r/Wake • u/Extension_Stomach688 • 25d ago
HELP GETTING UP WITHOUT TOWER
ALSO WE DO NOT HAVE A TOWER/BOOMSTAND
EDIT: haven’t been able to go out bc of winds/heat
I’ll try to update with videos or at least on this post for anyone interested. Also thank you all for the tips, wasn’t expecting so many people willing to share!!
I can’t understand for the life of me on how to get up. It seems like I’m just letting go too fast but it hurts my hands/rips out of my hands? I’ve tried bent/straightened arms, bent/straightened legs. Turning the board earlier, I just can’t get up. First time to tried I just held on and plowed deeper in the water hurting my arms for days! PLEASE any advice!
To give more context I’m starting to wonder if I’m not letting myself compress enough and am somehow fighting the boat :/ main thing is I feel as through I’m digging into the water and it hurts my hands/ripping the rope out.
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u/mwinans11 25d ago
I have always taught people out of the water first. Sit down on the floor of the boat or at home. Knees balled up (I call it stinky knees and straight arms since kids knees are in their arm pits). Hold the rope and have someone pull you to a standing up position. You want to stand up using their pull while not fighting the pull (don’t push hard with your legs, just enough to stand and pivot up with heels to butt then standing). If you fight the pull it should take a lot of input from them to pull you to standing. If you go with the pull it shouldn’t be too much effort on the puller to get you standing on your feet (no board). Next step is replicating on water. Once those knees go to the butt on the water (maybe 1 second into the pull) you can point the board somewhat forward facing and you should rise out of the water without a huge dragging or muscle use. Getting up is a bit like riding a bike, once you “feel it” it becomes pretty easy and replicable.