James Walker

very good, impassion wakesurfer:

Mandy - Sept 27, 2009

Thanks Mandy and Vivian ^^

Stand in front

大家可以試下：

Lost & Found - in August

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wake surf - surface 360

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How to Wake Surf

extracted from www.waterskis.com

Wake surfing is one of the most exciting and challenging sports to do behind your boat. Because a boat can provide you an endless wave on which to practice and hone your skills it is rapidly becoming one of the most popular board sports for inboard owners across the globe. No longer is surfing relegated to only those in coastal areas, wake surfing has unlocked this epic sport for anyone with access to water.

Equipment, Technique, And All The Rest

Wake surf board- It's best to use a board designed specifically for the unique shape of a boat wake for wake surfing. Many people have tried to use old surfboards (including myself) usually leading to fairly mediocre results. In order to begin, learn and progress it is important to use equipment that is designed for wake surfing.

Wake surfing rope / handle- Wake surf ropes are much thicker than wakeboard ropes because you may need to hold on to the rope to pull yourself into the sweet spot of the wake. Wakeboard ropes are thin, hard to hold on to and can wrap around your hands and arms creating a dangerous situation. Wake surfing is all about having fun, so keep it safe and everybody will have a better time.

Boat- Only wake surf behind an inboard boat. Inboard boats have the propeller tucked up underneath the transom of the boat creating a safe platform for wake surfing. Outboard and inboard/outboard boats have an exposed propeller, which is a very serious safety concern for the rider.

Weighting your boat- Wake surfing usually requires additional weight on the side of the boat you intend to surf (most people surf on the port/left side). Normally, adding weight in the rear of the boat will help you create a wake, which is suitable for surfing. Each and every boat is different, so experiment with weight placement and the amount of weight. NEVER exceed your manufactures maximum weight guidelines. Those numbers are there for a reason, so obey them.

Driving the boat- When pulling up a wake surfer, you should accelerate even slower than a wake boarder. Boat speed will vary with make, model and amount of weight but usually around 10mph is ideal. The boat should create a clean and crisp wake, you wouldn't want to surf a mushy wave would you? Drive the boat straight, not in a circle.

Getting up- When getting up you should lie on your back and bring your knees to your chest, much like getting up on a wakeboard. Allow the surf board to float naturally and keep it at a 90 degree angle to you and the boat with the nose of the board facing away from the boat. Place your feet on the board so that your heels rest on the board and your toes are pointing up. Depending on the board your back foot should be somewhere around a foot from the back of the board. Your feet should be shoulder-width apart.

When the boat accelerates and the rope tightens up, put pressure on your heels, which will flip the board up to meet your feet. Once you bring the board to your feet, keep your arms straight out in front of you and keep your knees sucked up to your chest. Resist the urge to stand up to quickly as this can cause you to be unstable. Once you are out of the water and the board is on plane, stand up with a bit of a knees bent stance so that you are balanced on the board.

Edge the board away from the boat and the wake so you can get your balance and adjust your feet. Depending on which side of the boat you are riding and which foot forward you use, you will want to adjust your feet so that your toes (regular riders and left side of the boat) or your heels (goofy riders on the left side of the boat) are closest to the edge of the board which is closest to the wake. This will allow you to keep the board in the side of the wave. Once you have moved your feet, gradually edge towards the wake. Once at the wake, use the wake surf rope to position your self in the pocket. This is the area of the wake that generates power and momentum, keeping you moving with the boat.

You can generate speed and momentum by applying weight to your front foot. On the flip side you can decelerate your board by applying pressure to your back foot. Mastering this technique is crucial to being able to stay in the pocket and riding the endless wave.

Once you are comfortable with staying in the pocket, throw the rope to somebody in the boat. After all this is wake surfing, not wake towing!

18 Jun 2009 @ Repulse Bay

How to do get air in wakesurf

Just read a post in Wakeworld forum, I think it's readlly helpful:

James will start at the back of the pocket, typically his rear foot is in the curl. Then depending upon the pocket length and where the most crisp part of the wake FORWARD is, he'll pump once or twice so that he can hit that. Some wakes will have a rounded face before the top of the spine and that isn't a good launch spot. Focus on where the wake is it's sharpest and most forward.

Then James turns up and into that spot. From that point on, it's a skateboard ollie. Pull the front foot up and push down on the rear foot. The height of your air is going to be dependent upon how high you can pull that front foot up.

At the height of your pull your rear foot up to meet the height of your front foot. This is where you'll want a board that releases well of the wake.

If you look at the trough in the pictures you can estimate where James is starting from and also get an idea where he is projecting off the lip. In that second picture you can see how James is pulling that front foot up - he'll try and get that knee up towards his chest.

[the post with some pics, however, becoz the right of the photographer, I 'll not post them here. I find a video in youtube, the performer is also James ]

5.12 長隆水上樂園

第一次跟朋友去長隆水上樂園, 除左舟車勞動之外, ( 即日來回坐車差不多要 5、6 小時! ) 感覺都好好. 遊戲新穎, 比以前海馬公園既水上樂園創新, 咁又係, 海馬公園既水上樂園都已經係集體回憶. 呢個水上樂園有幾個遊戲都好好玩, " 大喇叭", "大湯碗" 都好新, 有 d 離心位係估佢唔到既, 所以就更刺激.

不過除左玩, 有時睇到內地人同香港人既文化差異就更特別. 例如衣著: 香港人男的就著 boardshorts, 內地人就著超貼身泳褲, 有的甚至孖煙通等; 女的就著帶有裙邊泳衣, 最大的差別就係腋下的毛髮... 我想大多香港女仔都會剃掉腋毛, 不過內地的就個個夾住兩隻鮑魚擦出來, 都幾好笑. 我不是想笑內地人落後, 其實以前去海馬公園既水上樂園 d 香港人咪一樣係咁, 只不過潮流在變, 人又在變. 當香港人去到日本, 日本的人都可能在笑香港女仔為甚麼個個都素顏出街, 一 d 都唔識打扮, same same!

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Damage 14 - Let's do some damage!

因為我們一伙十四人; 因為其中一個成日講 " Let's do some damage!" ; 又因為這句說話喚醒了一班 "佬" 變 "頑童" - 所以 " Damage 14 " 就成了我們的隊名.

Ben Ben Ben

Hey Ben,

Thanks for your videos. You really have great improvement in these few weeks. I'm waiting for your new tricks!!

Learning to WakeSurf in Hong Kong PART1


Learning to WakeSurf in Hong Kong PART2


Learning to WakeSurf in Hong Kong PART3


Cheers,

Ben

360

攪左咁多個月, BL 既 360 終於成功勒... 恭喜恭喜... 唔知下一個 trick 會係 mud 呢？

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又有幅近期好鍾意的作品，多謝 Sumsum 兄，你未必會睇我呢個 blog 嫁勒，不過都好多謝你成日幫我影相。

毒品

冇錯... 係毒品，呢隻牌子的小吃，唔開冇問題，一開就弊傢伙，試一啖就停唔到手，務必要食晒佢為止，咁你地話佢係咪好似毒品勒？！

PS: Rainbow，雖然係咁，都好多謝妳呢兩包野... 尤其係右邊果包，勁正！

康復團

自從隻腳受傷後，有成大半年都無玩 wakeboard，呢幾個月終於約到一班 " 容易受傷的男人" ，約埋每個星期搵日練水，我地命名 "康復團"...

"康復團" 中除左玩 wakeboard，仲有好多人鍾意影相，呢幅相就係最近既作品勒。



遲 D 有多 D 靚相就同大家分享...

好疲累

好疲累，唔係因為玩到好累，係做到好累...

做呢份工，忙時可以忙到死，得閒時又可以得閒到死，所以攪到自己又愛又恨；好似呢排，陽光普照，學既人自然多左，人都曬黑左幾度 ( 我居然仲有得黑，嘿嘿！ ) 當然，我應該要感謝個天比咁好既天氣我地，但係做人就緊係‘得一想二’，如果可以陰陰地有些少微風，咁就 perfect 勒！

天氣好，出海既人都多左，船又多左；最唔高興的就是果 D 唔知點 ‘咋’船既人亂咁 o係 個海度左穿右插，無端端的都直衝埋梨，去度近一近先 o係 側邊經過，都唔知為 mud，仲攪到個海爛晒；最衰就係果個人識得既，都唔知話唔話佢好，佢咁大個人，我話佢我都覺得唔好意思。

個海亂，自己‘咋’船都特別疲累，所以... 咁遲先寫一篇網誌，乘機 ‘慎’一‘慎’...

Bella & Thomas

又係 Thomas，不過係來自澳洲，或者可以叫佢做 Monkey，因為佢 wakeboard 就唔肯學，但就跳跳扎，整古做怪；佢家姐 Bella 乖就勒，肯學肯做，第二次玩就已經做得好好，最可惜就是今晚就要返澳洲返學了，唔知幾時先可以再見呢?!

Thomas & Jordon

一個法國籍的小朋友，因為生日，他的爸爸媽媽安排了一個 wakeboard session 給他及他的兩個同學仔。沒有記錯的話應該是八歲的生日。第一次玩就可以 ride 成分鐘，可能因為太有成功感，他的爺爺又安排了一堂給他，這些相就是這次拍攝的。







其實教了很多小朋友，無論中國人或是外國人，很少小朋友會專心聽教練講解，我明白因為他們年紀輕，難集中精神，但 Thomas 就係一個好例外的例子，他又專心、又肯試，很快就做到我的要求，前後兩堂加起來都不夠 45 分鐘，他就可以穩穩定定行直線、單手、touch water、出 heel side ... so great!!!

另外有個小朋友叫 Jordon， 學了兩個月就可以做好所有的基本 tricks，可惜他的爸媽要他八月到 Boston 讀書，最後一堂臨走前他都好似很唔捨得。其實我都唔捨得，還想今年帶他參加香港的比賽，去到 Boston 又好似要去到比較遠的地方先有得學 wakeboard...不過始終讀書要緊，希望他見到這篇文後能比心機讀書，克服自己在外國生活所面對的困難，仲有唔好唔記得放假返香港時找我呀！

遲來的禮物

經阿Vi手收到一份遲的禮物，多晒！Mandy 妳真係好鬼有心既姐，大家估唔估到係 mud?


( 我一拿上手就估到勒... 妳個衰妹都冇mud好野... )








冇錯... 就係...
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dum dum


好靚既 packing... many thanks...

新人vs 舊人

這一兩個星期多了不少人參與 wakesurf 這個家庭，有些還好利害，玩第一次就可以 ride without rope，例如 Winfield 同阿‘胡生’，一個字... 勁！

BL 對自己果塊 Coex 就越來越習慣，為了不可以承認‘入錯貨、買錯板’，他死練爛練，好就好在這樣才可以激發他的鬥心，floater 、backslide 等越做越好，360 都應該是這一兩星期的事勒...

對手腳 / 上下半身不協調的‘女鬼’來說 backslide 真係有些困難，我真的考慮了很久是不是要買個‘轉盤’給她練習呢？又或者大家家中有沒有這個我相信有都會在沙化底封塵的‘減肥轉轉板’- 可以借給我嗎？！

自從上次落水後，我去多了一次玩 wakeboard，一次 wakesurf。玩 wakesurf 個‘失頭哥’就好似沒事，玩 wakeboard就好似差少少，希望快些可以回復以前... 我還有很多花式想學呀！

活在當下

近排看了本書，書名‘活在當下’( 作者：李焯芬)。書中解釋‘活在當下’意即專心做好眼前的事，人生路上每個時刻或每個階段皆如此。

近排身邊不少人結婚生仔，步入人身另一階段；在另一方面，有個好朋友的婆婆又剛過身；好錫自己的伯娘又在大半年前離開我們，早排爸爸媽媽身體不好，屋企人都俾多左時間關心 / 陪伴兩老；現在看著這本書，就更有感受，活在當下，好好對待身邊人，做好身邊事... 唔好給自己機會將來講：早之...

好，今日以後就要好好利用時間，活在當下，寫番兩篇日誌先... haha

落水

自從手術後都沒有試過落水玩 wakeboard，昨日大廚阿賢駕到，雖然好疲累都跟他出去玩了兩轉。落水前同自己講 " 唔準跳、唔準跳 " ，我好乖好忍得手，都只係最後輕輕地跳了一下，嘩，死，餚底！點算？

不過我相信我一定可以克服既，下星期再試..

五月天落住雨玩 wakeboard 真係唔凍，不過 Jar 船就凍，果兩行鼻涕都未停過，差小小掂到下巴...

PS：夜晚去 Islandwake 見到艾菲，知道跟我一樣既 Vanessa 都唔敢跳，希望她跟我都可以繼續努力，add oil！

Toyking

上星期六有阿toyking 大駕光臨，真係令成個淺水灣生色不小... 大爆粗口歌、影相影到猩猩同女鬼、跳 roller 跳得高過 two wake... 不過佢自己就猛話比人 " 昆 "... toyking 大哥，冤有頭，責有主，唔係我叫你梨架... 有咩搵佢兩個啦

多謝

今日有很多人都 sms 給我致賀，比過往的多很多，真的有點意外。在這裡就借機會多謝大家，排名不分先後：

Ice Kwan, BL, Winnie Law, Jessica Leung, Big Sister Fan, On Li, Carmen, 契女頌晴, Cammy, Siu Ming & Crissie, Andrea... 多謝晒~~

Birthday Collon

多謝阿 Vi 的 Collon，禮不大心意大，食落比食過的甜，比食過的窩心；喂... Mandy 妳果份呢？ (哈哈~)

彩虹

很久沒有見到彩虹，是沒有緣份？還是跟本沒有出現？小時候在遊船河途中曾見過一道繞成一圈的彩虹在天空上，至今仍歷歷在目，長大了好像一次也沒有見到，難道彩虹真的與童真、夢想、希望掛鉤，而這方面的我又逐漸失去？

真的見不到了，假的星期六見到了，個 form 比以前靚，個身又比以前肥，中年發福呼？

PS: 已收到小熊的問候，有心，多謝，心照啦

尋人

尋好心、靚女攝影師一名

自五月一日在南灣分手後，日夜思念，望穿秋水，期待妳的回覆。等了一天又一天，不停的檢查自己的電郵有否出錯，伺服器有沒有問題，不斷安慰自己可能妳工作繁忙... ...但可能事實妳巳經忘記了我。
每晚深夜夢迴，都總忘不了BL 的身影，期盼著一幅一幅美麗的畫面；妳又可還記得嗎？

算了算了，我相信有緣的話妳一定會見到這個留言；我相信有緣的話一定可以再與妳重逢... 不過到時妳可不可以把相給我們呢？哈哈...

PS: BL 就是追著我的船在 wakesurf 那個

tricks

以前開始玩 wakesurf，可以唔用繩就已經好開心。有些 wakeboarder 就覺得 wakesurf 好沉悶，沒有花式... 其實 wakesurf 有好多花式可以做，wakesurfer 沒有繩把持，完全依靠個人平衡，所有動作都不容易做到，要不斷的練習、練習、再練習...

以下的 trick list 是依從 World WakeSurf Association 所得，附圖就多謝 Ben Leung 及 Ah Kate 作示範：

Pumping - turning up and down the face of the wake to gain speed. (Both styles)


Stalling - Applying pressure to your back foot to slow down or "stall". (Both styles)


Floater - When a rider and board "floats" on top of the wake. (Both styles)


Lip slide - Just like a floater but the board is sideways. (Both styles)

Spray - gouging into the face of the wake to create the water under you to explode and spray. (Both styles)

Fire Hydrant - Placing one hand on the board and taking your front foot off. (Both styles)


Posing - doing hand and body positions while riding for cool style points. (Both styles)

Hang 5 - Rider extends front foot (toes) over front of board (Both styles). More credit by judges the further forward the rear foot.

Rail Grabs - Grabbing the board's rail while the board is on the wake - one or both hands. (Both styles)

Cutbacks - Bashing off the lip of the wake with the board - the more extreme and risky the better. (Both styles)

Paddle back in - Going to the extreme rear of the wake, throwing down on the board and paddling back in to the power zone. This can also be done by pulling the outside rail of the board to bring it back to the power zone. (Surf style)

Tubing It - Throwing down on the board and sliding back into the tube until covered up - the deeper the better, and then popping out and standing back up on the board. (Surf style)

Switch Stance-Riding with the opposite foot forward. (Both styles)

180 spin - Spinning 180 on the wake - Board and rider spin. (Both styles - more difficult surf style) A blind turn is more difficult.

Airs - Launching off the lip with board into the air and landing back on the wake (toeside or heelside). (Both styles)

One Hand Grab Air - Grabbing one rail of the board while the board is airborne above the wake. (Both styles - more difficult surf style)

Double Grab Air - Grabbing both rails of the board while the board is airborne above the wake. (Both styles -more difficult surf style)

Hang 10 - Rider extends both feet (toes) over end of board (Surf style)

360 spin- Spinning 360 on the face of the wake - Board and rider spin. (Both styles - more difficult surf style)

540 spin - Rider spins continuously 1 1/2 times until he is riding switch stance forward (Both styles - but extremely difficult surf style)

720 spin - Rider spins continuously 2 complete 360's (Both styles - but extremely difficult surf style)

Alley oop air 180 - doing an air while spinning 180 the blind direction. (Trick style)

180 air - doing and air and spinning a 180 in the air and landing in with a switch stance. (Trick style)

180 shuv-it - spinning just the board 180 under your feet and landing with the board "backwards". (Trick Style)

900 spin - Rider spins continuously 2 1/2 times until he is riding switch stance forward. (Both styles - but extremely difficult surf style)

360 shuv-it - same as a 180 but you spin the board a full 360 under your feet. NOTE: rider does not spin only the board spins. (Trick style)

Big Spin - Same as a 360 shuv-it only the rider spins a 180 at the same time the board does a 360. (Trick style)

* trick 後面括號內所標示的是以 skim style board / surf style board 或者兩樣都可以 ( both ) 做的花式，至於兩者的分別，遲些再談。

裝備

今次講講玩 wakesurf 特別需要甚麼 ... ...

船一架：必須要 inboard ，不可以 out - board，不可以 in - out，否則您要準備多一架救傷車；

船尾板：是 surfer 與船之間的一個緩衝區；

水袋 / 水箱 / 鉛. / 沙包：增加船的重量，令船造出來的尾浪更高更大更實。一般使用水袋 / 水箱比較安全，因為遇上沉船意外這些負重物只會令船半浮沉於水面，但鉛 / 沙包就會把船帶入水底；

wakesurf 的板：可分為 surfing style 及 skim board style 兩種，前者比較長及厚身，多數配合比較長的 fin(s) ；後者較短、薄身，外形似 skim board；

繩 + handle：給起水時用，長約十尺，專用handle一般較細，不像wakeboard用的那麼闊，目的是減少放繩後 handle 圈入 surfer 的手、腳的機會；後其甚至發展成只用一條粗繩，無論surfer 放繩後或把繩掉入船中都較安全，缺點是起水時比較難借力；

最後就是觀眾：沒錯，是觀眾，有觀眾的時候surfer 會特別起勁的；有時觀眾又可以遞水給surfer，又可以當水袋給船多些負重 ( “責wake” ) ，so good！ ( 見附圖 )

- 圖片來自網上的討論區，本人並沒有此圖片的版權，如任何人對此圖片的版權有任何意見，請直接電郵給本人，謝謝 (Sorry, we don't have the copyright of this picture. If you are the owner of this picture and have any concerns, please contact me. Thank you!)

維基百科

昨晚第一次使用維基百科，找到以下提及 wakesurf 的講解，大家不妨看一看：

Wakesurfing
Wakesurfing is a watersport in which a surfer trails behind an inboard ski boat, surfing the boat's wake without being directly attached to the boat. The wake from the boat mimics the look and feel of an actual ocean wave. After getting up on the wave by use of a tow rope, wakesurfers drop the rope and ride the steep face below the wave's peak in a fashion reminiscent of ocean surfing. Wakesurfers generally use special boards, usually five feet or shorter.

Boat setup
Wakeboard boats are generally the boats of choice for this sport. Owners of these boats place ballast, such as extra water, lead weights, cement, or other heavy objects in different sections of the boat in order to weight the boat down and create a larger wake. Water ballast is the safest and preferred method as if your boat is swamped, the water ballast is neutrally buoyant allowing the boat to remain at the surface, while lead and cement weights will cause your boat to sink to the bottom.

順便一提，維基百科真是一個不錯的工具網站，值得推介。

開 . 章 - 第一次開網誌，第一篇文章

就寫寫開此網誌的目的。

不虛偽，目的希望為生意、為錢。

這幾年在淺水灣、南灣一帶玩 wakesurf，都看到周圍不少好奇的目光 - 他們在做甚麼？怎麼那個人不用繩可以跟著那船？怎麼會有動力？怎樣開始？

可能大家的思維仍然停在滑水（water ski）或者尾波花式滑水（wakeboard）上，其實又不稀奇，想當年香港有人玩尾波花式滑板 （wakeskate）（對不起，我不知是不是這樣譯，其實怎譯，這些外國新興運動，用中文都是怪怪的），都好好奇點解不用 binding（一雙固定在 wakeboard 的鞋）都可以站穩？現在不止不用 binding，還不用繩，還不目瞪口呆！

大家可以把 wakesurf 當作滑浪（surfing）的變種，我想大家會比較容易理解，只不過通常滑浪會在海邊，等待大自然的浪把衝浪者（surfer）衝向岸；而 wakesurf 就利用特定的快艇，加些改動，在船尾製造出相類似的浪，等 surfer 跟著船尾進行滑浪的運動，所以只要快艇不停的行駛，船尾的波浪不消失，surfer 就可以跟著走，或者做不同的花式。

如果只是跟滑浪相似，我想未必可以吸引到這麼多人參與，那麼 wakesurf 還有甚麼特別？等待之後慢慢講解吧。

好，初步介紹完 wakesurf 之後，吸引嗎？在香港這裡可以隨時滑浪？幾爽？如果大家想學想試就可致電給我 book 時間 … … 好，這樣就有生意唷。