For some reason a copy of March WaterSki magazine showed up in my mail box. On page 46 there is a pic of a rider on a small board. Her front foot is in a binding facing forward and back foot is in a strap facing out. <BR>Does anyone know what this board is and what its purpose is?

That, my friend, would be a trick ski.

Like it or not, that's part of this sport's roots. <BR> <BR>(Message edited by blabel on February 23, 2004)

I hate having to accept that. <img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/clipart/lol.gif" border=0>

the scarier part is that some of the top pros use to do it!!!

I still do

Mikker still throws line overs on his wakeboard. I've also seen Ruck trick ski!

You're one of the few Sean. I put a ski (Slalom) on about six months ago for the first time in probably 4 years. <BR> <BR>Trick skiing btw is a lot harder than it looks.

I used to trick ski a lot, along with various other activities (slalom, barefoot, etc) and that eventually led to wakeboarding. I think my trick skiing experience helped get me going on the wakeboard with turns and spins and stuff. Wakeboarding is a lot more fun btw.

trick skiing is the equivalent of standing in the shower on a bar of soap with the hot tap on full trying to dodge the spray, in other words... its hard