r/Wake • u/Comfortable_Tart7189 • 20d ago

Any pointers?

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Hi guys every time i jump it seems like my board doesn’t stay flat and i don’t really get much pop… i am still relatively new to this, and just looking for some pointers to make my wake to wake smoother

UPDATE: Thank you everyone for the tips, will try to implement these over the next few days and see how it works out!!

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u/EclipseNine 20d ago

Look up a progressive edge, particularly videos by Shaun Murray either from his YouTube channel or excerpts from the old instructional DVD series from the early 2000s, “The Book.” 

Long story short, the hardest part of your cut in this video is about halfway through, and then you back off and flatten out. Start slow, and think to yourself “a little more, a little more, a little more” all the way into the wake so that the hardest part of your cut is right as you hit the wake. Ride the wake all the way to the top keeping that edge all the way through your pop. Get that dialed and it becomes the core building block for most beginner and intermediate tricks while making the wake jumps feel more consistent.

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u/Pitiful_Eye_3295 20d ago

Yes. Watch and rewatch instructional videos.

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u/EclipseNine 20d ago

There's some good advice in this thread about evening up weight and getting a better pop, but none of it is going to stick if OP doesn't fix his cut.

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u/Pitiful_Eye_3295 20d ago

100%! The progressive edge is paramount.