Advanced Wakeboard Trick Descriptions
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Indy Bone
Description: Nosebone or Tailbone with toeside grab between feet
Category: Advanced
Point Value: 450
Tip on performing this trick: Send us your tips to GoBig@msn.com
Melancholy
Description: Front hand rear heelside grab
Category: Advanced
Point Value: 450
Tip on performing this trick: The Melancholy (and others in its class) are slightly more difficult grabs. These require a fair amount of air and good balance mainly because these tricks force you to grab the board in ways that seem awkward and difficult at first.
Crail
Description: Rear hand front toeside grab, bone out back leg
Category: Advanced
Point Value: 500
Tip on performing this trick: Send us your techniques for this trick at GoBig@WakeWorld.com
Double Bind 180
Description: Blindside 2 wake 180 w/two hands behind back approach.
Category: Advanced
Point Value: 500
Tip on performing this trick: Send us your techniques for this trick at GoBig@WakeWorld.com
Double Bind Half Cab
Description: Blindside back-to-front w/two hands behind the back approach.
Category: Advanced
Point Value: 500
Tip on performing this trick: Send us your techniques for this trick at GoBig@WakeWorld.com
Indy Stiffy
Description: Stiffy with toeside grab
Category: Advanced
Point Value: 500
Tip on performing this trick: The Indy Stiffy is exactly like a regular Stiffy where you straighten out your legs and bring the board completely forward. The difference is once the board is out in front of you, reach out and grab the top-middle.
Rocket Air
Description: Tailbone with two handed forward grab on tip
Category: Advanced
Point Value: 500
Tip on performing this trick: This is the one you seen Darin Shapiro do in Expression Session I... where he gets huge air and make two or more grabs on alternating sides of the board's tip.
Canadian Bacon
Description: Stiffy with heelside grab
Category: Advanced
Point Value: 525
Tip on performing this trick: The Canadian Bacon is similar to the Stiffy and Indy Stiffy... When you get the board up and forward at the 90 degree position, with your left hand (goofy footed, right hand regular footed) grab through your legs to the backside edge of the board. GRAB don't slap!!! As you get better at this trick, try pulling up on the board to get more vertical. To see the trick in action watch Gravity Sucks- Rich Goforth pulls off a nice one!! (along with a couple good Stiffys)
Slob Heli
Description: Toeside grab and rotate 360 degrees (1 or 2 wakes)
Category: Advanced
Point Value: 650
Tip on performing this trick: My name is Phil and I've got a tip for a Slob Heli:Go into the wake as you would for a normal heli, only edge a little harder as you'll need some more time in the air to make the grab. Go for a big pop when you hit the wake - try and get vertical height. Make the grab as you begin your rotation with your front hand on the front toeside edge of your board (Slob grab). Once your round most of the way, release the grab with your front hand and quickly make the handle pass in the small of your back then stick the landing as per a normal 360. The key to this trick is getting enough height to make a solid grab.
Tumble Turn
Description: Rider goes onto the surface w/ back touching and rotates, then back to normal stance
Category: Advanced
Point Value: 700
Tip on performing this trick: Send us your techniques for this trick at GoBig@WakeWorld.com
FS/BS 540 wrap or hand pass (1 wake)
Description: Rider uses wake to get air and rotate a full 360 plus a half (180)
Category: Advanced
Point Value: 850
Tip on performing this trick: You need a LOT of rotation for this one!
Backside Back Roll
Description: Heelside Back Roll
Category: Advanced
Point Value: 1050
Tip on performing this trick: Tommy Fambrough says "Remember on the Roll to load the line by edgeing all the way through the wake away from the boat. Then turn your head over you right shoulder and spot your landing! (right shoulder goofy foot -- left shoulder regular foot) The force developed with the edge and cut away from the boat will shoot you around. Its all physics. Two forces acting -- one the handle pulling and the other on the board resisting. The forces are equal until you edge through the wake and the force on the board releases. By edging away and going off the wake you start a rotation and the handle force is now the only acting force so it pulls you around. All you have to do is keep good body position and hold on for the ride.
FS/BS 540 wrap or hand pass (2 wakes)
Description: Same as 1-wake 540, but must clear both wakes
Category: Advanced
Point Value: 1050
Tip on performing this trick: John Pilkintnon describes the Frontside 540 like this- "This trick is very difficult and is very underrated. Pull out about 7-10 feet, where you will be approaching the wake on your frontside edge. Come in on a fairly aggressive edge, flattening your board as you hit the wake. You don't want to lean in on your cut otherwise you'll get kicked off axis and get worked, hard! As you hit the wake, wait a second, so your board and body become even, then initiate your rotation. Try to over-rotate the trick so you wont catch a toeside edge and fall. Unlike a frontside 360 where you look at the shore for your landing, on the 540 you're going to want to look back at the boat so you're body is square for the landing. The landing will be awkward because you'll have the rope in your rear hand, but eventually you'll be able to make a second handle-pass.
Blender
Description: Backside Roll w/ wrap heli
Category: Advanced
Point Value: 1075
Tip on performing this trick: Send us your techniques for this trick at GoBig@WakeWorld.com
Backside Roll-to-Revert
Description: Heelside back roll-to-fakie landing
Category: Advanced
Point Value: 1100
Tip on performing this trick: Bryan Shiflett says: "The first half of the backside roll to revert is thrown exactly like the backside back roll. But, unlike the regular roll, once you hit the peak of your jump let go with your front hand and spot your landing. This will automatically bring you and your board to the fakie position. Stick with it until you can stick the switchstance landings consistently."
Fontside Back Roll
Description: Toeside Back Roll
Category: Advanced
Point Value: 1100
Tip on performing this trick: Jim Saintignan tells us... "When I work on a new trick I try to break it down into three steps, 1) Approach, 2) Rotation, and 3) Landing. With this in mind let's talk about a Frontside Back Roll. 1) APPROACH is everything. Start at about 10 to 12 feet outside of the wake on your toeside, progressivly cut into the wake, board more on edge the closer you get to the wake. Be sure you don't bend at the waist or lean way foward. On most rotational tricks, the body position you are in when you leave the wake is the same body postion you will land in. For example, if you leave the wake with more weight on your back foot you will land more tail heavy, etc.... ROTATION - When you reach the wake your board should be on a pretty strong edge. Hold that edge and keep even pressure on the balls of your feet. As your board reaches the top of the wake the nose should be heading up and away from the boat. At this point, if the board is "loaded" correctly it will effortlessly rotate. Throwing your head back helps some riders make the rotation, but I wouldn't suggest throwing it back to hard if you do. I just simply look back and over my right shoulder (I ride left foot foward). LANDING - As you are rotating make sure you spot your landing. Your landing will come pretty naturally if the approach and rotation is correct." Go hard, Jim
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Shifty 360
Description: Twister past 90 degrees, then reverse into 360 rotation in other direction
Category: Advanced
Point Value: 1100
Tip on performing this trick: Send us your techniques for this trick at GoBig@WakeWorld.com
Backside Front Roll
Description: Heelside Front Roll
Category: Advanced
Point Value: 1150
Tip on performing this trick: Send us your techniques for this trick at GoBig@WakeWorld.com
Frontside Front Roll
Description: Toeside Front Roll
Category: Advanced
Point Value: 1150
Tip on performing this trick: Send us your techniques for this trick at GoBig@WakeWorld.com
Frontside Roll-to-Revert
Description: Toeside back roll-to-fakie landing
Category: Advanced
Point Value: 1150
Tip on performing this trick: Send us your techniques for this trick at GoBig@WakeWorld.com
Backside Air Half Cab Roll
Description: Heelside backroll-fakie approach/front landing without using the wake for air
Category: Advanced
Point Value: 1200
Tip on performing this trick: Send us your techniques for this trick at GoBig@WakeWorld.com
Frontside Half Cab Roll
Description: Toeside backroll-fakie approach/ front landing
Category: Advanced
Point Value: 1200
Tip on performing this trick: Send us your techniques for this trick at GoBig@WakeWorld.com
Tantrum
Description: Backflip, body first in the direction of the take off
Category: Advanced
Point Value: 1200
Tip on performing this trick: Tommy Fambrough explains..." Set up for a hellside cut. You will need to edge pretty hard to build up some speed. As you start to come up the wake shift to your toeside edge, square your shoulders and back to the wake, throw your head back, and let the wake kick you around. The transition to the toeside edge is the key. When I started trying it, I wasn't edging hard enough into the wake and couldn't get the end over end rotation. Because of that, I was landing on the back of the board and my front foot was popping out. If you don't make the transition to a toeside edge then your body will be in an awkward position and it will be hard to get the rotation and land standing up."
Backside Air Raley
Description: Starting heelside, rider goes into air and raises board above the body (pushing the board up - inverted)
Category: Advanced
Point Value: 1250
Tip on performing this trick: Joel Goertz from Kelowna, BC,Canada says; "Like most big tricks, the Raley requires a specific approach. The approach to this trick is absolutely crucial to its execution. Speed is key. Edge out as far as you can on your toes to set up for the backside/heelside approach. Use your progressive cut but build it quickly and increasing it as you get closer to the wake. As you get closer to the wake, start dropping your butt lower than normal and keeping your back straight. Stay low. Edge all the way through the wake and you will feel the lift on the board. Let it go. When you've reached the peak of your extension, start bringing the handle down towards your knees and bring your feet back underneath you for the landing. This is when you'll discover whether or not you got a good cut to the wake...Plan for a few painful failures. There is a huge psychological aspect of this trick and overcoming it is half the battle. The key is all or nothing. Good luck!
Backside Front Flip
Description: Starting heelside, rider uses wake to get air and flips forward, board over head
Category: Advanced
Point Value: 1250
Tip on performing this trick: Send us your techniques for this trick at GoBig@WakeWorld.com
Frontside Air Half Cab Roll
Description: Toeside backroll-fakie approach/ front landing without using the wake for air
Category: Advanced
Point Value: 1250
Tip on performing this trick: Send us your techniques for this trick at GoBig@WakeWorld.com
Frontside Front Flip
Description: Starting toeside, rider uses wake to get air and flips forward, board over head
Category: Advanced
Point Value: 1250
Tip on performing this trick: Send us your techniques for this trick at GoBig@WakeWorld.com
FS/BS 540 Hand pass (2 wakes)
Description: Same as 2-wake wrap 540, but handle must exchange hands behind back.
Category: Advanced
Point Value: 1250
Tip on performing this trick: John Pilkintnon describes the Frontside 540 like this- "This trick is very difficult and is very underrated. Pull out about 7-10 feet, where you will be approaching the wake on your frontside edge. Come in on a fairly aggressive edge, flattening your board as you hit the wake. You don't want to lean in on your cut otherwise you'll get kicked off axis and get worked, hard! As you hit the wake, wait a second, so your board and body become even, then initiate your rotation. Try to over-rotate the trick so you wont catch a toeside edge and fall. Unlike a frontside 360 where you look at the shore for your landing, on the 540 you're going to want to look back at the boat so you're body is square for the landing. The landing will be awkward because you'll have the rope in your rear hand, but eventually you'll be able to make a second handle-pass.
Tantrum-to-fakie
Description: Tantrum with a fakie landing
Category: Advanced
Point Value: 1250
Tip on performing this trick: Send us your techniques for this trick at GoBig@WakeWorld.com
Tootsie Roll
Description: Front roll to Blindside 180
Category: Advanced
Point Value: 1250
Tip on performing this trick: Send us your techniques for this trick at GoBig@WakeWorld.com
Air Front Flip
Description: Front flip without using the wake for air
Category: Advanced
Point Value: 1275
Tip on performing this trick: Send us your techniques for this trick at GoBig@WakeWorld.com
Front Flip-to-Fakie
Description: Front flip with half twist-to-fakie landing
Category: Advanced
Point Value: 1300
Tip on performing this trick: Send us your techniques for this trick at GoBig@WakeWorld.com
Frontside Air Raley
Description: Starting toeside, rider goes into air and raises board above the body (pushing the board up - inverted)
Category: Advanced
Point Value: 1300
Tip on performing this trick: Send us your techniques for this trick at GoBig@WakeWorld.com
Blind Judge
Description: Backside Raley to Blindside 180
Category: Advanced
Point Value: 1350
Tip on performing this trick: Scott Cahill sent us some email with these tips for the Blind Judge: - 1. Start out as if you were doing a Raley and make sure your rope is tight all the way through
- 2. As you leave the wake throw your hips and board away from you
- 3. Make sure you look back toward the boat as your floating - it will keep you from busting
- 4. Then pull the rope in as if you were doing a normal Raley but at the end rotate blind, extremely fast so you don't catch an edge
Half Cab Front Flip
Description: Front flip with fakie approach/front landing
Category: Advanced
Point Value: 1350
Tip on performing this trick: Send us your techniques for this trick at GoBig@WakeWorld.com
Shifty 540
Description: Twister past 90 degrees, then reverse into 540 rotation in other direction
Category: Advanced
Point Value: 1350
Tip on performing this trick: Send us your techniques for this trick at GoBig@WakeWorld.com
Backside 720 (2 wakes)
Description: Heelside double 360 Heli's crossing both wakes
Category: Advanced
Point Value: 1500
Tip on performing this trick: Send us your techniques for this trick at GoBig@WakeWorld.com
Frontside 720 (2 wakes)
Description: Toeside double 360 Heli's crossing both wakes
Category: Advanced
Point Value: 1500
Tip on performing this trick: Send us your techniques for this trick at GoBig@WakeWorld.com
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