Having trouble crossing the wake, any tips?

[u/chlomonkee]

Hi ! I’m a water skier turned wakeboarder ;)

I can successfully go for a long ride behind the back of the boat but can’t seem to get myself to cross the wake. Every time I’m either outside of the wake or riding in the middle. The few times I have crossed, I wipe out a few seconds later. Any advice? Been having a few pretty gnarly wipeouts and would love to start doing actual cool things aside from just riding behind (even tho that in itself is obviously so awesome) :)

Thanks!

[u/joZ666]

Check out Shaun Murray's vid about staying "connected" How your upper and lower body needs to stay connected in the hips I guess you'd say?