makejetskiinggreatagain
Brandon
What's it called and does anyone have any tips to doing it or instructional videos you can point me to? Thanks.
What's this trick called?
- Thread starter makejetskiinggreatagain
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"Surf turn" I have a vhs video of Rick Roy doing it, but like most, no vcr
. There a video of Roy doing it at Jet Jam, maybe 1998 or so. Check on youtube
Mike W
Infidel
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- North Florida
Whatever he's doing it looks cool.
mike b
Michael "Mayhem" Bevacqua aka MikeyChan
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- California
Midlake Crisis
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- Bakersfield, CA
Check out the video at about 20 seconds, it is called carving the surf turn, or "surf turn". It is doable but don't expect the extension that he gets to come easy.
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Big Kahuna
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I use to could do them, pretty cool feeling but sketchy.
makejetskiinggreatagain
Brandon
Any tips on learning this move? I tried it about twenty times at the lake last weekend and wasn't even close to making progress. I would basically lean over and as soon as my ass touched the water I would get ripped off of the ski. I assume I'm going too slow, putting too much weight in the water, etc. I dunno.... I dont even know where to begin lol
Big Kahuna
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- Tuscaloosa, AL
dont let your ass hit the water!!!!!!!!! use your hand to keep you off the water!!!!!!! I have not tried it in over 2 years. My arm/shoulder would not let me do it now.
Big Kahuna
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basically you start tightening up the turn as you feel you are going to fall over.
Ducky
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ask @Aquaholic
makejetskiinggreatagain
Brandon
Oh it looked like his ass was skimming the water. I'll try using just my hand
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- Lake Havasu City, AZ USA
I could do it but not stretch crazy out like Rick Roy could. Like BK said, its get sketchy on that fine line of speed, leaning/turning perfectly, and your hand on the water and not totally face planting and wading up..lol
I used to do what your talking about too, with ass dragging a turn with one hand and other hand in the air. Thats how you had to make those old Kawis turn on the track(body and leg drags).
Here is me in 97' doing one on my 94' Team Butch 750SX ltd.:
BTW - If you havent seen all those 97' WestCoast Finals videos that I have posted up on my youtube channel(thanks for post above@Midlake Crisis) check them out, they are great old skool freestyle!
I used to do what your talking about too, with ass dragging a turn with one hand and other hand in the air. Thats how you had to make those old Kawis turn on the track(body and leg drags).
Here is me in 97' doing one on my 94' Team Butch 750SX ltd.:
BTW - If you havent seen all those 97' WestCoast Finals videos that I have posted up on my youtube channel(thanks for post above@Midlake Crisis) check them out, they are great old skool freestyle!
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makejetskiinggreatagain
Brandon
Sweet video!
Nuklear6
I Dream 10' Surf!
Threads like this make me think there is hope for the stand up jet skiing public. The fact that someone on this site actually cares to learn how to ride and turn there ski is amazing. Most want to throw 2 feet in the back and do some back flip/ aerial trick before they learn the basics of control and turning. Rant over....back flips are cool...... in moderation
makejetskiinggreatagain
Brandon
So (I think) I'm getting to the point where I can get to this position. Not fully extended like the first pic but leaned over pretty good with my hand on the water. My problem now though is I can't get back onto the ski to ride it out lol. I basically just do a circle until I fall. Any tricks to getting back on?
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- Liberty Lake, WA
On waterskis we called it a body slide. Get your hand down there.
After watching some of these videos from the 90's, I wish I could've lived through those years and watched the sport progress. Bobby biggs with his "running man" was just hilarious. And these tricks took real skill. I got way more enjoyment out of watching your old blurry vids from 97 than watching Lee Stone hunched over his 4 foot long ski, handlebars mounted up by the nose.. Backflip, backflip, aerial 360, backflip. How about throwing in a Bobby biggs "wango tango" for good measure next time?
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- Reno,NV
I learned to control the throttle better I have fingers in between the lever and throttle, same technique I use when riding backwards ....