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Almost
every trick has a number of variations and
tweaks that can be combined...
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Side slide
Description: Board slides sideways on the water.
Tip: A side-slide can be done either outside or inside
the wake. Usually it's an accident while learning the surface 180,
or the release of the tracking fin and cutting edge of the board.
consider it turning the board 90 degrees on the surface so your toes
aer facing the boat. The thing you need to be careful of is not to
catch an edge - can you say face plant?? To avoid such pain, put more
weight on your heels and dig that back edge into the water. This might
produce some spray... but isn't that what looks most cool!? |
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Butter slide
Description: Board slides sideways on the crest of
the wake.
Tip: This looks really cool and isn't really hard
to do. If you can do tricks like a side-slide or a surface 180 you
should be able to do this one. Position yourself on or very near the
crest of the wake. Do a side-slide and hold it while the board cuts
the very top of the wake. The board will naturally want to slide down
either side of the wake, if this happens, put more weight on the opposite
side of the board to keep it balanced. Doing this forward and backward
is good practice and also a good trick to learn balance. You could
also bunny hop or "ollie" onto the wake and then slide sideways. |
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Surface 180
Description: Board changes direction ( back-front
/ front-back ).
Tip: Surface 180's are a fun trick to learn as you
become familiar with riding your board, left foot forward rotate to
the left, goofie's rotate to the right. Try to place your weight over
the center of the board, then in one smooth motion, pull the handle
from your leading hip to your rear hip and push your back foot forward.
Once you are in the 180 position, place more weight on the back and
edge to allow the board to track for stability. To get back around,
do the same thing from back to front. |
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Back slide
Description: Sideslide with back towards boat.
Tip: The back-slide is basically the opposite of
a regular side-slide but instead you will be digging in your toes
and trying not to catch your heelside edge. It works better if you
keep you head up looking back and not down at the water, keep your
legs and body as straight as possible and leaning away from the boat,
bend at your ankles. By choice or by reaction, try reaching down and
touch the water. What do you call a Reverse Face Plant - a HeadSlam??
or how about a NumbSkull!! |
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Surface 180
back side
Description: Board changes direction (back-front
/ front-back) while facing away from the boat.
Tip: Same as for the back-slide above but your back
hand should reach behind the small of your back and grab the handle,
let go with the other hand, this shoul pull you the rest of the way
around, continue with the slide until the board is facing the boat
again and you are riding switch. |
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Switch
Description: After a 180, ride opposite to your normal
stance.
Tip: You will need to become comfortable riding switch
as soon as possible, so start practicing this right from the beginning
stages, if you are not able to do 180's yet, try coming up out of
the water in the switchstance position. |
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Switch both wakes
Description: Cross both wakes and back again (toe
side and heelside) in switch stance (back-front/front-back).
Tip: Concentrate on keeping a good edge and track
all the way through, bend your knees for shock absorbers and stability. |
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Air 1 wake
Description: Rider uses wake to get board in the
air, off water and land between the wakes.
Tip: Approach the wake at a moderate speed hitting
it square and head on. Keep you knees slightly bent. As you go up
the wake, straighten them out a little to get some spring and try
not to flatten out the board until after you have taken off and are
about ready to land. This is called "edging through the wake"
and it very critical to your jumping as you improve and begin to crave
more air. Especially if you're just starting out, it's a good habit
to form! |
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Air both wakes
Description: Rider uses wake to get board in the
air, off water and land on the outward slope of the second wake.
Tip: Jumping the wakes. Simple, right? But what about
clearing both? Even if you get your board from here to there, you
might not look as good as you think. Here's how to get over the wakes
with style and grace, with minimum risk to life and limbs.
First of all, you want to feel comfortable crossing both wakes and
doing small one-wake jumps from both sides - that's right, both sides
- before conquering the two-wake jump.
Cut outside the wake (about 4.5 m), get ready for your slow turn and
begin your cut toward
the wake, approach the wake at a moderate speed with a good strong
progressive edge, hitting it square and head on. Keep you knees slightly
bent. As you go up the wake, straighten them out a little and pull
the handle down while lifting your chest to get some pop off the wake,
try not to flatten out the board until after you have taken off and
are about ready to land. This is called "edging through the wake"
and it very critical to your jumping as you improve and begin to crave
more air. Especially if you're just starting out, it's a good habit
to form! Allow yourself and your board to come completely off the
wake Once you are in the air keep looking where you're going and keep
the handle close to your hip. Spot your landing on the downside transition
of the second wake and allow the board to ride smoothly down the wake
by keeping your knees bent and your upper body tall. |
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Bunny
Hop
Description: Getting air without using a wake
Tip: With this trick it is important load the
line with a little resistance from the handle, keep your weight
even and the board flat, bending only at your knees, not your
body, press the board into the water by extending your legs and
lifting your chest, put a little more weight on your back foot
as you do so. This combined force generates the pop known as a
bunny-hop.
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Surface 360
Description: Board rotates 360 degrees on the surface
of the water
Tip: Surface 360's are next in line after you've
mastered the Surface 180. In fact, you could even do a Surface 180,
hold that position for a moment and then continue the rotation, left
foot forward rotate left, righties rotate right. At this point, you
will want to pull the handle in towards you and turn in the same motion.
Let go with your trailing hand, bend the elbow to make the handle
pass in the small of your back, grab it with your trailing hand and
keep turning until you've made it all the way around. |
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Air
180
Description: Rider uses wake to get into air
and then changes direction
Tip: Approach the wake at a comfortable speed.
Generate some pop so you can level out in the air and make your
180 turn. Make sure you are in the air when you turn otherwise
the landing is more difficult and will feel off-balance.
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Bunny
Hop 180
Description: Change direction outside wake by
hopping into the air
Tip: let go the handle with your front hand and
do a bunny-hop as above while keeping the handle low and close
to your body, the handle should pull you into rotation, just go
with it.
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Off the wake 180
Description: Rider uses boat wake (no air) to change
direction
Tip: This trick reminds us a lot like surfing (of
course the wave is a LOT smaller). Ride up the wake, at the very top
do your 180 and ride revert back down. This trick can be seen as a
combination of Surf the Wake, Surface 180, and a Lipslide. |
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