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knee boarding!!
Hi. I tried knee boarding yesterday and I tried it 8 times in 2 days. I didn't get up once and hurt myself 4 times. Everyone I was with could get up, but most of them were smaller so it was easier to get themselves up. Everyone laughed at me because I sucked and I was really embarrassed. I'm going back to do it again next week and I live to prove people wrong and I wanna show them that I can do it. It's hard though because I have really long legs. If you've knee boarded, what tips help you to get up? And also what exercises or whatever can help me improve to get up on a knee board and help keep balance? Nothing involved with water because I only go to the lake on weekends but I wanna somehow get ready and practice during the week. Help!
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oh, i love kneeboarding! it was hard for me at first too. okay, so when you start out and you're in the water, normally you put your elbows in the place on the board where your knees go and your legs are straight out behind you. if you don't start like this... good luck because it's very difficult to get up any other way. so when the boat starts going, wait until it gets at full speed before you start to pull yourself up- slowly. don't be pressured by your friends if they get up faster than you do. the first couple of times i kneeboarded, i had to wait a really long time until i could get enough strength in my arms to pull myself up onto the board. it requires a whole lot of upper body strength. since you have really long legs, i can see where it's hard for you. just remember- when you get up on the board, don't sit up straight! lean back so that your butt is on top of your feet or lower legs. you don't want to lean forward, or you will fly forward and possibly hit your head on the board. you don't want to lean too far back either because the board can fly up out from under you. here's some good practice- when you're watching tv or sitting on the floor or something, sit on your knees. and just sit on your knees like you normally would, with your butt resting on your feet. then, with only your upper body (keep from the waist down completely still) lean back about three inches. kneeboarding is exactly like that! so if you can get from your entire body being in the water when you start out, and slowly creep up to that position, then you've got it! by the way, my friend also has long legs and it was hard for her to start kneeboarding and skiing and stuff, so that's perfectly normal because it's really hard. as far as balance, have you ever heard that shorter people have a lower center of gravity? that means that they have more balance. so if you lower yourself, that is lowering your center of gravity. if you are kneeboarding and you see a wave coming up, just hunker down on the kneeboard and you will be fine. the same goes for skiing, ice skating, rollerblading, anything like that. here's a picture of the posture you should have: [Link](Mouse over link to see full location) now, that girl in the picture is leaning back a little too much if she's going slow, but when you start going faster and jumping wakes and stuff (fun) then it's better to lean back that much. kneeboarding is really fun, and don't ever quit trying! my best friends and i love to go to the lake, and we normally put three ski ropes out for three kneeboards and we go under each others ropes and stuff, and jump the wakes. it's really, really fun. good luck!
EDIT: i forgot this little piece of advice. the girl in the picture i linked to is holding the ski ropes incorrectly. her right hand is correct, but the left hand needs to be flipped upside down so that she's holding the ropes from the bottom only with her left hand. it feels weird at first but makes things a whole lot easier when you start cutting across wakes and stuff.
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