What tricks have you accomplished this season?

The season is coming to an end. I know some ride year round but what tricks have you accomplished this season? And what are you goals for next season?

This season:
Consistent heelside backroll
Several grabs
TS W2W
Switch 180's one wake.

I know not very impressive but last season I just learned w2w.

Next season:
TS Invert
hs 3
Tantrum
Ride switch comfortably

Er...

Consistent overrotation of backrolls resulting in repeated tweakings of a knee with a twice sprained MCL...

TS W2W
Cab 180s. Yes, I said cab. Muahahahahaha.
Heelside 180s
Grabs HS and TS
Will be working on TS 180s today...

After one season I have only got my heelside W2W done. However, I had been riding behind a 30 year old outboard. I bought a V drive last month and I've almost got my toeside W2W done. I hope to get it and a 180 in before the season is over.

Finally got TS/HS off axis 5's this season, but still cant figure out the Backroll to blind. (they really hurt when you fall)

hs 5, scarecrow, front roll

Haven't rode a lot this year, but when I have, I've been working switch.

Switch TS Wake-to-wake
Switch TS 180 Wake-to-wake
Switch TS 360 (thanks CJ for the pulls on this one - we definitely need to ride again soon)
Switch HS BS 180

seasons not over!!

For some of us does it ever end??? Dry suits suck but I still use em just to ride

I'm 42. This is my first season and I'm hooked. I started with a POS board. I just got a CWB board from the classifieds here, and Zeus bindings from EVO. My 4th time out I'm able to ride normal and switch, and go across the wake both directions HS. Next season I'll be working on TS. I'm not sure how crazy I plan on getting, but I know I want to at least go wake to wake with some air.

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(Message edited by makinroost on October 03, 2008)

lots of switch work....

switch heelside;
Backside 180s
Frontside 360s
Frontside 540s

switch toeside:
Scarecrows
Frontside 360s


Also finally dialed in my blind landings both ways and got tantrums to fakie, tantrums to blind, and toeside backside 180s

I got a couple new bangers,

Switch Pete
HS BS OA 3s
switch TS BS 180s

Beyond that I just learned some different variations of tricks with different grabs. Just got Mute Crows (usually do them Melon), Got a solide indy grab in my TS BS 180 and 360.

Amazing Andy.

I learned a Toe front 5 three weeks ago in two tries. This week I learned a Heel back 360 in 4 tries.

I learned a few new grabs and pokes. Got my Heel 5 semi consistent. Learned to take toeside tricks into the flats. Getting closer on a batwing, and I still want to get the Toe back 180 before the season ends.

lets see,
im basically throwin alot of different tricks, and havent really concentrated on landing any one of them for any length of time. I'm real close on the following inverts:

toeside and healside backrolls (i stopped doin these cuz i came up short a few times and sprained my ankle)
HS tantrum
HS frontroll

unfortunately, the closest I came was popping the handle on a HS frontroll. I'm pretty frusterated with my performance this year not having nailed one single invert.

as for spins, I have consistent frontside 180s down, toe and heal, and can take them real big on heal.

I have toeside and healside jumps down with a variety of grabs, definately my favorite tricks to do on a wakeboard cuz it feels like snowboarding.

I have landed a few 3's this year, and popped the handle multiple times on wrapped heelside 5's.

This is my second year riding behind a boat with any wake, previous boat was a 13 foot boston whaler dinghy. So I'm frusterated, but there is always next year.

This was my second season and my season is pretty much over,
1. I got all my heelside grabs besides a nuclear
2. HS 180s w2s with slob, mute, and nose grabs
3. TS W2W, so akward at first but now I like toeside a lot more
4. TS w2w 180s with front hand grabs
5. Back hand grabs on my ts jumps
6. Air rolls at the cable park (haven't ridden behind the boat since i learned those but I'm going to try the backroll next time I get too)

And I'm so close on TS 3's it's almost frustrating, even if I don't open up my chest to the boat when i land, Ill open it up right after i land and just fall over, it looks lame and its frustrating.

1. Brought back the heel 5 and got a grab on it.
2. Made the heel front big and consistant.
3. Mute toe 3 from w2w to into the flats
4. landed my whole bag, in order, w/o falling... about 4 or 5 times this summer... that is probably what I stoked the most about... getting consistancy on some of the harder tricks like hs 5s, hs front, switch bs1.

-uj

THread JACKING********

J-Rod

I got the TS BS spin secret! For me anyway I really do the opposite of what I do on a TS FS Spin on my Toe Backsides. I have the rope out away from my front hip opposed to in thight. That way I can really advance myself at the boat when I am in the Air. Soon as I break off the wake I pull in with both arms Hard towards my front hip/small of my back. Doing this breaks the line tension and allows me to grab the handle with ease. The hardest part about TS BS spins is getting over the mental game of how unnatural that spin is. Hope that helps a little!

That does help, because I already had it planned out how I was going to aproach the wake with the handle in close to my hip! haha. I will definitely try your way first. Thanks buddy.

HS Tail grab BS 180
Melon HS 5
Melon TS 5
HS BS 3
Still working Switch HS 3's & 5's
Close on a TS 7

J-Rod

A lot of people do them with the rope in tight, I find it harder to spin past 180 if its in tight. Trevor Hansen is the one who told me to do them that way, I would trust his opinion! HAHAHAH

BS 180's and ALMOST hs 3's

last season...
- heel side wake to wake
-toeside wake to wake once every 2 or 3 sets

THIS season...
- heelside backroll
- toeside frontroll
- heelside 360
- toeside 360

Next season...
- toeside backroll
- scarecrow
- grabbed 3's both ways
- backside 1's

This season so far...

half cabs with grabs
semi-consistent heel backroll
scarecrow
ts frontroll
almost have a roll to revert

bs1's and 3's (close on late melan bs3)
sw heel 3
sw toe w2w and 180's (indy mute stale)
indy ts r2r
o/a 1's reg and switch(mute & nose)

close on melan 3 landing wrapped
close on toe 5
close on sw oa 3
super close ts bs 1's


just started sliding at least once a week. so much fun, so many new things to learn. the last few weeks on some rails has been the most fun i've had all summer.

(Message edited by romes on October 03, 2008)

Consistent 3's, grabbed once
Toeside stiffy
Half Cab
Nose/Tail Grab Combo (Simple but fun)

Coulda pushed myself to get one trick consistently but I think freeriding is way more fun.

This year the lake is winning

Backside 180 with the tail grab
Backside 180 landing blind
Heelside Frontside 360
Heelside Backside 360
Switch W2W

i got my blind landings this summer

Clean HS backrolls into the flats
TS W2W
TS 180s
Lots of grab variations with pokes!

Before the season ends:
HS BS 180's
More clean grabs
More switch riding

This was definitely my best season. I had all of these tricks last season. I wanted to focus this season on cleaning everything up and add style to my riding. It feels so good to grab tricks and hold it for a long time then stomp the landing in the flats. I have been practicing my HS BS 180s off of the back of the wake and landing blind, I am ready to take them w2w. I was trying them w2w last year and caught my back edge, next thing I remembered was my wife yelling at me to not mess around. It knocked me stupid, definitely the hardest fall I have ever taken.

I love this sport!

Havent done much work this yr,
Grabbing heel 5's and back 3's Grabbing toe 3's and toe 5's as well. Grabbing Front to Fakies nose and added a few grabs to my batwing such as seatbelt and tail. Can take them to fakie as well
Learned a cab glide, Toe back 1 and grabbed toe back 1. Almost stuck a heel backside 5 last night, landed and rode away for a second and just popped the handle! Gonna stick it today. Have been pretty close to some crow mobes and need to work on getting my indy tantrum to blind back.
This winter I want to hit a heel 7 and switch heel 7, going to take my toe back 1's to toe back 3 and learn switch toe back 1's and switch toe back 3's, want to try some tootsie rolls and batwings to blind as well.
Havent had much progression this yr compared to previous yrs but have gained a ton more style.
Landing the back 5 will help me gain momentum to break into the double handle pass and mobe world!

HS BS 180s and 3s
TS BS 3s
TS FS 3s and 5s
TS FS off axis 5s
HS FS off axis 180s (cab glide?), 3s, and 5s
TS roll to revert
TS tootsie roll
HS roll to revert
HS frontflip
Half cab roll
HS backroll to blind

and trying real hard to get a Heel 7 off the double up

HS 360
TS 360
Backroll
HS FS 180 off double up
SOOOO close to a TS 540 and HS BS 180

Impressive Tim...that's quite a list.

Unfortunately my entire season was plagued with nagging injuries so I didn't learn nearly as many new things as I wanted to.

Here's the new stuff I learned this summer:
TS Front Roll
HS Back Roll 2 Revert
TS Back Roll 2 Revert
Tantrum
TS FS 360
TS FS 540
Krypt
Hoochie Krypt
Grabbing my HS 3's
Switch TS w2w
HS BS 180 1 wake
Started doing more various grabs on my HS 180s
Started doing more various grabs on my TS jumps
Started adding some more style and shifty's to my HS grabs

I hope to still add a melon grab to my Scarecrows yet this year. I also want to take my HS BS 180s w2w. We'll see how the weather cooperates though.

(Message edited by ironj32 on October 04, 2008)

scarecrow
hs fs 360
ts frontroll
hs backroll to revert
improve all my ride (grabs, pop, etc.)

T/S Wake to wake
T/S Wake to wake 180's
T/S Wake to wake 360's sometimes grabbed
T/S B/S 180, recently brought w2w
S/W T/S wake to wake 180's grabbed
S/w T/S 360's recently brought w2w, trying to grab
H/S B/S 180s, trying to grab
S/w H/S B/S 180s only one wake for now
S/w H/S 3's only one wake for now
Had a H/S F/S 3 for a week, gone now.
Getting closer on a cab roll

Next seaon:
Land some of it in competition
H/S B/S 3 [close]
T/S F/S 5 [close]
S/W T/S F/S 5 [close]
Cab Roll
Switch Crow

I'd call it a good season but it looks like its over for me...

Oh yea, and ride farther out!!

(Message edited by hawk7 on October 05, 2008)

ts stalefish fs 3
ts grabbed fs 5
ts scarecrows
ts stale frontroll
ts bs 3
ts grabbed roll to revert

hs fs grabbed 3
hs grabbed bs 3
hs fs 5
hs grabbed backroll
hs nuclear tantrums

sw. ts 5
sw. hs bs 1
wrapped hs 5
wrapped ts 5
wrapped ts bs 3
wrapped grabbed hs fs 3


working on-
crow mobes
tantrum to blind
stale frontroll to fakie
ts 7
grabbed hs 5
hs bs 5

indy tanny
hs backroll
hs fs 3
ts backroll (i went hs fs 3 right into ts backroll, first time on both tricks)
hs shifty fs 180
scarecrow

hs bs 5




(Message edited by craig-r on October 09, 2008)

Wrapped hs 5s
Crow mobes
Sw ts 5s
Sw hs bs 3s
ts ole 5s
Frontflips but only off the double up.

haven't tried a wrapped hs 7 in about 5 years, but stuck 2 in a row back in august off two consecutive double-ups. highlight of my summer for sure! I'm just too slow to pass the handle twice

Craig, that's sick buddy. HS 5 is a big boy trick.

Indy Back 180
H Back 360
Tantrum to fakie
Melan Crow
Heel OA 540 Consistant
Crow Mobe
Stalefish 180

These lists are crazy funny sometimes. How are people learning TS BS 3's when they can't do HS r2r's?! I guess it is a lot about what you are good at and what you practice.

I've seen a guy that could do a raley, backroll and TS backroll but couldn't do a bunny hop 180. I'm not even kidding and wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes. That was your boat Bill M. on the river in 2001!

I had seen others with 8 inverts but can't do tantrums. I have also seen people do BS 5's and HS and TS 7's but can't do raleys, HS fronts, etc.

(Message edited by eubanks01 on October 09, 2008)

yeah, some ppl. just prefer to do diff. tricks...i think i can do a hs backroll, but i haven't tried in about 6 years. in those six years i have learned so many "better" feeling tricks like ts rolls, bs spins,sw. tantrums, etc etc...as an example i had a 7 before i had a BS 180...i'm kind of a hucker though, so makes sense. thats whats beauty about our sport, you can excel at diff. aspects as long as your havin fun.

Yeah, I agree but at least you had learned the backroll. You might not throw it now but you were able to do them at some point. It is strange the combination some people have in their bag.

Jarrett Cody in Grapevine has got a ton of inverts and BS 3 ect..... He refuses to do any 180's because he took a banger a couple of years ago. Most tricks are just in your head for some reason.

I have accomplished fully tearing my ACL on a half cab roll. :X

Yeah, sorry Bro! Knee injuries suck. How is rehab going? I torn my knee up in 2003 doing a raley and haven't tried one since!

I knew a kid that had a Tantrum, BR, and Whirly, but no 180s and no TS jump except for a Scarecrow. To give him some credit it was his first summer of riding and he was 14. I am sure he is a much more well rounded rider these days.

This season so far(still got a few weeks):
HS Backroll
Consistent tantrums
TS grabbed 180s
method into the flats
tweaking most my grabs real stylie

By the end of the season:
TS frontroll?
HS 3?
TS 3?

Next:
Scarecrow
BS 180s
TS backroll

Nick S.

Pretty sick list for one year. I live in Roseville and ride the river alot to. You'll have to come out and give me some lessons. Who do you ride with?

-Uj

finally went ts w2w. that's it. it'll probably be another year before i get anything else down and at 54 i may not live that long. why was wakeboarding discovered/invented after i was already old and broken up? bummer

congrats to everyone here on their progress.

Star Star.....

its all about the stoke. i'm 27 and only hope to still be able to walk when i'm 54 let alone pick up any new hobies...

not as impressive as most, but i'm happy with it...

HS BS tail grabbed 180
HS BS 360
TS FS 540
TS BS 180

jarrod, thanks! it's pretty nice bein a big boy

Got the R2R today!

That makes it 4 inverts total. Time to learn the 3 haha...

I didn't accomplish to much this year, I wanted to work on style and still walking at the end of the year. SUCCESS!!!!!

I did learn:
Vulcan
Taking grab trick way into the flats((FUNNNN!!!!))

Plus alan, you also learned a vulcan to abdominal strain..lol

Here are some of mine:
Roll to Blind (not that consistant though)
Soooo close to a indy tanny to b its disgusting
Indy Glide
Toe Back 3
Switch Heel Back 3
Batwing to Blind
Grabbing all of my BS spins
and rode away from a Toe 7 the other day.....but without the stupid handle

This winter:
Get my Pete's back
Crow Mobe
7
Tootsie
Make everything steezy

(Message edited by BBR on October 10, 2008)

bbr, will you be my friend? Word on the street is you are cooler than most.

Heelside Fronts
TS indy shiftys
and several new HS grabs


Grabbed a few Indy Tantrums, but not consistant enough to include them in my "learned tricks this year"

and I took out 911's and Raileys out of my tricks. I was starting to get inconsistant on them after having them down for years. I just don't ride enough anymore I guess.

Heavy, I am cooler than most.....and no you cannot be my friend.
















Just kidding!

I was out with BBR about a week ago and yes he is very cool Brandon you did land that Indy Tanny to Blind, you rode it away for awhile, I scored it. Your T/S 7 landing could use a little work though...

I've accomplished finally being able to go out and butter slide with a broken shoulder this year

OOOOOO that looks like its gonna hurt!!!!

Thanks for the pic Randy. I got a text from Alex the other day and he said that you were having a blizzard!!! WTF!?



Man....that is a nice, big wake. I wonder if how deep that lake is?

Can officially add the R2R to the list as of yesterday!

Started out with Clay getting super close to KGB's then Scoot tried some heel 7's and got super close. My last set started trying the back 5 and shoulda had everyone of em and was getting tired then manage to stick one!!! It was amazing, linked toe 5, heel 5, switch heel 5 and then back 5. Landed it and looked up at the boat and Clay and Scoot were both standing on the platform about to jump in. Gregg had his fists in the air and it was possibly one of the coolest moments ever. Gonna learn it switch now and attempt to link all the 5's and it will be the Arby's 5 for 5 special
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landed a tootsie roll today!

Landed:
Whirlybird every time i try last year ended my season torn acl
tantrum to fakie
t3 blinds
hoochie
indy glide
japan glide
hs3 grabbed
ts backroll grabbed
hs backroll grabbed


Popping handle of landings:
ts 7 w2w
hs 7 off d-ups.
crow mobes but still got a ways on this one.
moby dicks close but gotta throw a few more.