Wake Terms

I hope that this page will help you understand the terms in this sport. Some of these terms cross over with other sports that influenced wakeboarding in the begining.

Backside

A direction of a cut with the shoulders open to the boat; the easiest cut

Blind Side

rotating or landing so that you can't see where you are going

Double Up

Boad circles around hits its wake at a 90 degrees (or close) to make a larger wake for the rider to launch off of

Fakie

riding opposite your natural way

Fronts

inverts where the board goes end-over-end

Heelside

same as Backside

Indy

grab on the toeside of the board w/the back hand around the back foot

Load the Line

tensioning of the line as a cut is made

Method

grab on the back of the board w/the front hand

Mobes

tricks when an invert is done, then a spin and a handle pass

Nose Bone

poke out one leg while bending the other in

Raleys

tricks where the board is flung out behind the rider's body

Roast Beef

grab between the legs w/the back hand on the heelside of the board

Rolls

inverts where you rotate back the way you came; your head goes down towards the wake you launched from

Slob

grab w/the front hand on the front of the board close to the tip

Switchstance

same as Fakie

Tantrums

inverts where the rider approaches the wake backside, then make an edge change at the top of the wake

Toeside

cut where rider's back is toward the boat