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"Method
Air"
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The Method Air is probably one of the styliest
moves of all time. Skaters invented the trick and
every board sport has a spot for it. You'll never
see a snowboard half-pipe competition without one
and hopefully you'll never have a wakeboard
session without one.
Start out by approaching the wake heelside with
a smooth and consistent cut. Roll onto your edge,
bend your knees and try to reach maximum speed as
you leave the wake. By building your speed
gradually, you will stay in control and will stay
on edge all the way through the wake, maximizing
air time. This is sooo important.
After you loft yourself,
don't yank on the handle to get your body into
position. Instead, relax, drop your lead hand and
keep the rope tight. It's important to keep your shoulders above
the board (bonus points if your shoulders get over
and in front of the board). Keeping your shoulders
over the board will keep your body and trick
momentum equal. Nothing looks worse than a method
where the rider is behind the board.
So loft, drop your lead hand and keep the rope
tight. As you drop your hand, pull your front foot
across the front of your body. While pulling your
front foot across your body grab your back rail or
method. You can grab method a variety of ways. One
way is to grab in front of your lead foot, the
other, grab between your feet.
So, loft, drop lead hand, keep rope tight, pull
front foot across body, grab method and then
finish the trick by pushing your back leg out
towards the back of the boat. Yeah, check out that
style! Pushing your back leg out is more important
than landing the trick. It's like putting a cherry
on top of a sundae. Again, sooo important.
So dig, you did all that. Now release the grab,
let the board back around and land on the other
side of the wake. Smooth. I know that's a lot to
try at once, so if you're having trouble, try the
trick without the grab. Just loft, drop your lead
hand, pull your front leg across your body, bring
it back and land. That will give you the feeling
of the trick.
Go ahead and try it
again, feel the trick. Once you feel comfortable go for the
grab. Try this trick toeside or be a "G" and take
it blind.
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