What the hell is wakeboarding? What is wakeboarding? As you can tell by some of the pictures on this site, wakeboarding is much like snowboarding. Only thing is you ride on water and get pulled behind a boat. So for all you people that don't know what the hell it is, that's it.
When wakeboarding you are able to attempt many different tricks. From waterspins, airspins, grabs, inverts, or just plain jumping. I myself can do about all of them, except the invert part. We're working on that this summer.
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Here's a few wakeboard tips:
-Getting up
-First of all, don't try to muscle your way up. Let the boat do the work. When laying in the water leave the rope on top of the board. As the boat begins to pull, stay in a crouched position. Come over your knees as you get out of the water. As you get up, the board should turn itself the direction that it should be going. The easiest tip is, "it's like getting up on waterskis."
-Basic TS 180
-Make a slow approach towards the wake. As you near the wake stand tall. Remember to not try and spin off the wake, spin once in the air. As you get into the air, pull the handle to your left or trailing hip. Turn the board so that the tail is in the front now. This move is extremely easy. Throw in a grab if you want to make it look much cooler.
Shaun Murray's autograph on a Fox Racing shirt. Shaun is the coolest wakeboarder around. I was so glad to find this shirt, but i would have rather have met him earlier in the year. But either way, i finally got his autograph. |
| | | | Pro Wakeboarding Tour Standings Men's Season
1. Darin Shapiro..........473
2. Parks Bonifay..........453
3. Erik Ruck.................311
4. Shaun Murray.............267
5. Rob Struharik..........222
6. Shaun Watson........254
7. Daniel Watkins.......253
8. Brannon Johnson......212
9. Danny Harf...........196
10 Brett Eisenhaur......185
Vans Triple Crown 1. Shaun Murray.........180
2. Erik Ruck(nat. champ)120
3. Shawn Watson.........117
4. Danny Harf...........110
4. Darin Shapiro........110
-while Erik Ruck(Wisconsin native) won the national title, Shaun "house of styles" Murray won the World Championships. This is Murray's 2nd Worlds in 3 years. He also won the Vans Triple Crown with this run. Darion Shapiro on the other hand finished 3rd at Worlds and won the World Cup title.
Women's Season
1. Tara Hamilton....530
2. Emily Copeland...425
3. Maeghan Major....410
4. Leslie Kent......245
5. Dallas Friday....209
6. Lauren Loe.......170
7. Marie Botved.....150
8. Buster Lutgert...134
9. Cheryl Newton....119
10 Christy Smith....110 Vans Triple Crown 1. Maeghan Major....180
2. Tara Hamilton....135
3. Emily Copeland...125
4. Leslie Kent......90
5. Lauren Loe.......85
-With a score of 65.99 Maeghan Major became the World Championships for a 2nd year in a row. This coming after she's only been in wakeboarding for 2 years. She also had enough points to become the Vans Triple Crown winner also. |
 Vans Triple Crown Help us find this punk!! 
This is my lake. The lake we wakeboard on,
Carpenter Lake. This type of riding water
is the greatest. So peaceful. Loon Island
often gets in our way though.
Does anybody know this plastic kayak boy that is in our way here? Please let me know if you know him:) Our own little wakeboarding Coast Guard Rescue Team. Should have ran him over!!
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