fear, which comes across...
Paul Hicks
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