"Eliminating Those Brutal...Out-of-Nowhere...Ghost Falls" Winter Haven, FL [[date]]
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"Eliminating Those Brutal...Out-of-Nowhere...Ghost Falls"
April 5th, 2006 at 5:05 pm
This information is so powerful that I have
posted it up on my site with pictures in hopes
that you will achieve your own barefooting miracles!
http://www.thefootersedge.com/current/
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Winter Haven, Fl
Yes, I am Tired of falling when I thought I was
skiing in great form.
Yes, I am sick and tired of getting knocked around
every time I ski into the wake either forwards or
backwards!
Yes, I am Sick and Tired of Making my Front-to-Back or
Back-to-Front and then Getting Yanked 'Out the Back'
or 'Out the Front.'
"When the time to perform arrives, the time to
prepare has past."-Unknown artist
"True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind
and exercise of the body; the two are united."
-Alexander von Humboldt
"The key to safe and rapid acceleration of the
learning process comes from understanding that
your mind doesn't't recognize the difference
between the muscle memory developed on the
land and that developed on the water."
-Lanemus Maximus
"Lane,
As you may already know, I am president of the Lane
Bowers fan club here in Central Texas. I have both
videos, your Internet book, and I even cut out copies
of your articles from Waterski Magazine and bind them.
Yes I am anal, but it works for me.)
You teach the way I learn--simple basics and lots of
repetition. The same way I learned to fly helicopters
in the Army.
I laid off of back one foot slalom due to the "headers"
and have finally committed to learning them on shoes
first, then doing them on my feet. That is my goal
this off season. I have made several one foot crosses,
but they were suicide crosses rather than in control.
Kept hopping off the table with a straight leg, and
wham!
With the shoes, I am taking less falls, and able to
find the sweet spot occasionally. Last Sunday, I made
two crosses on my feet. Next set, I lost them again.
Michael J. Hartman
Contractor
Homeland Security Div, G-3 Ops
5th U.S. Army"
Boy can , and a lot of other people, relate to this
problem. In fact, it is the exact same problem that
causes footers to catch backwards when they do a front
to back, heel caching on back one foots, and even falling
when you first learn to ride backwards.
This problem can be solved be understanding and then
implementing the following leading edge technology;
Lane Dawg Bower's Theory of Resistance
This information is so powerful that it is illegal
in several Eastern block countries!
I want you to take the following test
What is the difference between the two pictures;
"resistance 1a"
http://www.thefootersedge.com/current/
vs.
"resistance 1b"
http://www.thefootersedge.com/current/
What is the difference? Is there anything noticeable
or are they basically the same positions?
NOW look at "resistance_2"the pictures
"resistance 2a"
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vs.
"resistance 2b"
http://www.thefootersedge.com/current/
The first picture shows the rope going through a hook
and is connected to a one gallon container of water
that weighs roughly 7 pounds.
The other picture shows the same set-up connected to a
cement curb that weighs about (I am guessing) 70 pounds.
Surprised? I hope you are because this dramatically
illustrates my Resistance Theory of Back slalom.
Critical point; REISITANCE IS NOT BAD WHEN IT IS
APPLIED FROM A GREAT BAREFOOT POSITION. This
means great posture, glide, and an awesome Power Band!
This is incredibly important to comprehend. The
application of this info is now what will help your
back one foot slalom shred like you are carving on ski
or a snow board!
Great barefoot slalom needs three critical skills;
1. Position
2. Edge control
3. Resistance from the hips
What Mike and every other slalom aficionado needs is to
increase the pull (resistance) without deteriorating the
position. In other words ski like the position illustrated
in the second picture. This means you will have to load
up against the pull of the boat.
If I illustrated my point correctly, it should have been
difficult to tell the difference between the first two
pictures because it doesn't't take straight legs, arm
pulling, bending over more, or looking down into the water
to increase resistance.
This is a very difficult concept to grasp. It is common
for students to try all of the incorrect attempts above
to increase resistance. In addition, you need to maintain
maximum foot area on the water by keeping a relaxed ankle.
If you push on your toes (I call this 'gas pedaling') you
not only lose surface areaon the water, but you will tend
to "skip" your foot as you cross the wake.
Here is what I recommend. First learn to compress in your
long line back one foots on both sides of the wake using my
Tigger the Tiger bouncy trouncy exercises which are listed in
my Trauma Center at
http://www.thefootersedge.com/traumacenter/index.htm
Next, learn to load before you start your slalom pass. The
key here is to change your resistance from a normal resistance
to one that is ready to hold a much heavier weight, like in
my example in photo number two. Make sure once you load
up with resistance, that you MAINTAIN your resistance.
If you set-u a rig like the one I did, use a bucket full
of cement or something similar. If you do this correctly,
your weight should remain very constant in its height
as you dry land your slalom.
If your resistance gets less after you start your cross,
you could catch, become unstable, or even hop off the second
crest of the wake. It is also critical that you not lose
position or resistance as you change direction in your
transition.
KEEP THE BUCKET STEADY!
I sure hope this helps you achieve your goals. Please
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