The first trick I will present will be the cutback. The cutback starts out the same way to the wakesurfing lipslide; however, the tail slide is extended more fully to an 180 degree angle to the boat. The key to this trick is going to be the weight shift to your normal front foot, se that you can keep the tail out of the water as the board is surfing revert. A revert is when you turn your wake surfing board away from the board. You will need to shift your weight to enable the rail of the board, which is now facing forward to the boat, to be lifted out of the water slightly.
After you manage to shift your weight comfortably, there will be a lot of substancial pressure on the fins to turn the board back around to your normal stance, so you have to fight the pressure to keep the board revert for a bit.
After shifting your weight, you want to head into the wake with enough speed to break the fins loose and give you enough momentum to ride the board revert for a second or two. At the lip, slide the rail around, but keep pushing it until the board is completely revert. As you are pulling your board in revert, you want to shift your weight on to the foot that you normally ride forward and that is now your back foot. Ride the board revert for a few seconds. Riding the board revert makes the board to drift backwards on the lip, before you fade out the back, turn the board down the face of the wake by rotating your lower body in a frontside roatation.
You should wind up at the back of the pocket, set up again to do your next trick.
To preform this trick and to perfect it you will need a lot of patience. Be patient and do not get frustrated.
This youtube video demonstrates some of the best tricks.
sources: http://flyboywakesurf.com/wakesurf-tricks-how-to-do-a-cutback/
sources: http://flyboywakesurf.com/wakesurf-tricks-how-to-do-a-cutback/
Vey Cool Blog! I had no clue about this sophisticated sport that involves so much skill. The video clip was very cool as well, I had no clue could do so much on water. I would defiantly like to try this after reading and watching that awesome youtube clip. I look forward to future blogs!
ReplyDeleteWake surfing sounds so fun! I've never done any kind of water sports other than surfing in Hawaii and those were extremely small waves. Wake surfing will definitely be on my list of things to try along with wake boarding, c-doing, and surfing actual big waves. Maybe you could teach me a few tricks in person some time!
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ReplyDeleteWell I never tried wake surfing but this blog is starting to convince that wake surfing is cool, and that it has so many different things that you can do when you are being polled by a boat. Thank you very much for sharing this wake surfing news.