Things you suck at.

**mrryde** · 07-23-2007, 11:56 AM

i suck at not locking my keys in my car

D A M M I T !!!!!!!!!!!!

**Odin** · 07-23-2007, 12:03 PM

For you wakeboarding mags....

Keep the handle at your core/hip. Don't ride with your arms extended, the more you keep the rope in the better your control. Stay relaxed and remember that pop is built through a slow steady progression to the wake. Cut outside on your toeside and get out far enough for a normal wake jump then as you cut back to your heelside think of loading up the rope, you want to really think about getting a load on the rope as you progress to the wake. As you hit the wake don't think about jumping. You want to extend your platform here. You want to almost push against the water so that it will be the wake that kicks you up. Then spot your landing and just ride it out.

A progressive cut that doesn't let tension out of the line is alot better than a hard cut straight at the wake. Those cuts lead to hauling ass and either no air wake jumps or, crashing. Which sucks.

**freshie247** · 07-23-2007, 12:03 PM

I suck at taking crap from idiots in the corporate structure.

**Buzzworthy** · 07-23-2007, 12:09 PM

Originally Posted by hemas

Goddam it... A suck at skiing, just crusing on a mellow groomer and I managed to break my ACL

Ditto.

Holy shit I fucking suck as bad as hemas.

**road trip** · 07-23-2007, 12:19 PM

Originally Posted by Odin

For you wakeboarding mags....
A progressive cut that doesn't let tension out of the line is alot better than a hard cut straight at the wake. Those cuts lead to hauling ass and either no air wake jumps or, crashing. Which sucks.

For those that are more visual...

Think of being the pendulum on a clock; after you cut outside the wake, don't come back in until you are pulled back in.

**Shepherd Wong** · 07-23-2007, 12:21 PM

I suck at drawing/painting/art. I suck at dancing and golf.

I rule at wiping out on skis and snowboards. Wait is that a rule or a suck?

**The Reverend Floater** · 07-23-2007, 01:15 PM

Foosball. I fucking suck. We have a table with an ongoing bracket here at work and I permanently reside at the bottom.

**altachic** · 07-23-2007, 01:25 PM

Math.

You don't even want to know how bad I suck at math. Really.

**mrryde** · 07-23-2007, 01:33 PM

This just in...

I also suck at slim jimming

my car still has its keys in it and I make a crappy criminal

**danimal's dead** · 07-23-2007, 01:34 PM

Foosball. I fucking suck. We have a table with an ongoing bracket here at work and I permanently reside at the bottom.
the rev

Me too. In college my friends used to taunt me, "you're supposed to be really good at soccer and I just kicked your ass 10-0." I'm really good at ping pong and pretty good at pool but even my old lady can beat me at foosball.

**mrryde** · 07-23-2007, 01:36 PM

Originally Posted by danimal's dead

Me too. In college my friends used to taunt me, "you're supposed to be really good at soccer and I just kicked your ass 10-0." I'm really good at ping pong and pretty good at pool but even my old lady can beat me at foosball.

i can't play foos for shit, but i had a korean frind teach me ping pong

**Rontele** · 07-23-2007, 01:36 PM

Originally Posted by stupendous man

I suck at most repair/maintenance, especially carpentry. I can measure 20 times and cut once and fuck it all up. Impatience is not a virtue with repairs and maintenance.

I also suck at rock climbing, and more recently I have admitted that I am a sucky kayaker.

you suck at commitment too

**warthog** · 07-23-2007, 01:45 PM

Originally Posted by Odin

For you wakeboarding mags....

Keep the handle at your core/hip. Don't ride with your arms extended, the more you keep the rope in the better your control. Stay relaxed and remember that pop is built through a slow steady progression to the wake. Cut outside on your toeside and get out far enough for a normal wake jump then as you cut back to your heelside think of loading up the rope, you want to really think about getting a load on the rope as you progress to the wake. As you hit the wake don't think about jumping. You want to extend your platform here. You want to almost push against the water so that it will be the wake that kicks you up. Then spot your landing and just ride it out.

A progressive cut that doesn't let tension out of the line is alot better than a hard cut straight at the wake. Those cuts lead to hauling ass and either no air wake jumps or, crashing. Which sucks.

If they suck as bad as I think they suck, then they are a long way away from this point.

I have taught most of my friends. The best thing I have found, to get them out of the water, is to get them to squat like they are taking a shit. I get them to flatten their toes out toward the boat. Handle at the waist, lean back against the pressure of the boat pulling. I find that the driver can help this by getting in gear early, so they get a slight pull to position themselves. Once the boat is going, just go for the ride- don't fight the boat. Once on a slight plane, pull the handle to the hip of you leading foot. After that, do what Odin says.

Or, you can just learn to Wake Skate. After that, wakeboarding will be simple. I find that I wake skate 90% of the time now that I am old. I don't plan on going inverted ever again, so wakeboarding has lost it's appeal. Do a wake to wake kick flip(I wish) or shove-it, and you'll never go back. Watch your noggin, though. That board comes outta nowhere.

As far as stuff I suck at. I guess this post proves I suck at staying out of an off topic conversation that I know a little about.

**Andy_B** · 07-23-2007, 01:50 PM

I suck at not procrastinating.

**brice618** · 07-23-2007, 01:57 PM

Power tools! Damn I suck at power tools and making things square! (Should I mention I'm training to be an architect?)

**FrankZappa** · 07-23-2007, 02:50 PM

I fucking suck at swimming.

Although, Holy shit! It was so fucking hot it sucked in Montana last week, (who knew they moved Montana way down to sea level?) I waded out into the Flathead til I was kneedeep, and then flopped... twice. That's gotta count for some unsuckage points, doesn't it?

Every way I look at it, "Holy shit I fucking suck at swimming".

**The Suit** · 07-23-2007, 03:03 PM

Originally Posted by altachic

Math.

You don't even want to know how bad I suck at math. Really.

Can you quantify that?

**PaSucks** · 07-23-2007, 03:06 PM

I absolutely suck at fishing. I like to do it, but I can't catch a fish to save my life. This year to date in about 5 days of fishing, I have caught exactly 1 fish. A trout about three inches long. Holy SHIT I suck at fishing!

**TeleHoar** · 07-23-2007, 03:25 PM

I am learning that I pretty much suck at all things Summer.

I swim like a boat anchor, I don't BBQ, boat or run through sprinklers.
I can't tan, I break out if I sweat too much.
I look dorky in shorts and hate big floppy hats. I have to wear socks with sandals or the stench would kill a sasquatch.
Air conditioning makes me sneeze.
I don't garden or golf...

Yup - I suck at summer.

**Phill** · 07-23-2007, 03:28 PM

sex, apparently

**SkiBrain** · 07-23-2007, 03:35 PM

Anything artistic or creative (unless it's scientific creativity - I'm pretty good at coming up with creative experiments and explanations). Also suck at coordination and am quite the klutz. Usually have a collection of bruises from bumping into things. Surprisingly, I do OK with most sports, except anything involving fast footwork, or hand-eye coordination (soccer, volleyball, basketball, baseball, golf etc...). Holy shit I fuck'n suck at creativity and coordination!

PS Those of you that said you suck at everything, life etc... I don't buy it. You must be good at something(s).

**Woodsy** · 07-23-2007, 03:40 PM

I cant say no, so that sucks sometimes.
and I suck at fantasy baseball.

**AKbruin** · 07-23-2007, 03:55 PM

Among many things, I suck at leaving coherent phone messages. Once the beep sounds, I babble, I repeat myself, I forget to leave necessary information, and I punctuate everything with "uh."

**AsheanMT** · 07-23-2007, 04:23 PM

Originally Posted by PaSucks

I absolutely suck at fishing. I like to do it, but I can't catch a fish to save my life. This year to date in about 5 days of fishing, I have caught exactly 1 fish. A trout about three inches long. Holy SHIT I suck at fishing!

Perhaps you are really good at fishing but you just suck at catching.