| Wakeboarding is such a great sport that many | | | | can get you good air on your half-cabs by |
| people are getting hooked. It provides a new | | | | providing a dramatic upward pull with little to no |
| dimension of opportunities where you can express | | | | effort on your part. It will give you extra float |
| themselves. An exciting sport giving you a whole | | | | time to really pop that move and the appearance |
| new excitement, thrills, and fun all rolled into one. | | | | of hang-time you're searching for. A big wake plus |
| Almost anyone can experience this relatively new | | | | skylon equals real wakeboarder - automatic |
| sports craze. | | | | acceptance on the lake. |
| Getting the right gear together is the first step in | | | | Ropes |
| wakeboarding. Make a start by knowing the basic | | | | Wakeboarding ropes made of Spectra, |
| equipment essential to wakeboarding. You can get | | | | Spectra-Fusion and Tak have zero stretch, look |
| familiar with those by getting in with the riders | | | | virtually like shoestrings and weigh almost nothing. |
| who have already their own gear. Alternatively | | | | Nearly all-standard ropes come at 60 feet, which |
| there are some great resources online. Here are | | | | is a full 15 feet shorter than a ski rope, but can |
| the basic equipments used in wakeboarding. | | | | be custom-ordered to accommodate longer |
| Wakeboard Boat | | | | lengths. |
| Have your boat modified before even trying to | | | | Boards |
| be a wakeboarder. Water skiers and | | | | Wakeboarders have their own boards. Like |
| wakeboarders have entirely different goals when | | | | lawmen of the Old West had their own guns, you |
| it comes to wakes. Skiers, of coarse want no | | | | come to the boat all set - with your own board. |
| wakes. Wakeboarders want maximum wakes. | | | | Don't settle for the group board. It'll never feel |
| You'll be surprised how much better you'll be if | | | | quite like yours, and with the definition in styles |
| you give yourself a good wake. | | | | today, you'll look like a kook riding your buddy's |
| Almost any boat can be a good wakeboarding | | | | Mini Squirt if you weigh 100 pounds more. Also, |
| boat, but if you have a good tournament inboard | | | | the more you want to be a wakeboarder, the |
| you can make an especially good wakeboard | | | | newer the board you should ride. Models get |
| boat. Ski boats have the ultimate power and | | | | outdated quickly and so will you. New school rules! |
| handling - all you need is "wake-making matter". | | | | Boots |
| Wake-making matter - literally matter that makes | | | | It is not recommended to share boots just like |
| wake - is weight. Mostly all serious wakeboarders | | | | sharing boards. You wouldn't wear your buddy's |
| use a few giant bags of water that they | | | | Air Jordans would you? And don't think that |
| generically refer to as Fat Sacs (which also | | | | surf-straps are acceptable 'cause they're |
| happens to be a brand name). Two sacs, one on | | | | adjustable. They are antiquated relics, and unless |
| each side of the engine, is a good starting point. | | | | you're doing tow-ins in Hawaii, you'll look stupid. |
| That will add about 600 pounds to your boat and | | | | Real wakeboarders wear boots, preferably |
| at least a foot to your wake. If you find yourself | | | | high-tech models like the CWB Vert boot and |
| just skipping across the wake like a stone on a | | | | Fulltilt XTC (very futuristic), custom boots like Bad |
| pond, you need a bigger wake. | | | | Ass Bindings or Wiley's or top-of-the-line Hyperlite |
| The next key to getting air is using an extended | | | | Storm Troopers or Liquid Force Super Suctions. |
| pylon. Most riders refer to these poles as Skylons | | | | It is important to have them all if you're really |
| (also another brand name). An extended pylon | | | | serious to being a real wakeboard rider. |