Barefoot ski boats need to create small wakes and they need to be able to pull a barefoot skier up on a deep water start. They also need to be able to reach speeds up to 45 MPH. Barefoot water skiing speeds are higher than those for regular water skiing because it takes a bit more speed to keep a barefoot water skier on plane.
Typically, the best boats for barefoot skiing are tournament inboards and outboard-powered boats designed for barefoot skiing.
Because barefoot skiers need more speed and flat wakes, outboard-powered boats and the smaller, lighter tournament inboards designed for slalom skiing are best. Bear in mind that an outboard will need to be more powerful than a regular runabout. Plan on something in the to HP range. How to Buy a Boat for Watersports. The short answer for determining boat speeds for barefoot skiing is the heavier the skier, the faster you need to go.
The more scientific approach is to divide your weight by 10, then and 20 to determine your speed. Barefoot skiing is exactly what it sounds like: water skiing without the skis. Using the lb guy in the example formula above, then a slow, steady pull out of the water is better than a full throttle rip-out.
A KSO wet suit with padded shorts is a good idea to wear, as it will make the whole barefoot start easier as well as keeping you comfortable when you start progressing in the sport. For the skier in this case, it would be 40 miles per hour — if you have a pontoon that can go that fast of course! Want to know more about what speeds you need depending on what water sports you want to take part in? If yes, then read this guide to pontoon boat speeds which has a list of the type of speed you will need depending on what you want to do including tube pulling and standard water skiing.
Share 3. Like the deep water start, it is best to practice the step off on land before we take it to the water. View the last five pictures of this step for a visual of what you should practice on dryland. Be sure to distinguish what your front slaloming foot is and be comfortable with taking your back foot out of its binding at high speeds. This foot should be kept a foot's length forward relative to your ski binding. This is so that when you step off, you are already leaning back in case the water does not support you as expected.
Feel where the water comes up to on your foot. Ensure that it does not go over the "ball" of your foot. Continue to push on the water with your foot and until you are confident that the water will support you. If it doesn't feel hard enough, ask the boat driver to raise the speed. This will require you to have your chest out and lean back so that you do not catch a toe.
While stepping off, you will actually barefoot on one foot for a split second see second picture so be sure that you lean far enough back so your foot has enough support. Learning to step off will most likely take a few tries to get it, but once you get it the first time you won't forget it. If ever discouraged, you could always go back to the deep water start to try another approach on barefooting.
Barefooting doesn't stop at deep water starts and step offs! There are plenty of more tricks you can learn as you advance your skills.
Just as it sounds, this trick has you barefooting only using one foot. There are many resources online with tips and tricks for this move.
For starters, you need to be going a bit faster than your typical barefooting speed and work on balancing your weight across one foot. This is a popular tournament trick where one does a degree spin while butt-sliding on the water, comes back around and plants their feet.
This is a barefooting start where you begin by holding onto the rope facing the boat. As the speed increases you flip onto your back, spin around, and plant your feet into the water. The title explains it all. For this trick, you must jump out of two skis, keeping your handle at waist level, your chest outwards, and prepare for impact. One of the more peaceful looking barefoot tricks.
To do this trick, you must slide on the side of your back and take a hand off the rope and touch the water. Aka "hugging the water". This one holds up to its name. You basically barefoot on the sides of your feet. Usually this is only done on the boom or "shortline"; however, many have mastered it ft behind the boat too! The list of tricks can go on and on. However, To point you in the right direction on where to find the latest barefoot tricks.
I suggest checking out the "Freestyle Barefoot" scene at Barefoot Central. They have tons of incredible videos of the latest innovations in barefoot waterskiing. Freestyle barefoot is a type of barefooting where one performs unconventional tricks typically on the boom. Here is a sample of a freestyle barefoot video I made last year: you may want to skip to for actual skiing. As with all sports, practice is really the key. Even after you take a scary fall, to become better, you have to get back out there and try again, no matter how hard the challenge may be.
I hope that these steps were sufficient in teaching you to barefoot, but everyone learns differently, so in case you need more instruction here are some great links for further tips and techniques:. If you enjoyed this article, please support me by voting for this instructable in either the: Great Outdoors, squeeze more awesome out of summer, or Epilog Contest! Thanks for your interest, and good luck! Reply 7 years ago on Introduction. Its hard when you've got an old starcraft boat going 36 lolz..
I'd say the slalom start was even sketchier, Lucy. I was so surprised that I made it. Couldn't of done this year if I wanted to Way to cold in Michigan
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