Try our new Wakefoil, Hoverglide and Air Chair lessons offered by Invert Sports at all lakes and reservoirs in the United states. Air Chair or Sky Ski is where someone is sitting on a Hydrofoil, and flying above the water on a seat. Air Chair is a relatively new type of water sport activity and most people don't even know what it is. This water sport is extremely unique, instead of riding on top of the water like with skiing or wakeboarding, you ride over the water; like your floating in the air. The chair has a hydrofoil attached to a three foot long post which creates the lift to make the air chair glide smoothly over the top of the water. This is a more difficult activity than most other water sports depending on the person, however it is one of the most amazing sports on the water, and takes little effort once you get the hang of it. The hoverglide foilboarding is the newest water sport that is hitting the boating world by storm. Enjoy a flying surfboard on a wakefoiler using a tow rope or using it without!
A couple pointer before you come out on air chair lessons. Grab the rope and align it in front of the exposed part of the sky ski. If you are learning to get up, have the ski boat drag you very slowly (idle) in a straight line. Try to learn to keep the Air Chair pointed in the direction of the boat at all times. Mark sure you steer with the rope, and keep your body steel. The Air Chair uses leverage as it's primary means of control. When you move the rope to the right, it will pull you to the left; and vica versa. Control the angle of the Air Chair by compensating with the location of the rope, and remember balancing on the center of the seat will make all the difference.
The boat driver, instructor, and student will have to be patient; because you will get turned sideways more than once. Have fun while learning, and don't get frustrated. With the boat pulling you in a straight line, try to the keep the Air Chair straight. As the boat accelerates keep your back straight, your arms outstretched and make minor adjustments to your direction with the location of the rope. As soon as the ski has planed, lean forward to keep the air chair down in the water. As soon as you are up, ride on the ski. Lean forward and keep the rope waist level to remain balanced.
Wakeskate lessons are generally started after you learn how to wakeboard and wakesurf. Wakeskating is like a skateboard on water. You will already have all the skills you need to wakeskate after you know how to wakesurf and wakeboard. Wakeskate lessons are great for people who love skateboarding, and want more difficulty in a sport. Wakeskating will take more balance and patients than learning other water sports, but is well worth the time. Its feels unusual not to have the board strapped to your feet while wake skating, and the board is a lot more squirrely than wakeboarding; which mean more crashes! The nice thing is; wrecks generally won't hurt. The perfect boat speed for beginners is between 15-19 mph; once you hit the intermediate and advanced stages the boat instructor will travel 19-25 mph on your wakeskate lessons.
Have the boat slowly moving before you try to get up. The pressure of the water is what will keep the wake skate on the bottom of your feet. If the wake sport boat is at a complete stop, then the wakeskate will lie flat across the water. The ski boat should be going a little faster than you would with a wakeboard so you can get up before losing balance. You need to try to get up while the boat is pulling you, however. Instead of lying back and waiting for the boat to lift you up, try to pull yourself up a little with the wakeboard rope.
After you get up stay inside the wake, and adjust your feet on the wakeskate until your comfortable. Then learning how to carve by bending your knees slightly, and leaning one way and then the other way on the board. Once you feel comfortable on your wakeskate lesson by carving within the wake, you can go over the wake by bending you knees as you cross. From there it just takes time and practice. Let our expert wakeskate team members take you to the next level with our private wakeskate lessons. We service all lakes, but some of our favorite to teach wakeskating lessons are Lake Powell, Lake Mead, Lake Havasu, Lake Mohave, Bear Lake, Utah Lake, Jordanelle Reservoir, Deer Creek Reservoir, and Flaming Gorge.
Water ski lessons are generally the place to start learning water sports behind motorized tournament powerboats. We are best known for our private chartered water ski lessons and all-inclusive overnight camps at all lakes in the western states for people of all ages. Children, adults, families, college skiers, business colleges, and vacation groups are welcome to take advantage of various lakes allowing private water ski lessons, and summer camps!
We can create a water ski lesson package tailored to your vacation needs. We even have instructors and trainers who will do traveling clinics in your water ski boat on your trip. You won't find better conditions for slalom skiing lessons with any other company. With the type of current model competition water ski boats, HO water skis (Double skis, or Slalom), and skilled instructors you have everything available to improve at water skiing.
Some helpful tips before you come out on your first water ski lessons. Keep your knees slightly bent and together, head up, weight back and arms straight. If you don't get up the first couple of times, do not get upset at yourself. It takes time to learn how to get up on waterskis and even harder to learn slalom skiing. When you have a young child water skiing have an adult get in the water and hang out with the child to help build their confidence. Help them get their skis pointed forward, and hold the tails of the skis down as the drivers begins the pull. If they are unsuccessful, you are right there to help them get started again. If they get up, great! Just hang out in the water until the boat returns; just have a life vest and orange flag with you!
Water ski lesson are offered at any lake in Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Idaho, Wyoming, Oregon, Washington, Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Colorado, and California. Remember that Invert Sports allows you to bring as many people as you want with our water ski charters and tours; however these are private charters, we do not group other people on your lesson.