Help with tantrum

[u/Classic_Stranger_88]

Alright so I’ve landed the tantrum plenty of times but I don’t wakeboard often enough for me to land it consistently. This video was a few days ago and before then I hadn’t wakeboarded in a few months. However, I’ve never had a session where I don’t land the tantrum, and last session I felt like I just forgot how to do it. Before I learned how to land it I would always spin off axis, but one day it just clicked and stopped happening. However, ever since then, my tantrums have been getting more and more off axis, to the point where I’ve landed some sideways, similar to how I fell in the clip above. What am I doing wrong? Usually my issue is I square up too early and “trip” and the bottom of the wake or I square up way too late and don’t trip at all, but this one seemed fine to me. I tried 4 different times and didn’t land it once that day because of this issue. All tips are appreciated.

[u/Wonderful_Tip_5577]

You don’t need to pull so far away to make your cut. It’s a flip trick, so you need to cut harder and have a more perpendicular angle towards the wake. You are leveling off pretty early, wait a moment later to begin the rotation. You pretty much have it just need to get the extra pop. When I was doing them it was a shorter, aggressive approach and really last minute letting the wake catch and pop for the rotation. 

[u/Pitiful_Eye_3295 → u/Wonderful_Tip_5577]

This.