Axis Wakeboard Boat Forum

I typically load the line pretty hard when I do my normal wake to wake jumps. The only differnce I see from the video on load that I don't currently do is have a more straight up stance when loading the line. I normally have a good seated position when loading the line. The gf complains about how much I pull the boat on my loads. I am 230 lbs with a lot of upper body strength. I feel like I can do the one wake backroll attempt easier than I can do the air backroll. I am going to try a couple of load and releases though to see if I get some air off of it before I try anything though.

the only thing I can say about your seated approach is that you typically land how you take off .... and I will say that it's something you will want to correct on this particular trick I had to learn the hard way when I kneed myself in the face and sent my teeth threw my lip... needless to say I was scared of the back roll for a long time until I went back and learned it the correct way with the tall position

I typically leave the wake with pretty straight legs. I actually was having a problem last year with landing on my wake to wake jumps with my legs straight. I have since corrected that. I feel confident I can keep my legs pretty straight during the attempt. I am probably going to buy a mouth guard this Friday before I go out. I have been debating it for a month now just cause of all the horror stories I hear.

you won't need it if leave the wake tall ..... well at least for my reason atleast

I've been working on these too. I generally slow the boat down by about 2-3 mph to lessen the impact if a fall and pull the rope in 5 feet. This makes the wake similar to where I normally ride, just slower. I always take a couple straight airs with a good progressive edge first to make sure I have the pop right, then I go for it. After the first few I tried, I started landing on my board or close to it, but I never manage to keep the handle. At this point I think it's more in my head than an actual issue with the trick. For the record, the falls on this really never hurt, but maybe I got lucky.