learning to barefoot

GlassSeeker wrote: I eat, sleep, ride, talk, live, and love barefooting

Well come on lover boy, let's go do some footing right now! It is 92 degrees at Sheridan, and a light breeze from the North at 6 MPH, and there is 6 hours of good daylight left!

LakeBoy wrote: GlassSeeker wrote: I eat, sleep, ride, talk, live, and love barefooting Well come on lover boy, let's go do some footing right now! It is 92 degrees at Sheridan, and a light breeze from the North at 6 MPH, and there is 6 hours of good daylight left!

taking the next flight to CA right now....

I was out yesterday!! nice waters, did some longline runs and then some boom...was little late so I only had the chance to try little on the one footers...
Looks like I had one of the drysuit straps loose as i had lots of fine spray hitting my face..that was annoying!!!!now I see why Glasseeker like the goggles...

Oh my gear arrived finally (necklace, and BFC shoes trainers) so probably will be trying bacerds in the near future...

Roy..I tryed one foots several times in dryland, i´m working on the posture, and lifting the leg using the stomach, I´m there.
I did one attemp yesterday, seemed fine, I´m ok with the right foot up, but struggle with the left foot up...then had to quit, I was exhausted....
Oh and I´m a master in the faceplants, and toe catchs.. to a wild one yesterday...left a mark in the forehead!!!

Seb: Everybody has a "reverse" foot, or the side that is hardest. After 2-3 years of one-foots, may basic and reverse are about the same. Keep working, keep adjusting, keep crunching. You will get it.

Justin: after 3-4 good headpackers it is time to hang it up for the day. At the end of yesterday I took 3 falls doing front to back and 2 more on surface hops; I called it a day. A neckbrace is a good piece of safety gear. I wear mine all the time. Not sure if you have seen this video of me and my footer friends the first 8 months of my barefooting obsession:

Barefoot Wipeouts

LakeBoy wrote: Justin: after 3-4 good headpackers it is time to hang it up for the day. At the end of yesterday I took 3 falls doing front to back and 2 more on surface hops; I called it a day. A neckbrace is a good piece of safety gear. I wear mine all the time. Not sure if you have seen this video of me and my footer friends the first 8 months of my barefooting obsession: Barefoot Wipeouts

Yes I did see that video which is mainly what got me thinking. I guess I knew it would not feel very good, I was just wondering how much one person could take. I really would love to get up and have some success for 45-60 seconds when we go it august. I know I am going to fall, it would be nice to minize the hard crashes so I can stick with it and learn faster. Also I did notice your neck brace and do think that would be good especially if I was trying to do tricks. At this point Im trying to just survive.


I feel like when I fall at 33 while slalom it doesnt really hurt but I guess there is a big difference by adding that extra 7MPH

Barefoot falls...its a part of barefooting. As you get better you fall less but you usually fall harder...I have a very unscientific formula of 1 out of 100 falls you can really get hurt, usually by doing something stupid that you know you should not be doing or just goofing off and WHAM- the giant flyswatter of life smacks you down!

By learning on the shoeskis you can save yourself a lot of pain. Shoeskis have you running from 20 up to about 36 depending what you are doing.

In a good barefoot suit most barefoot falls do not hurt and some are enjoyable. These suits really do a great job of holding your arms and legs on in a crash. Neck braces are under rated, even the $43 one from LakeElmoSports. It does the job. For me it's part of my uniform.
The worst falls come from one foot front wakes at over 45mph. you'll flip a couple times...face.. feet.. face.. feet. The second time your feet hit the water slaps them hard. (My goggles are wrapped around my neck about now LOL)

Some falls you see stars.
It's never a good idea to try to "catch" yourself using a foot or hand or arm. The water will try to rip it off, you can jack a shoulder from your arm catching.

Once I sat down low behind my shoeskis and one shoe caught and I ran over my leg and twisted my knee really good took 2 months to feel OK. There was no reason to ride like that I was just goofing off...so its better to take it very seriously. If you are using shoes then be practicing barefoot manuevers/tricks/turns/onefoots.

The back toehold- I have caught the heel and pulled a hamstring so bad it was all black and blue and yellow I limped for a couple months after that.

The flip- I learned to flip and have some on video tape somewhere and also have me choking on a wake to wake flip and landing upside down and having my knee hit me in the forehead and tear open my face almost to the inside corner of my eye. 14 stitches. my knee hurt worse.

But usually the falls are nothing much   

good advice, trust me I am taking is seriously, not too seriously that I am not going to try. I am doing my homework, as you can see, making sure I have the proper equipment and have been watching videos and reading to make sure I dont make a dumb mistake. And of course, getting all the advice I can get. I have another 4 weeks to get my ducks lined up.

GlassSeeker wrote: ... you'll flip a couple times...face.. feet.. face.. feet. The second time your feet hit the water slaps them hard. (My goggles are wrapped around my neck about now LOL)

Speaking of slapping your feet. See my move at 3:17. That one stung.

Nice Video, Larry. VERY entertaining. You had NO hope on that bomb-out at 3:17. Nice headpacker; man of my own heart!!! LOL.

LakeBoy wrote: You had NO hope on that bomb-out at 3:17.

No, I didn't. Hadnt done one in probably 10-12 years. Was out with Brad, Keith and Tim and since they had never seen it done "live" I thought I would "show 'em how its done" FAIL. And then Tim, who had never done it before, gives it a shot at the end of the clip and skis away from it, first try. I went home and relearned it the following weekend off the short line, but gotta admit, havent done it in a few years again. Maybe this weekend, just to see if I still got it.

That was about 4 years ago and I still have a vivid memory of how my feet felt after that second slap that Andy referred to .

what we strive for

"Blocked in our Country"!! Were is that number for Seal Team 6???

LakeBoy wrote: Speaking of Davis Small: not sure if I posted this one or not. Test the link to see if it plays, I have heard some people get a "video blocked" notice due to the music track. Note: David was in the boat from 9 AM to nearly 7 PM WITHOUT a break coaching us, and rips this run with out even stretching or anything. Amazing! David on the Delta!

blocked in my country, due to EMI..copyrighted track..

Hey Lakeboy,
yeah it does not work- post it again with new music please, and don't you have more vids to post yet? I think you got a sick longline sideslide that I did for David in Lost No?

here is a good example of beginner progression