How to Do Barefoot Water Ski Tricks

Video Transcript

PAUL MCDONALD: In this clip, we are going talk about what to do now that you can stand up and barefoot. Back in the 50's, 60's and even into the early 70's, standing up was the trick. Well, we kind of like it a little bit tougher than that these days. So once you can stand up and ride, people are only going to watch for so long until you start actually doing tricks. You are going to learn one foots. That is probably the first thing you are going to learn. You are transferring all the weight over to your one foot even it's nice to tilt the handle down to the foot you are going to stand on. Get into your nice low barefoot position and gently lift your foot from the hip up off the water. You do not want to stick your foot straight out in front of you and have you knee straight. The leg that is in the air needs to be nice and bent, arms straight, handle tilted to the foot you are going to stand on and slowly cruise down the lake. Then put the foot down the same way you put it up, nice and gently, set it on the water, cruise around, tilt the handle the other direction and do the other foot. The biggest thing here is a slow progression, begin on the boom. Obviously, you cannot tilt the handle on the boom because it's a big piece of metal. If you can bend it, hey, you shouldn't be barefooting. You should be in the strong man competition. Keep you arms nice and straight and practice on the boom. Once that's easy, go to the handle and then enjoy it. Everything in barefooting is a slow progression. That is the best way to prevent a headache.