| Kneeboarding is an excellent place to start if you | | | | is important to keep your weight back and don't |
| are new to boat-towed water sports. This is | | | | lean too far forward. As you gain your balanced |
| because of the low center for gravity, which | | | | feeling you get let go of the rope with one hand |
| means you can get up on your board easier than | | | | while pulling the strap over your knees. Make sure |
| with sports such as waterskiing and wakeboarding. | | | | you tighten the strap until it feels secure. While |
| What do you need to get started with | | | | doing this try to keep your arms extended and |
| kneeboarding? First you need to select between | | | | slightly bent. |
| two types of boards. | | | | Now that you are up and moving you need to |
| There is a trick board and a slalom board. A trick | | | | know how to properly steer your kneeboard so |
| board will have a lot of curvature on the bottom | | | | that you can be prepared to learn some neat |
| with thick rails while a slalom board is flat on the | | | | tricks later. First make sure you grab the handle |
| bottom with sharp rails. Slalom boards can also | | | | with your palms down or for some it is more |
| have fins although this is typically not good for | | | | comfortable to steer with one palm down and |
| trick boards. A few boards can even be found | | | | one up. Either way, find a grip that is comfortable |
| with retractable fins so that you can use them in | | | | for you and then place your hands a couple inches |
| both roles. | | | | apart on the handle for the best control. |
| Once you have the necessary equipment you | | | | Then when you want to turn left you can pull the |
| next need to focus on how to get yourself out | | | | handle towards your right hip while leaning your |
| of the water and on your way to doing neat | | | | head and torso to the left. For right turns it is the |
| tricks. The most common method of starting | | | | same thing, you pull the handle towards the left |
| when it comes to kneeboarding is the belly start. | | | | hip while leaning your head and torso to the right. |
| You start out lying on your board on your | | | | For sharper turns you simple pull and lean harder. |
| stomach with the strap pointing towards the front | | | | When turning be sure to keep your weight on the |
| of the board. Make sure the nose of the board is | | | | trailing rail of the board. It is best to start with |
| sticking up out of the water. Grasp the rope with | | | | slalom like motions when turning on a kneeboard |
| one hand while using both hands to grasp either | | | | until you get used to it. Before venturing outside |
| side of the board. | | | | the wake keep your turns within the wake. This |
| Then once the boat starts moving you should pull | | | | way you can get all the necessary practice |
| your knees forward so that they fit into the | | | | before venturing into the more difficult |
| padded knee-wells of the board. When doing this it | | | | maneuvers. |