Mastering The Basics of Wakeboarding!

[@CyberGlobal]

I know this is probably so old that you won’t see it, but this video is extremely helpful!!! I’ve been struggling with a wake to wake jump for 2 years and this video literally let me do it first try! Thank you so much, and continue the amazing work man! Cheers!

[@kevlash41]

I love the videos. I'm almost 50 years old and started watersports at an early age. Learned to wakeboard more than 25 years ago but never really learned tricks. didn't ride much then but now I'm interested in learning some simple tricks and eventually a tantrum. Thanks for all the tips.

[@moeinrezaei7945]

the way you try to teach is so kind that brings up a positive energy in viewers, you are the best

[@jaspermacdonald8860]

Thank you!! I watched this video a dozen times and just landed my first wake to wake.

[@CoffeeNo0b0514]

Dude, youre a legend for taking that faceplant on purpose. Those hurt so bad, I got a concussion from mine. Huge balls

[@dustinhelbling8067]

Please do more of these videos please. Very helpful.

[@tomcooke-priest159]

This is great. I'm a sort of new to wakeboarding and my end of season goal is to jump wake to wake so this is soooo helpful thanks soooo much. 🙂

[@djg944djg944]

great video! I found holding my edge too long threw me into a partial invert, I blew out my back riding ankle 2 years in a row because of this... and yet you make it look so easy!

[@alexarmstrong6709]

Thanks for the tips!! That toeside digger was brutal on the wrong way to 180!! Full commitment!!

[@nwolleson]

Cheers! Thanks for the bottle pendulum example and for your How to's! Really appreciate them! Amazing how I screw-up the progressive edge when such a simple concept, yet feels so technical when thinking about doing a trick. Def need to keep thinking UP first then trick. 360 is my nemesis! I just watched that video of yours too. I'll be sac'n up to hold the handle longer... I tend to wuss out and start to spin on the way up! HA.

[@annewalker6942]

Great to see the physics of the basics

[@JimTheTwin]

Thanks for the tips! Yesterday I tried doing a 180. I had the same face plant. The headache for the rest of the day wasn't fun.

[@EricVega2020]

Thanks for the video! I just started wakeboarding this season, and I have to say I have already experienced that faceplant from a badly performed surface 180 while trying to learn to start switch and go back to regular. I'll at least know what is happening when I start winding my arms like a windmill on a toe-side jump!

[@andrewyu3]

great explanation!

[@eliseomagallon6344]

BROOOOOOOOOOO YOU JUST BLEW MY MIND WITH SIMPLE PHYSICS. LITERALLY SO GOOD AT TEACHING BRO! I HOPE I MEET YOU ONE DAY TO SHAKE YOUR HAND!

[@davswens3]

Good stuff! Like the examples of what happens on errors!

[@xdeadpoolx66x81]

I'm not sure if you still follow these but I have been watching a lot of your videos. I will be trying to wakeboard for the time tomorrow ever. I just got the O'Brien Valhalla. I'm not nervous though. I'm terrified. LoL wish me luck. LoL o by the way I'm 35.

[@simplydefiant6280]

Hey just started cable like a week ago and I couldn't seem to get the 180 but after I watched ur vid I got it. Thanks!

[@DavidOCaoimhWakeboarder]

yeeeeeeee congrats!! Stoked i could help and congrats!! YEWWW

[@slickwithit7617]

thank you. I faceplanted yesterday and I am so glad I found your channel. Earned a subscriber here. keep up the good work.

[@rorygilmore6414]

Going out on the water on friday with mr Rob Skelly to put these tips to good use! cheers for the videos keep them coming! :)

[@edmundpierce]

Great advice, thanks. I'll give it a go next time I'm on the water.

[@Familyhorrocks2013]

Thanks a lot it really helped me progress to a toeside

[@ethanrieman1766]

face plants hurt so much!!!!! today (8/6/17 is when this was posted) I did 2 face plants on the wake board and 1 on the knee board. also love your videos!

[@Andomosity]

Thanks to this video, I have now completed many surface 180's and I almost have my wake to wake jump down, but I wakeboard on a fishing boat so the wake isnt that big. Anyways thanks!!

[@suewahl1595]

You are awesome! It's a wonderful thing when you can make learning fun, good job David!

[@DavidOCaoimhWakeboarder]

Sue Wahl Awesome Sue!! Thanks so much! I really appreciate it! I'll keep them coming!

[@upaginit]

Thumbs up on this one just for taking a faceplant just to show on video lol

[@DavidOCaoimhWakeboarder]

hahahahahhahahah cheers broooo!

[@Snetselman]

David O'Caoimh, taking a toeside edge for the team, now that is what dedication looks like!!!

[@john-bjorn]

Made me a bit scared about trying this now haha xD

[@lucashydro420]

Lmao

[@PinkBunnyEragon]

great video !! very useful thanks!!

[@andrewj8610]

I always heard to stand tall, but I thought that meant easing off your edge at the top of the wake. I'll try your way for sure.

[@beghilhorst]

Thanks for taking one (two!) for the team! :)

[@cactusdill-dos2579]

Dave I just got my missus into wakeboarding(and just started hitting kicker), just sent her the link for this one. Follow dave darling his a bloody legend!!!! OHHHHHHH and that front edge...yeah you took one for the team on that one.

[@bonnardotnicolas6272]

Merci thanks

[@annewalker6942]

Started wakeboarding years ago I wish your videos were around then,especially for the bankroll to one wake, nobody ever suggested the boat driver shoul drop the power once the riders in the air inverted .. I’m 52 now but still fancy learning bankrolls and tantrums, do you run courses in Ireland in the summer

[@davidwilliamson4045]

Nice video. Your "roll the windows" example was very helpful...that's exactly what happens to me if I don't commit all the way through the wake (except more often than not I don't recover and slide out on my heels.) Do you have any tips on how to keep this from happening? I don't have this problem at all on my heel side but for whatever reason I still make this mistake fairly often on toeside even though I've been able to clear the wake toeside for several seasons now.

[@DavidOCaoimhWakeboarder]

David Williamson Hey David. Nice name!! haha First of all. Apologies for taking so long to reply, I was a way and had crappy internet. Yeah,. So normally when the winding of the windows happens, it is toeside, and it's 99% of the time cause by ever so slightly coming off a PROGRESSIVE edge. So you might still be edging, but not progressing it if that makes sense. So just try to contsantly build build build that edge, and it should solve the problem :)

[@gaetanoaprea4262]

Dave. How do you do those cool ollie 180's it looks way easy when you do it...

[@joshrayner7342]

Have you got a video of tips on how to get up easier

[@bgarcia650]

David, your video's are really cool! Do you think you could do one on HS FS 3's or TS FS 3's for some of us who have 180's down but not ready for the whirlybird? Your editing is great, and makes it really easy to get what your throwing down. Keep making more of them! Hoping I can tag you in a stomped 3 video soon!

[@DavidOCaoimhWakeboarder]

bgarcia650 Love it!!Thank you! Yeasss. I will. I'll have a 3's video out in the next 10 days! Maybe sooner :)

[@bgarcia650]

Awesome. Look froward to checkin it out! I am pretty sure you could thrown down all four regular 3's in a row. HS/FS, TS/FS, HS/BS, & TS/BS(ugg). My goal is to be able to land 3 of those!

[@therealpetiteloves]

David, can you show for beginners how to switch board from left to right foot forward?

[@robpullen]

loving your tips but with me I seem to have a mental block when it comes to standing tall at the wake to get good air. Why do I keep bringing my knees up and what can I do to stop it !?

[@DavidOCaoimhWakeboarder]

hum, to break a mental block is touch Rob. I'd say try and slow it right down, and try and just practice the standing tall movement on some 1 wake. That way it won't really go wrong if you crash yeno?

[@tylergoldberg8515]

With the progressive edge do you hold the edge through the wake or do you flatten it a bit so more board hits the wake?

[@InterpressVideo]

i get the progessive edge on the boat because i got a specific point where the most tension should be but on the cable i can't find the right moment to pop out of the water. Any advice?

[@DavidOCaoimhWakeboarder]

yeah i gotcha, for air tricks? it takes playing around with it, like figuring out. I would say, count from 1-3 and pop at 3 (1 = weak edge and 3= strong edge). does that make sense?

[@InterpressVideo]

Makes sense to me but where do I start? Under the cable? On the opposite side? Or does it even matter?

[@DavidOCaoimhWakeboarder]

yeah, under the cable is the best spot to start :) :)

[@InterpressVideo]

Great! Thanks a lot! 😊

[@ThomaswWalters]

How fast should the boat be going to have a high wake? Thanks!!

[@Lievensusaparts]

Dude, are you ever in Belgium ? you are the best 👍

[@carolinec8534]

Thank You! I have tried to switch and I face planted everytime. I will definitely try leaning back next time.

[@god708]

thanks buddy its helping :D

[@maxhollingsworth9311]

Thank you very much for showing us what happens when you do it wrong 👍👍

[@andyyeungkaitung]

I m having difficulty on placing the handle near my hip......any tips?

[@DavidOCaoimhWakeboarder]

Andy Yeung Hey Andy, I guess it's about telling your mind to do something. It's not terribly important to have the handle/hands touching your body as I know it can be very tiring to do so (although the closer the better), but it is important to have them on the same level/ hight. So waist hight!. But as I said, it's about making yourself do it for a while, and then muscle memory will make it natural. I hope that helps you out a bit :)

[@sinkingfish9843]

Do you have to remove the fins in order to surface 180?

[@MrBaxterrify]

Dude your energy and charisma are amazing. Keep it up!!! What type of core training/exercise do you do to maintain your balance?

[@DavidOCaoimhWakeboarder]

+Mr Baxteria thank you very very much :) :) Ehm, mostly general fitness, I do some specific core strength in the winter months too. But it would be difficult to explain them in written form haha :)

[@agus5160]

Hi david, I am improving my wake to wake jump, I am just a couple of feet of reaching the other wake. My question is, when you meet the wake and pop you need to "flatten" the board, comming out of your edge for the board not to cut the wake, or countinue with your strong edge right up to the "pinacle" of the wake? Tnks very much ! Your channel is awesome !!!

[@dustinhelbling8067]

Is it possible to get enough pop off a wake wothout a tower on the boat?

[@dustinhelbling8067]

For wake to wake?

[@lpitte3847]

Yes

[@lpitte3847]

I’m not very good but I can do it behind my fishing boat with a ski pylon. Gonna try wake to wake 180 this summer

[@SkinnyPe]

so whats the key differences between this and snowboarding. like the technique is more like surfing or more like snow boarding. I do both but never wake boarding. Too me it looks like skim boarding and snowboarding mix right?

[@sayzhellowtodennis]

David how long did it take for you to learn the basics? because when i first stand on a wakeboard i didn't fell (i was directly standing up on the board) except when i tried to move around i became shaky and than i fell :p pulling on the cord i think

[@DavidOCaoimhWakeboarder]

Dennis, yeah that's possible, try to keep those arms straight at the start. It took a long time, however, each time you get better and better, and more and more comfortable, so the progress becomes addicting, and then you don't even notice learning. It's awesome!

[@grantsheppard2918]

More basics videos please ... and some slow motion

[@whackywm]

I just got into wakebaording... but the wakeboarding im using has two small fins one the underside of both sides of the wakeboard. Will that get in the way of doing a surface 180?

[@beauxbeaux7]

No that is normal for all boat boards

[@Nick.Harel1]

How long dose it take to start doing wake to wake?

[@someguywitharover4673]

What your preferred tow rope Length

[@Drew-od7vw]

Tonns of love.

[@DavidOCaoimhWakeboarder]

thanks bro!! :)

[@Paraboemba]

Nice video's , really like them, but you should refresh your bottle physics ;-)

[@cestlaviethepodcast]

so i'm defiantly still getting confused about this progressive edge i only ride a cable so how does it differ? help please lol

[@popbottles229]

I did tried everything you said, but it was super choppy and I landed a foot short from the outside of the wake, can't wait to get on the water at like 8 am or something

[@DavidOCaoimhWakeboarder]

yes that's the ticket!! Enjoy a calmer water set Joe! :)

[@robert95z]

I cant go wake to wake. I cant focus on edging harder while trying to stand tall...To edge harder am I supposed to sit down or lean away from the boat?

[@DavidOCaoimhWakeboarder]

Robert Sanchez Hey Robert, It's sort of a combination of carving, and gettting low too. If you find it hard to get wake to wake. Sometimes it's easiest to shorten in the rope 10 feet and then the wake is narrower. Learn the technique at that length, and then slowly let the rope back out :)

[@robert95z]

David O'Caoimh Wakeboarder With your advice I shortened the rope, im only at 50ft now but im going W2W now.. its really building my confidence. Even was able to get a couple Indy grabs.. My height is still very very low, but im working on it!

[@reedbryson4315]

I jumped the wake for the first time!

[@DavidOCaoimhWakeboarder]

yeeeeeee congrats

[@maxgillespie7702]

do it for the cable

[@suzann824]

okay when we get my 2 year old niece hahahha to do a tantrum I'll snap ya!!! This was interesting. I can't find the words, but i can see it and understand the difference in my mind between slalom skiing, and boarding. We build our momentum up too at the same points but faster to make the next cut. Just really different. Another great video.....thank you laddy....send you a snap of me going, going.....stopping at first after the first wake being confused between boarding and slalom skiing!! You should make a conversion video for people like me!!! Boarding 101 for slalom dummies hahahhaha

[@leanstein5742]

last week i tried a 180 over the wake with pretty high speed abd i took this faceplant^^ after that i had a concussion and had to go to the hospital... bur next time i wakeboard i will land this fucking 180😂 ps. im i beginner it was my third time wakeboarding

[@geoffreycleminson3957]

you look like zac effron

[@beingarealballa]

Thank you, David for getting deep into the basics of wakeboarding. Please, keep the good work! I actually watched a lot your tutorial vids this season, especially the ones made at cable parks. These all helped me a lot in my learning curve. I put together a small compilation at the end of my season to show how good my progression went. So if anyone of your viewers wonders how many training days you need to manage your first obstacles, this is where progression track is after hitting big and small cable parks 40 times: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4TdqoqXpJKdisU

[@DimitriSabadie]

Hey. I’m a complete newcomer at wakeboarding and I’ve been through something like 5 sessions. I’m starting to enhance, like having fun with kickers, but I’d like to share something. I had two crashes this morning like the first one you had when you looked down. I don’t really know whether my ribs are cracked or if it just a muscle injury, but goddammit that still hurts like hell when I breathe in. Do you have any recommendation to avoid such injuries when falling like that? I’ll go for the prevention way not looking down, but it might happen again I guess. I have a video of mine with the crash footage (here kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIu0eaeejtB8brs ) if anyone would like to comment. Anyway, thank you for channel, it’s super fun and I’m learning through it (and pretty quickly when on the water thanks to you)!

[@spsciroccomk2]

love your videos... if you have a min check out my small group of wakeboard bro's in the latest video i posted. were all at different levels, and we all watch your videos for advice on the next trick that we attempt.

[@DavidOCaoimhWakeboarder]

+SteelAlchmey thanks a million brooo :) Just checked it out. Some absolutely class riding! Double up at 2.51 was massive! hhaha

[@brhaker9b863]

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[@DavidOCaoimhWakeboarder]

broooo, it's @davidocaoimh !! Cheers

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