Need Critique

[jMike]

A repost from my last video but I thought I would throw it out there and see if anyone has some suggestions or comments as to whats missing on my last bit of rotation on these flips.. ? It's bugging me now.

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[Matt_E]

Your setup wake doesn't look very good. You might not be hitting it in the right spot. Maybe play with that timing a bit. You'd have it with more height.
I usually do a U-turn about 8-10 ft wide and turn around after about 15 ft.
Also, make sure you really pull those bars towards you once in the air.

 

[sicksxr07]

x2 on what matt said . hard to tell if your setup wake is good from the video but it looks like its there. if you pause around .11 or .12 seconds your close to riding up the setup wake but still way infront of it to me . need to pop off the wave more .
looking good tho..... practice practice practice...............repeat
what setup do you have in that hull

 

[B3IS]

Diggin the Canadian leaf on the bottom.

 

[jMike]

x2 on what matt said . hard to tell if your setup wake is good from the video but it looks like its there. if you pause around .11 or .12 seconds your close to riding up the setup wake but still way infront of it to me . need to pop off the wave more .
looking good tho..... practice practice practice...............repeat
what setup do you have in that hull

885cc DASA 10mm - 225psi full race gas
Dual 46mm Full Specs
Power Factor
MSD TL
148mm Skat Mag Set Back with 12/17 85mm nozzle

I think I need to tune my jetting a bit, more but most likely am stepping up to dual 49mm Full Specs for next season. The ski rips hard, I'm just not feeling the pop out of the water..

 

[onlyFX-1]

To me on your first flip it looks like your going for it way too soon. You want to pop the nose up and let it fall in the troth of the wake then hit the gas and go UP the wake. Things that also help me are:
(1)Looking between my legs as im leaving the wake( as the nose of the ski is pointing up ), lets me get higher. Notice how you throw your head back before the ski even leaves the water, it's wasted energy. Throw your head during or right after the point you are upside down.
(2)Pulling the bars to your chest and bending your knees AFTER you are upside down will speen up the rotation. Whenever I feel like I won't make it around I pull on the bars hard to my chest and bend my knees a lot and it gets me around.
(3)The timing and amount of pull off the bottom of your wake is one of the biggest things to a flip. If you get your pull timing off the wake just right you wont even need to throw your head or pull the bars anad bend your knees.

Just a couple things I do on my flips, hope it helps

 

[jMike]

Explain pull timing a little more if you could. Are you talking about pulling back on the ski as you launch up the wake?

 

[raytherace]

did you try to cut the pole more ?

 

[onlyFX-1]

Explain pull timing a little more if you could. Are you talking about pulling back on the ski as you launch up the wake?

Yep that's what I'm talking about, if you pull too soon like you are doing in that vid again it's wasted energy. It's kinda something you have to figure out on your own. It has been almost a month since I've rode but I feel like I pull on the ski as I'm going up the wake and popping off the lip is when I pull hard on the bars with straight arms.

 

[onlyFX-1]

Here is some helmet cam footage of me flipping, it might help.
It took me a good while to get the flip down but once you start to understand it, it's pretty easy


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOWCZKBxWP4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[onlyFX-1]

The more I watch your vid it looks like you dont even really pull when you are leaving the wake. If I were you I'd focus on:
Popping the nose up and letting it fall in the troth just a tad later.
Pulling on the ski right as its going up the wake and leaving the water (pull hard)
Throw your head on or right after your upside down
Pull bars to chest and bend knees emidatly after you throw your head.

You will make it all the way around!

 

[jMike]

Awesome, ill try to visualize for the next 7 months. Ski is all tucked away for now

Thanks for the advice.

And come to think about it I don't pull at all. I just lean back and try and push the ski down. And bend the legs eh when you are upside down..