| Wakeboarding, the latest crafty twist in water sports | | | | aiming the wakeboard towards the sky. |
| The surface water sport wakeboarding is the | | | | The riding arts are also determined by the boards |
| combined techniques of water skiing, surfing and | | | | camber or rocker. The rockers favor smoother and |
| snowboarding. Here the rider is tagged behind a cable | | | | faster ride without surface resistance. These cambers |
| park or a speeding boat positioned on the wakeboard, | | | | and rockers are meant for favoring more air tricks |
| riding on the wakes performing tricks. The speeding up | | | | during the wake. While riding, the wakeboarders hold |
| of the wakeboard boat depends on the water | | | | on the towropes which are hooked to the boat. Most |
| conditions, size of the wakeboard, rider's weight and | | | | of the boards are manufactured with wakeboard fins. |
| the speed desired by the rider. Riders are also | | | | Fins are located at the bottom of the boards and help |
| sometimes towed by personal water crafts, closed | | | | in the betterment of personalizing the ride. The |
| course cables and all-terrain vehicles. Wakeboards are | | | | beginners use them to obtain more stability. The fins |
| part surfboards and part water ski. The boards are | | | | also help the wakeboarders in steering actions. |
| curved to ease the lift. The wakeboard bindings help | | | | Maneuvers of Wakeboarding |
| the riders to hold their feet to the board. | | | | Wakeboarding involves the practice of tricks like any |
| Wiles of wakeboarding | | | | other freestyle sport. Like surfing and snowboarding, |
| While wakeboarding the rider usually wears a wetsuit | | | | the rider has the opportunity of performing tricks. In |
| and moves towards the wake or drift away from the | | | | wakeboarding, the rider can perform better tricks if he |
| wake to perform the tricks. Jumps are attempted by | | | | attains more height. The wakeboarders fly drifting |
| striking the wake and leaping into the air. The rider can | | | | through air in order to perform aerial grabs. They clutch |
| also take help of the slide bar and ride while keeping | | | | the towrope with one hand and reach back to grab |
| the balance. After getting accustomed to the usual | | | | their boards. |
| stuff of skateboarding, the rider can perform the tricks | | | | Surface tricks |
| being lofty in the air. On tightening the wakeboard rope | | | | Certain tricks are performed by the rider when he or |
| the rider achieves speed towards the wake. Gradually, | | | | she is not airborne. These tricks include backside |
| the tightened rope launches the rider at a point up in | | | | butterslide, backside start, bodyslide, perez, potato |
| the air where he attempts to perform tricks. | | | | peeler, surf curve etc. |
| Sizes and shapes of wakeboards vary depending on | | | | Spins |
| the rider's personal preferences and body weight. The | | | | The rider takes up the stunt of spin by rotating around |
| bigger the board, the better it edges and floats. | | | | like snowboarding. The rider takes up the stunt by |
| However, larger boards adversely affect the | | | | rotating 360 degrees. At some instances the writer |
| performance of advanced stunts. | | | | accelerates the degree of rotation. The various usual |
| Sporty tricks of wakeboarding | | | | stunts of spins are backside, baller, flatline, frontside etc. |
| Motor boats pull wakeboards across the water and | | | | The awesome techniques of Wakeboarding have |
| the wakeboarder pops off a large wake behind the | | | | introduced artful thrills in the wet 'o' wild sports. |
| boat and performs tricks. He or she sails above water | | | | |