Soon as I saw Gregs luscious locks I trusted his water ski'ing abilitys. Thanks greg. He looks like what I imagine the turtle from finding nemo would look like had he been human.

Thanks for not including a bunch of fluff talk. Very informative.

Dude the real secrets...those cool sunglasses are a must, and big foot appears in the back ground of this video! 😅 but...i am 40 years old now. Hadnt skiid since 18. Have a 18' astro fish and ski with 4cyl 115 merc that hesitates when u first take off. Slapped the slalom ski on. Drowning city. So close but no cigar. Put on doubles and popped right up. Have double skiid a few times again now with EASE. Doubles are easy as heck compared to slalom but noticed last time out that my technique has already greatly improved and its so smooth now. And thats with my wife being a NOVICE boat driver. I bet next time i get on the slalom i get up. When i tried to slalom i tried pulling the rope to my chest when the ski was coming out of the water and tried to stand up that way. WRONG! I agree with keeping your knees in your chest, the ski will want to plane on its on. Just remember to try to touch your nose to the tip of the ski.

Thanks Greg. I needed the physics explained.

Greg vid Greg. Many thanks. My friends at the cottage found this very helpful! 5 stars bud!

Thanks for the guide

That was really helpful thank you

Yep

holy crap an expertvillage video actually worth my time

thanks that made sense ill try it next time!

for someone who weights around 175 pounds does the driver give a gradual throttle or does he or she get more aggressive with the throttle

@ 1:14 you said: stay in that position a little longer say 5 or 10 seconds? omg 5 or 10 seconds longer is impossible, in the first 5 seconds after the boat begins accelerating you are either up on plane or you have been pulled over your ski and you already let go of the rope... hopefully you let go anyway. I remember learning that so clearly, when you know you are not getting up you let go asap and it doesn't take more than 5 seconds to realize which way you are going. I only made about 50 tries with suicide boots before I got really good at it. I have gotten other people to just hang behind the boat at idle speed to get used to crouching and keeping ski in position for maybe 10-20-30 seconds and when they start to feel stable they say hit it. that can help them out because sometimes people will just say hit it and then suddenly they lose their ski sideways or something hanging behind the boat at idle speed gets then feeling confident that they can control the ski first before saying hit it. To much fun to miss to not learn to ski!!!!!!

Great video, but it would be nice if you could touch on some of the problems beginners face and what to do to fix them, for example what to do if you are have problems falling to the side, falling backward, etc.

yes you do

Great lesson Greg I was wondering why i have so much problem with both feet in boots like i used to seem to go to left as soon as boat starts to pull and end up going over used to do it when younger but cant seem to anymore , also does it make a differance what foot should be in front etc

Hi Greg -Help- I can't seem to get up on a my HO wide Omni ski - I can get up a HO Hovercraft ski in 2 seconds (doc or deep). My boat (Tahoe T16/75 hp) is underpowered for the little ski. Going off the dock I hit the bottom of the lake and no success in deep water (wall of water). And my line is low coming from the boat. My Jetski blows the handle out of my hands. I can't win and it hurts. Any thoughts? Too many variables? Appreciate the help

I have been trying still havent gotten up on one ski still have to drop one and always almost lose it i weigh 170 pounds and we use a 40 horsepower boston whaler so that engine need to work and i need to finesse

What's your advice for a beginner that keeps falling to the inner side of his body not being able to keep the sky on a vertical position?

Yo Greg, which technique is easier both feet in or one outside

and it just felt kinda natural if you have good balance

Get up on water ski

hey dude dont use a wake rop or tower that might help you nice spec brah

you do NOT LEAN OVER YOUR KNEES

the way to get up on 1 or 2 skis is to get your ass in the water with the skis and try until you figure it out on your own... arms straight knees bent lean back lean forward blah blah blah you gotta feel it yourself

got up on my second try xD but the boat was slow i was waiting for 15-20 secs i think... then finally :P i was told id need two skis,....psh

if someone wanted to get up on a slalom ski, watched this video, then went to the lake. they would eat so much shit, they'd quit. not a very good instructional video