So last night I thought I would try and shave a few more seconds off my Wii Fit slalom advanced high score (43s). Although there's lots of room for improvement, I thought I was doing quite well. That was until I saw a clip on YouTube of someone doing it in 28.71s! It was almost enough for me to give up and go to bed - that was until I read the comments on the page.
It turns out that if you kneel down behind the board and place your palms on the top left and right corners not only is it easier to position your weight so that it stays in the blue bar for maximum speed, it's also easier to control left and right. I gave it a try and sure enough in my first attempt I took over 8 seconds off my previous best - a bit of a hollow victory though.
Strangely enough, you never see the guy standing on the balance board when he gets that time so until such time as I actually see someone beating 30s while standing, I will remain a sceptic.