The Air Chair is shipped with a “beginners” blade which is very stable and makes learning easier. The blade is somewhat triangle-shaped with two fins on the bottom. A secondary rear blade is much more rounded (like a thick boomerang). This blade makes the chair more maneuverable, but also requires more practice to control well. When the ends of the “boomerang” are pointed toward the rear it is the intermediate setting, and when the blade is flipped around, it creates the advanced configuration.
There are different sizes of wedges and the placement of the wedge will finely tune the angle. It is usually best to start with the medium size wedge, and experiment with the placement, and move to the other wedges if you need the chair to handle differently.
As you approach the Air Chair be wary of the post and blades which are below the surface that you can’t see.
The driver of the boat will have to be patience (as will you) because you will get turned sideways more than once and you will fall, once up, more than once!
Cutting (turning to the extremities of the usable water) is a unique experience among water sports. The Air Chair requires a good deal of balance and control to maneuver over the wake then to keep level as the rope pulls you at more of an angle. The rope has been keeping you level while behind the boat, but as the rope pulls at nearly a perpendicular angle to your motion, the downward leverage is gone. You must compensate by leaning forward or back to keep level.
