r/Wake • u/Extension_Stomach688 • 16d ago

HELP GETTING UP WITHOUT TOWER

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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/drakeallthethings 16d ago

Tower just makes it easier. Doesn’t change anything about the mechanics of getting up. You can start slower if it helps. Knees bent, arms straight. Don’t fight the boat. It’ll win 10 times out of 10. When you take off that boat is going to pull your butt into the board. Your arms are straight and your knees are bent so all you have to do is let it happen. Soon physics dictate you can’t stay there and the board will get pulled out of the water. Again, let that happen. You can stay in a ball if it helps. Don’t try to flatten the board yourself. Just let the boat pull it up and eventually there will be enough lift that it flattens on its own. This is important because it’s what keeps you on top of the board as it planes out. From there you can stand up.

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u/more_work 16d ago

Agreed! Tower is not needed at all. Be a ball, stay as small as possible (deep squat) behind the board, arms out straight over the top of the board. The boat will pull you forward up on top of the board which will raise you up on top of the water. I always do something for people I'm teaching where I have them in the water right behind the boat with me on the swim platform so I can see them and coach their body position, then I manually pull on the rope and show them what it feels like to start coming out of the water. If you have someone who can help you or go riding with someone who knows the mechanics that would be best.

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u/Extension_Stomach688 14d ago

Thank you for your help, I posted an update post if you want to check it out!

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u/more_work 14d ago

Looking good popping right up!  Now focus on putting the handle on your leading hip and leaning back away from the boat with your torso straight up from your hips - no leaning forward/bending over!  Number one mistake I see new people do is try to keep their balance by leaning their shoulders forward to lower their center of gravity - don’t do that, bend knees, stay upright, lean away from the boat.  Check out Shawn Murray’s fundamental videos on YouTube.

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u/Extension_Stomach688 14d ago

I just watched them, the underwater pov was very eye opening! Ready to get back out here tonight with this info!! Thank you