Wakeboarding - Wakeboarding Maneuvers

Wakeboarding Maneuvers

As with many action sports such as snowboarding and surfing, there is almost a separate language of terms to describe various tricks. The more height, the more "pop". So therefore the rider's edge is very important to the height of the jump. Heading towards the wake chest facing the boat is known as a heelside edge; approaching from the other direction with chest facing away from the boat is known as toeside edge. A typical beginner to intermediate rider will tend to have an easier time hitting the wake heelside because it tends to come more naturally to the rider, while more advanced riders can hit the wake both heelside as well as toeside; and progress into switch stance as well.

• Fashion Air - the rider curls the board behind towards the butt while keeping knees pointing down, arches back, and throws back hand up behind the head for a stylish vanity pose.
• Air Raley - the rider jumps the wake and allows their body to swing backwards parallel to the water. The rider then swings the board and his or her body down and lands on the other side of the wake.
• 911 - Backside tweaked out Raley.
• Blind Judge - Heelside raley to backside 180.
• Krypt - Heelside raley to frontside 180
• Batwing - Toeside raley with Indy grab with the board perpendicular to the water as opposed to parallel.
• Surface 360 - a rider spins the board 360 degrees while riding the surface of the water.
• Tantrum - a rider approaches the wake heelside and back flips over the wake on an axis perpendicular to the direction of the board.
• Tantrum to Revert - Tantrum to frontside 180.
• Tantrum to blind - Tantrum to backside 180.
• Whirlybird - Tantrum with a backside 360 (no handle pass).
• Moby Dick - Tantrum with a backside 360 (handle pass).
• Tweety Bird - Whirlybird without using wake for air.
• Heelside Backroll - a rider approaches the wake heelside and flips (or rolls) over the wake on an axis parallel to the direction of the board, as if he/she were following it around like a continuous loop.
• Heelside Roll to Revert(Malt-O-Meal) - Heelside backroll frontside 180.
• Mobius - Heelside backroll frontside 360.
• Heelside Roll to Blind - Heelside backroll backside 180.
• KGB - Heelside backroll backside 360
• Toeside Backroll - a rider approaches the wake toeside and flips (or rolls) over the wake on an axis parallel to the direction of the board, as if he/she were following it around like a continuous loop.
• Toeside Roll to Revert - Toeside backroll frontside 180.
• Pete Rose - Toeside backroll frontside 360.
• G-Spot - Toeside backroll backside 180.
• Blind Pete - Toeside backroll backside 360.
• Toeside Frontroll - a rider approaches the wake toeside and flips forward (or rolls) over the wake on an axis parallel to the direction of the board.
• Tootsie Roll - Toeside front roll backside 180.
• Dum-Dum - Toeside front roll backside 360.
• Scarecrow - Toeside front roll with frontside 180.
• Crow Mobe - Toeside Frontroll with a frontside 360 (Scarecrow with an extra 180).
• Toeside Front Flip - a rider approaches the wake toeside and flips on an axis perpendicular to the direction of the boat.
• Fruit Loop - Toeside front flip backside 180.
• Dev-glass - Butter slide one side of the wake and from that side jump all the way to the other side of the wake landing on a Butter slide.
• Bel Air - Tantrum without using the wake for air.
• Air Krypt - Toeside air raley with 180 degree turn, land opposite direction from take off.
• Hoochie Glide - Air Raley with melon grab.
• OHH - (Other Hand Hoochie) Hoochie glide, but with your backhand instead of your front hand.
• Basket flip - Double Beer flip.
• Osmosis 540 - Frontside 540 where instead of passing the handle behind the back, the rider pops the handle and catches it again upon the end of the rotation.
• S-bend - Heelside raley with hands overhead spinng a backside 360 horizontally.
• S-Bend to Blind - Heeliside raley with handside overhead spinning a backside 360 horizontally finishing with a quick 180 with one hand behind your back
• S-Bend 720 - Heelside Raley with hands overhead spinning 2 quick backside 360 horizontally landing in triumph. Chris Nolan was the first person ever to land this trick.
• Boardslide - a rider approaches an obstacle and slides the board—perpendicular with the obstacle—along the obstacle,with the obstacle in between the rider's feet.
• Half-cab - Switch stance fronside 180.
• Special-K - Toeside cut into wake with both hands on handle behind back, toeside roll with backside 180 rotation.
• Slurpee - Toeside cut into wake with both hands on handle behind back, toeside roll with backside 360 rotation.

Indy

The back hand grabs the toe edge between the feet.

Melon

The front hand grabs the heel edge between the feet.

Method

The front hand grabs the heel edge between the feet, Melon, then tweaks the board.

Mute

The front hand grabs the toe edge of the board between the feet.

Nosegrab

The front hand grabs the nose of the board.

Nuclear

The back hand grabs the nose of the board.

Slob

The front hand grabs the toe edge in front for the front foot.

Stalefish

The back hand grabs the heel edge between the feet.

Tailgrab

The back hand grabs the tail of the board.

Taipan air

The front hand reaches behind the front foot and grabs the toe edge between the bindings.

• Skeezer - switch stance crow mobe