Friday, October 30, 2009

How to get up on one ski

As you all see in this video this guy gives tips to people that water ski how to get started by getting up on one sk. Its obviously easier to get up with two skis because you have 2 points of balance your body, so this guy gives out tips how to master at getting up single ski. He mentions two ways to get up the first one is either dragging your foot behind you to keep your balance while the boat pulls you up. Or he says you can place both feet in the boot and crouch as much as possible so you are not fighting the boat therefore you are not using a tone of force to pull your body up so if you relax and keep one solid postion it will allow you to get up smoothly with the boats acceleration. And as he mentions since the boards surface isnt as wide as a wakeboard or a kneeboard he says while your body is still planning out of the water your going to have to keep that solid position for an extra 5 to 10 seconds. And when your body is up just let your arms out straight out and lean back a bit and use your body to control your movement from right to left.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

The incredible Wade Cox

Wade cox is a professional athletic waters skier he is right now number one on the rank as far as now until his next world championship competition. As you saw in the video of his he has incredible style and technique, his speed is so amazing the way he just jets to the other side of the boats wake in the mater of a second. You got to love the sweet sharp turns he does around those buoys and the wall of water he creates, and his balance is also very impressive. The thing I love most about Wade cox is that he likes to use the O’Brien Company because he uses O’Brien handle and rope, he also uses an O’Brien slalom ski. The boat he is being towed behind is a Bayliner Tahoe witch is an American boating company name. His world record timing has not been broken by anyone yet even by skiers that have been skiing longer than him. He is an incredible speed demon that can nail anything that is thrown out to him on the time trial, not only that he makes it look so easy. If I could do that I would be a very happy and fulfilled man.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

About the O'brien ski brand

The name O’Brien is a water skiing company that has been keeping their name for four generations now. The reason why I chose this is because I am very passionate about water skiing and I use nothing but this brand name when it comes down to skiing. I love this sport for many various reasons, this sport builds and strengthens all parts of the body and definitely builds endurance in most parts of the body. This sport is very refreshing fun and really gets the adrenaline pumping. Slalom skiing is a competitions sport famous in the states mainly in the warmer parts of Michigan. If you enjoy water sports I guarantee you that you will have a blast and fell good once you learn how to. This sport burns lots of calories and builds muscle and endurance. It is a thrilling feeling when you reach top speed while you turn and lean your body close and quick to the water. It ids amazing what kind of wake and splash you create with the water when you are slalom skiing. It feels so rewarding once you created that huge wall of water whenever you dig into the water with that ski. Slalom skiing is more for speed demons that like to beat the time on the clock. The idea in competition slalom water-skiing is to clear al of the buoys by digging that ski hard into the water in order to turn sharp and quick on the water to clear that buoy.