{"id":6809,"date":"2013-06-18T15:09:05","date_gmt":"2013-06-18T15:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boatcoversdirect.com\/boat-lovers\/?p=6809"},"modified":"2017-12-20T21:02:09","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T02:02:09","slug":"boat-tip-tuesday-how-to-keep-your-water-chop-free-for-water-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boatcoversdirect.com\/boat-lovers\/resources\/boat-tip-tuesday-how-to-keep-your-water-chop-free-for-water-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Boat Tip Tuesday: How to Keep Your Water Chop-Free For Water Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you’re into boating and water sports, you know how fun it is to have a smooth, calm body of water to play on. Having a glassy surface makes performing your cuts and tricks easier, while also allowing you to have more confidence to try new tricks. Plus, after pounding through heavy chop on a kneeboard, wakeboard, or slalom for a few minutes, you’ll feel like an arthritis sufferer.<\/p>\n

What if you could find out how to help make your water chop-free with one simple boating technique? Impossible? Nope.<\/p>\n

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How Do You Help Keep Your Water Chop-Free?<\/h2><\/p>\n
Ironically, one of the primary reasons that the water gets choppy in the first place is the way that many boat drivers turn around to get their rider after he\/she has fallen. Typically, after the rider falls, the driver immediately powers into a big turn sending wake out in all directions over the water. The driver doesn’t realize it, but they’ve just made the water a whole lot more choppy and a whole lot less fun for themselves, their rider and everyone else on the water.<\/p>\n

So, what’s the right<\/em> way to pick up your fallen rider?<\/p>\n

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  1. Stop<\/strong> – As soon as your rider falls, immediately stop your boat.<\/li>\n
  2. Wait<\/strong> – Wait a few seconds for your boat to come to a full stop.<\/li>\n
  3. Turn & Idle<\/strong> – Once your boat has stopped, slowly turn your boat around and idle back to your rider.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If everyone on the water performed this simple technique when their riders fell, it would be a whole lot more fun for everyone on the water.<\/p>\n

    Spread the word and help us stop the chop to create a chop-free future! \u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

    Was this boat tip helpful?<\/h2><\/p>\n

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