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Process Essay: The Early Stages Of Wakeboarding

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Wakeboarding is a super fun and relatively easy water-sport to learn. Not only is it exhilarating, it is also a great upper body workout. Getting up, learning how to ride, and getting outside the wake are just fundamentals to learning this thrill-seeking hobby. To begin the early stages of wakeboarding, you must first find a wakeboard and bindings that are comfortable and fit you properly. Once that step is out of the way, you can begin learning how to ride. To start off, while in the water have the handle in both hands with the rope in-between your boots. When the rope begins to tighten, don’t try to pull yourself, let the boat pull you. When you feel pressure under your board begin to try to push the water with the wakeboard. You are going to feel like you are standing up on the water, this is when you know you can begin to turn the board. This step depends on if you are a goofy or …show more content…

For beginners this step is really awkward. You want to have your board parallel to the wakes and keep your knees slightly bent. Have the majority of your weight on your back foot so the nose of the board does not dip down. Keep your chest and back straight up, and hips slightly turned. Hold the rope with both hands close to your back hip and try to stay straight. In the beginning your board is going to naturally want to turn 70 or 120 degrees depending on your stance. After you get out of the awkward stage of learning how to properly stand, turning is the next part. We call it turning, but it is more of a lean, almost like riding a bike. To do this you use your toes and heels. You will hear It called “digging” or “edging” in. All this means is either pushing your heels into the board and leaning back just a bit, or curling your toes and leaning forward. This will allow you to cut across the water and is what will eventually lead you into jumps. That brings us to our next point of getting outside the

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