🤓 Trick cheatsheet
Quickly grasp the basics.
Terminology
Regular Stance
A rider whose dominant stance is left-foot forward.
Goofy Stance
A rider whose dominant stance is right-foot forward.
Switch or Switch-stance
When a rider rides or performs a trick with their non-dominant foot forward.
Heelside
Any trick in which the rider edges in on the heelside edge of their board.
Toeside
Any trick in which the rider edges in on the toeside edge of their board.
Frontside
Any spin-trick in which the rider spins in the direction of the front of their body.
Backside
Any spin-trick in which the rider spins in the direction of the back of their body.
Air Trick
Any trick performed off the flat water. Most often performed at cable parks.
Invert
Any trick in which the rider's board goes above their head.
Mobe
Any trick in which the rider performs a flip and spins 360 degrees or more.
Wrapped
When a rider approaches a trick with the handle in their backhand wrapped behind their back.
Blind
When a rider lands a trick with the handle in their backhand wrapped behind their back facing away from the wake or the cable.
Funny-Wrapped
When a rider lands a trick with the handle in their backhand wrapped behind their back facing the wake or the cable.
Baller
When a rider passes the handle between their legs.
Ole
When a rider does a spin trick with the handle above their head.
On Axis
Any spin trick where the board is perpendicular to the water.
Off Axis
Any spin trick where the board is not perpendicular to the water.
Osmosis
A spin trick in which the rider lets go of the handle mid-air and then catches the handle with the same hand.
Basic grabs
Back hand grabs
Tail grab
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Stalefish
Roast beef
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Indy
Nuclear
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Crail
Tail grab
Rear hand grabs the tail of the board.
Stalefish
Rider grabs the heel edge between own feet using back hand.
Roast Beef
The back hand of the rider reaches in front of rear leg and grabs the heel edge of the board.
Indy grab
Rider holds the toe edge between own feet using back hand.
Nuclear grab
Back hand grabs the heelside edge between the front binding and the nose.
Crail
Rear hand reaches across the body and grabs the nose.
Front hand grabs
Seatbelt
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Nose grab
Melon
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Mute
Taipan air
Method
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Slob
Nose grab
Forward hand grabs the nose of the board.
Slob grab
Lead hand, front toeside grab, back leg boned out, board rotated 180 while in the air.
Mute grab
Rider holds the toe edge between own feet using forward hand.
Melon
Rider grabs the heel edge between own feet using forward hand.
Lien grab
Front hand grabs the heel edge between the binding and the nose.
Seatbelt
Front hand reaches across the body and grabs the tail.
Taipan Air
The front hand of the rider reaches behind the front foot and grabs the toe edge between the bindings.