Water Sports : How to Do a Whirlybird on a Wakeboard

[themrindos]

dude you got mad skillz, you make is look so easy. like i love to snowboard but this vid makes me want spring/summer to come so much earlier. Question though where are you wakeboarding the water looks amazing. I live on the Chesapeake Bay so the only time i can get that flat is if I go on days where its code red and no one is out

[trev95ify]

when i do my whirlybird i only do a 180 instead of the full 360... any help??

[ummcarter]

@trev95ify keep holding on to the rope. i'm guessing you're letting go early because you feel like you arn't getting it right. you gotta keep holding on, the rope will pull you the rest of the 360. the last 180 happens at the last second from the line tension pulling you around

[lmcorrigan0]

first reaction!?

[JayHey10]

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[SamHER0]

6 people could not.

:D

[mikedabigfoot]

fuck advertisements. fuck youtube



[31runescapepie]

@mikedabigfoot fuck you

[ummcarter]

Such a tricky flip! Practicing it on the trampoline helps a ton to get the feel of the rope whipping you around on the 360

[mctwist13]

i am going to start trying these after a competition this weekend and they seem pretty easy. im not sure if it just looks like it is or if thats just because it a pro thats doing them but they seem pretty fluid and not hard to get around

[rafarox101]

im new to wakeboardin and i caan alreaady wake to wake jump n 360 but whats up wit all these wierd ass names for tricks. jus call it what it is like heelside 360 back er sum shit like that. no need fer all these complicated names

[ifyourcoolyouramule]

@rafarox101 fail at speaking english and speliing correctly! :DD

[ch1pppy]

@rafarox101 it is called a whirlybird cause you are technically spinning upside down and it is like a helicopter hence the name whirlybird

[xXx3Baller3xXx]

finally got up on wake board not hard at all wakesurfing thats a whole nother lvl i pretty much drown evry time i try wake surfing

[ritzcrackers27]

how fast should you go?

[mctwist13]

@ritzcrackers27 if you are used to flipping go your normal speed but if you feel a little sketched out maybe take it down 2-2.5 mph. i normaly ride at 23 mph so if were going to slow down i usually go to 22mph. doesn't seem like that much but it makes all the difference.

[dja1312]

holy crap that was epic

[whirlybird07]

a winch is a machine which has a rope about 600 metres long, and it tow's you just like a boat.

[xOGBxConnorr]

i dont think they are 600 meters...try 600 ft

[oranjnblu825]

600 m isnt far off. i know the grinchwinch holds up to about 2500 ft of rope.

[hayden536]

anywhere i can buy one for cheap?

[oranjnblu825]

well you can buy them online and you might wanna check with a local board/ski shop if you have one. but they're not gonna be cheap at all. I think a grinchwinch is something along the lines of 2500?

[scene4eva]

whats a winch

[jenks8thkckr]

google it.

[OlympicGamesTV]

Awesome trick!

[brandon0135]

i just landed my first whirly the other day. it was tight. but ya snowboarding and such can help you understand how to edge. but the difference is you lean back on a wakeboard and forward on a snowboard so your muscle memory on a snowboard could make it a little tough at first. but getting up is hard for some people and easy for others. key is letter the boat do the work and thinking of the board as the wing of a plane.

[yamahonda450]

if you are leaning forward in the pow you are gonna have a bad time... in fact i cant think of very many times i would want to lean forward except maybe while crouching to get some speed but thats about it

[brandon0135]

very soft deep powder may be closer. but you do lean forward wether you notice it or not. you are on a mountain and is slopes steeply forward. and you are deffinately not leaning back against a rope. idk if you have wakeboarded or not but i think you would understand if you had.

[gusterfy]

@brandon0135 dude i thought i was the only one who thought getting up and riding a wakeboard was just like the wing of a plane lol

[baseballfn546]

wakeboarding and snowboarding do use some of the same ideas but only difference is the boat pulling you... snowboarding and longboard skating do help with wakeboarding i think

[allanispro]

sweet trick but it's got such a gay name!

[drnnhvcdsde]

is wakeboarding like snowboarding?

[Dodgeoffroadfreak]

no, it's not

[zqzezima]

not at all, some pro snowboarders cant even get up on a wakeboard.. but just try..

[Rushmonkeys]

Nice one, Ross. He was a great sport in helping us out at our website. Very cool dude.

[aaattt123]

dang that guy has a smooth whirly

[watersport4all]

Watersport4all, de naam zegt al genoeg !

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[winofred7]

ugh i was gonna refresh myself on my tricks on memorial day weekend but theres so many jerks on jet ski's, its not even fun tubing, let alone even trying to get up..for every boat, there was like 5 jetskis just makin pointless waves.oh well, im goin back in a few days so it should be alot smoother =]

[499empire]

cool story, I dont give a fuck.

[will2136]

If i can do a tantrum and a 360, how long will it take me to learn this trick?

[scottquinn]

they are two very different tricks and are both executed in a very different way, dont go thinking because you can do both its going to be easy landing a whirly bird, but keep at it and you will land it :)

[ppinmybutthole]

beautiful lake austin

[micbergsma]

oh yeah wow!!

[dizzlebrohomie]

i landed it cause of this video, best day of my life

[beetlerap]

great advice, it helped me realize my problem! (hands in)

[FuzzyBunnyJames]

9th view my fasv number

[bitchslapper12]

I like !!

[turkeyman102]

what