What new tricks have you landed or working on!?

Hey I just wanted to see what some of you guys have been working on or tricks youve stuck for the first time this summer! post pics, vids, whatever you want! whether its a whirly 5 or clearing both wakes, I want to hear it

I landed my first cab 5, hs bs 5, and ts frontroll this summer.

Working on switch riding......yuck !!

Have it switch W2W, and 180 but not steady. Lousy air ......I finally landed my first TS180 a few back .......Still looking to do a circle in any way possible before summer ends! Thank god no pics, cuz most of em would be crashes!

Crow mobe just happened....
Ts OA 5 is a matter of finding the handle and I've got it....
Pete Rose is getting pretty close too

i been working on my ts w2w and been doing pretty good at it im gunna go out today and try my 1st hs3, wish me luck

Working on switch hs & ts w2w. It has been a big help in cutting and landing all of my fs 180s. After those I plan on working bs 180s (reg & switch), shifty and maybe 3s. I'm old so if I ever hit those, I'll be done.

I have been working on crashing all summer long. I'm getting pretty good at it, lol...

Got my half cab down this summer to the point I stick them 9/10. Working on switch TS 180s...land them all the time 1-wake...just can't quite get W2W. Earned my ollie BS 180, but can't seem to take it to the wake

My goal is the backroll...been really close on both progressive and mexican, but just haven't stuck it yet...still some warm weather yet, I haven't given up!

loren i can do ollie BS 180 all day long but im scared to take it w2w too, i tried a bs 360 w2w for the first time the other day and thats what took me out for a while

consistent w2w hs 180 and one wake bs 180. after every video of someone i see trying and then making a back roll i get psyched to try that as well.

Deepwater start....

Entrust..I know what you mean. I have landed some inside/out 1-wake BS 180s, but every time I get the nerve to try a full w2w bs180, I either get off axis or say 'wait to spin until the end' and then have only spun 90 degrees or end up taking a hard heelside edge. Scared me off of them for awhile.

ive never even tried one w2w thats how big a pussy i am

I'm having a lot of fun this summer and I think it has helped with my progression. I have learned TS w2w, switch HS w2w, TS FS 180w2w, HS BS 180w2w, HS FS 360w2w, TS FS 360w2w. For the rest of the year I want to work on consistency and to work up the courage to try a backroll and to take the BS180 to a 3.

Catching your backside edge wtih a tall body position from doing w2w HS BS 180's is possibly about the worst crash out there...maybe next to the TS edge catch from a raley.

The backside edge catches were so bad that I never do BS 180's anymore except for in the flats. Even those can be bad if you spin before you ollie!

I have been working on my backroll and landed the first one two weeks ago, after which I was able to land 2 more in a row. On my 5th try of the day I wrecked and broke my binding plate. Last weekend I Landed one more. I have also been working on backside 180s. No success there.

Just landed a TS BS 180!
Front Roll at the start of summer
Finally got my Stalefish to HS BS 180
Working very hard soon on a Crow MObe (any advice or help would be great)
Working on a BS 360 & a switch Crow

Lately been working on HS BS 180. Got this trick consistant last year and lost it. Trying to get it back. I've Only hit it a few time this year. Seems when I pass the handle under my butt I can land it, but it looks sloppy. Here's video of how I most commonly crash, handle in hand, but boat pulls me forward, and me landing it. You can see how the handle pass is different. Any tips would be appreciated. Sucks learning this trick again for the 2nd time. I'm only hitting it like 1 out of 50.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v338/alien_leg/?action=view&current=Stan.flv

Raley to Blind - broke me off SOLID too many times-SPOOKED!

landed a couple of ts raleys this summer but still inconsistent. ts front rolls and mexican rolls.

currently working on hs frontflip to fakie

So far this summer ive landed:
TS Frontroll
Tantrum to fakie
TS Roll to Revert
HS 540

Working on:
HS BS 360
HS OA 3 or 5
Grabbing inverts
Other random stuff

Stanfield, that BS 180 looks smooth to me, I'd take it I was sure you were going to get worked though...if I stand that tall, its game over...I feel like I'm supposed to lean over my toes more to edge away TS. Nice trick!

went from riding at 65 to now 75 to 80. Getting all the old tricks back at the length.

I know I know I was fighting the old school in me.

Loren and Entrust - I found the easiest way to landing the bs 180 w2w is learn the ollie bs 180 1 wake, then inside out. The biggest thing on the wake 2 wake is to have patience. When I was first learning them, I would make sure to get a solid grab before spinning. This helps set your axis.

I've tried a backroll. I'm not even close to landing that. I'm working on W2W 180's right now. I'm feel comforable riding and landing switch I just can't ollie or jump at all.

I've lost more tricks this summer, than I have gained.
Joe - did you get my email?

Sweet you guys are ripping!
this year Ive landed hs off 5, ts off 5, Nuke glides, stailfish glides, SOOOOOOO clo0ose to the heel 7!! almost landed a half cab front flip the other day, about to work on moby dick, and crow mobe, and trying to get my whirly and tootsie roll solid. and Ive over rotated double backrolls off the double up, so I might try a few of those this weekend but they hurt! lol, I also want to try a 911 krypt, i just thought of that the other day I dont think they will be too hard

Here is a video of my usual hs3... I can't pass the rope to save my life. Any tips, pointers, advice, etc?

http://s14.photobucket.com/albums/a313/vsm98civic/?action=view&current=Movie_0001.flv

this summer i got
ts back roll---ts backroll to revert
hs frontflip----hs frontflip to fakie
ts 540
moby dick
ts frontroll
raleys have been kickin my a$$ all summer

I'm trying to break out of the Mexi and throw a true Backroll, also might just need to stay with the mexi and start grabbing it. O just got back from Powell and learned why I stopped trying to do Raley's. I got the balls to try it on the skate and commited 100% and landed laid out some what and knocked the wind out of me. Prop's to all who throws a Raley!

i'm FINALLY getting close to w2w (hs)! i am consistently landing with my lead foot on top of the opposite wake ... only a few more inches and i'll have it. and i'm getting about 1/2 way to the opposite wake on my toeside jump. plus i can do surface 180's on my skate if i concentrate hard and remember to keep the handle low!

for this summer i've made a huge progession!!!
So far ive got a 180,360,backroll, and im so close to landing a raley!!!

Been tryin TS BS 360 for a month now. It's ate my lunch plenty times too.

I've been trying to dial in my blind landings. Almost had them solid last year, but then the season ended.

Most of my tricks have been switch:

Switch BS 180
Switch BS 360
Switch TS FS 360
Switch TS FS 540
Switch TS Backroll to Rev
Switch Scarecrow

And The regular tricks:
TS Backroll
Ts Backroll to rev
HS frontflip
HS frontflip to fakie
HS FS 540

it's been a good year.

Real close on TS backroll and HS raley

I bruised a side muscle (or rib) so lately I'v been working on my wait to wait

Trevor - I've read the trick tips section but anything that worked for you on first getting started with the HS frontflip?

My new tricks are a HS 3 and grabbin my TS3.

This summer i just started....
Landing:
HS BackRoll (did before, just wayyyy more consistent now)
Raley
Scarecrow
TS Frontroll
HS 3's
TS 3's
180's (HS & TS)
HalfCalbs (HS & TS)

Working on:
HS Front Flip (sooooooo close, should get it this afternoon)

Want to start to work on:
Batwing
Hoochie Glide
Tantrum
TS Back Roll
HS OA 3's

(Message edited by ironj32 on August 17, 2007)

Hunter- Try practicing your 3's on a trampoline to get used to passing the handle. it will still be diff on the water but once you got the handle pass down it will be so much easier! just remember to pull the handle to the small of your back and look over your lead shoulder!
good luck man

Trevor - that's impressive.

This summer I've landed for the first time:

Batwing
TS FS 540
HS Indy BS 180
TS Indy back roll

clay, we are supposed to be working on my tootsie roll dude.

ive landed some 5's and backside 3's

i want to get my toeside backside 3 consistant

have:

Tantrum
180's
all the grabs
backroll
1/2 cab

in progress:

oa 180's
1/2 cab roll (indy)
indy ts roll
indy tantrum
ts fs 3
hs bs 3
crow
switch crow
front roll

want to throw:

raley
hs fs 3

I haven't gotten out much this summer, but I'm working on trying to style things out a bit:

Dialed in:
HS/TS W2W
HS 180/ Half cab
Tantrum
Backroll
TS Backroll
TS Frontroll
Raley
HS 360
TS 360
Hootchie Glide

Working on:
Scarecrow (having so much trouble with it!)
Switch Hootchie Glide
Switch Tantrum
Swith TS Backroll
HS 5
HS 7 (off the double up)

This summer, I've already landed My HS w2w and my ollie fs 180.

Towards the end of my riding, i can hit the top of the second wake on ts w2w.

I tried a 360 last weekend, missed the handle, and i tried it backside without thinking about it. I think I need to try fronside first, but i overrotated it and am pretty sure i got a concussion, but all in all, I was REALLY close to landing it. I'll try it again next time i go out.

Feels pretty lame posting after all these dudes throwing some serious shnizz but I was really pumped this weekend about landing my first (and did several) switch TS 180. It's really a great feeling when you are riding and getting ready to hit the wake and you have to ask yourself..."Wait, am I switch right now?"

I had big goals for this summer starting with simple things like w2w toeside jump and it's going much better that I was expecting!!! First, I did my fist w2w toeside jump and now, the 180 became so easy!!! My w2w switch came better than my normal side (I realy don't understand but...). I started to grab all my 180... cool!!! Since 3 weeks, I do 9/10 of my hellside backroll and I landed my firts tantrum 2 days ago (a big one).... wouhouuuu!!!! Big summer for me!!!! SO, it's not ended and I'm going to my first 360!!!!

its been a good summer for me as well, not as good as some but i'm happy.
in order of being dialed from spring to now:
raley
tantrum
hootchie glide
back roll
scarecrow
w2w 180's
trying to not drown switch
elephant
ts/hs 3's

so far so good hopefully in the next couple months i will have switch w2w hs and ts, roll to revert, and ts back and front roll

Clay, were U out on Greers Ferry this last weekend?

I just landed a scarecrow Saturday and got my TS roll to reverts close to consistent.

My goals are a hs/ts 3, hs roll to revert, blind 180, and anything switch.

Working on a nuclear glide to blind. Attempt #1 put me out of commission for a week so far, really messed up my back, but i definately think i can land it.

kyle any tips on the OHH? i went to the hospital with a concussion on my last attempt?

Alan, when I do OHH's, I come in with the same approach as a hoochie glide, knees crouched, wide edge, but not a super hard cut. I take my edge very progressive as I do with any glide. For an OHH I personally have to look back when I hit the wake and grab the board a little later than you probably should, but they key is is that you need to pull it down faster than you would a hoochie because for some weird reason i feel that the trick goes faster, which is probably how you got knocked out. Its not like a hoochie where you can kind of hunt around for the grab, if you miss it on an OHH, you need to accept your losses and pull it in. For the past couple years I have been doing them more glidey instead of flat, and how i do that is when I hit the wake, I push down with my front hand which allows me to control the rope the entire time and reach for the grab right as I am getting my pop. As long as you keep the rope positioned towards your hip, you will be able to pull it down and not get KO'd.

cool thanks. i thought the trick was gonna be easier than the hooche since my dominant hand(right) stays on the handle thus making it easier to pull the board back in.

do you think that because you are looking back this is causing you to end up in more of a glide position? similar to a 911. i may try that. i'd rather have a glide than a standard ohh, since it doesnt look much different than the hoochie.

Looking back and pushing the handle down to my hip puts me into the glide position similar to the 911. I feel like once I learned them like a 911, the trick felt a lot smoother in the air. My regular OHH's felt kind of hucked, but when i made them a glide, I felt like I was in more control. When you do it, you don't have to get it all the way 911 at first, work towards it, but I am intentionally gliding

I will also tell you that I learn all of my tricks off a kicker behind the cable before I take them behind the boat. Saves me the bad falls and I generally can land them within a couple tries

I finally landed a HS180 w2w still choppy but landing it. I am pretty solid on a hs180 of 1 wake. Getting better at surface 180s also. Getting bigger airs too. Thats all for now

Bobby Hamner- yea man that was me! were you the one in the blue supra?

Nah man I was in the Older Green and white Tige'...Ur riding is sick for real... don't U ever get tired haha it seemed like u rode for a freakin hour without falling

Consistent Hs Fs 360 w/grabs and I am 1 for 15 on Ts Fs 540

Oh yea I saw ya! dude I appreciate it! haha you should see me ride the first time of the summer, I go like 5 minutes and cant hardly breathe! lol, I do alot of skating in the winter but it doesnt help much for wakeboarding! I saw some of you guys ripping too! do yall usually go to greers?

Want my backroll real bad by the end of summer. Been working on it on and off for the past season and a half, dealing with injuries, and have about 3 more weekends of riding left.

Also, whenever wakeboarding comes up in conversation and the clueless chick asks me whether or not I can do flips, I would like to be able to answer 'yes' to that question

Just got bs 3's and also got the 3 surfin this past weekend. Actually went for the bs 1 but realized I could easily pull it to a 3 and hit it my second try so it was pretty sweet

I landed 3 TS 540's toward the end of last summer, then this summer I was getting close but kept popping the handle on the landing. Finally last weekend I threw a wrapped TS 5 and landed my 2nd and 3rd attempt. Landed another one the next day too. Its such a "floaty" feeling move when you throw it wrapped.

toeside off axis ole 7. thats it

Jason you must have some long arms to land a wrapped TS 540. Do you mean a 360?

Clay, Greers is the closest to us, so thats where we usually ride, It usually gets pretty crazy on the weekends, as I guess U can tell from being out there last weekend, but the weekdays are really nice out there...

landing heel 5's workin on 7's off the d-up (only way i can get high enough) 7's are hard

Dave I know how you feel! lol, I was getting so close just wake to wake, then I moved to d-up, and still cant seem to get them, but Ive rode for about 3 seconds on a few and popped the handle so Im super close!

Bobby- yea it was pretty crazy that weekend! we usually go to lake degray, we launch at arlie moore, on the weekends its always good! not always butter but I cant complain

ts blind 180's, pretty psyched about that
hs nose grab R2R
halfcab roll

trying to get tha blind 3 back consistent

Clay it sucks I feel like i could spin with better consistency just w2w as soon as I go for the 7 off the dup it either hucks me off axis or I loose the handle. Good luck with yours man.

Kyle: on the bs 3 try comming off the wake and sticking you A$$ up in the air as you begin to rotate blind. It helps keep your body in proper position for landing.

thanks dave tried it yesterday, BIG help stuck 4 out of 5

I landed a switch toeside front roll yesterday. Not a very sexy trick. But switch toeside is not something that is very easy for me. I almost got all the switch basic inverts now! BCP

Landed my first backroll in May this year, messed up my ankle and haven't been able to reconquer that trick. Also working on a toeside frontroll and a switch toeside backside 180. Trying to grab everything also and longer.

I havent got out much but i got these down solid

Toeside w2w
all my grabs heelside
both fs 180s w2w

I'm going for TS 7s this weekend. I'll let you all know if I land it.