Like most things in wakeboarding, people will generally find one easier than the other based on personal preference. An off axis spin will be one in which the rider will angle the board away from the boat after jumping, but will bring the board back beneath them before landing. On axis wakeboard spins, or sometimes called flat spins, mean that the wakeboard will remain flat throughout the entire spin – from the time the jump is initiated all the way through the landing. With spins there is also the choice of either spinning on axis or off axis. While frontside 180’s are fairly simple spins, anything more than that will require a handle pass. With a skateboard or a snowboard there is no rope, so all you need to do is initiate the spinning with your body.
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You can’t successfully execute a full spin and keep riding, obviously, if you do not successfully complete a handle pass. One of the factors that makes wakeboard spins difficult is the fact that there’s a wakeboard handle involved. Most people consider spins (360 or more) to be harder than most wakeboard inverts. Spinning on a wakeboard can be one of the most difficult things to learn for a beginner. Some people find spinning one certain direction while wakeboarding is easier, and others will find that both are of the same difficulty. A wakeboard backside spin is harder at the beginning because you have to initiate all of the spin without much leverage by pulling the handle to your back, but is easier because the handle pass is early and your body will be open to the boat upon the landing. A wakeboard frontside spin is easier in the beginning as you can pull the handle across the front of your body to initiate the spin, but harder because you have to pass the handle near the end of the trick before you land. Different people will find different difficulty levels based on personal preference. On the other hand, if the rider spins with his back facing the boat first, this would be considered a “backside” spin. The rule of thumb is that if the rider’s chest is open to the boat first in the wakeboard spin, this is considered a “frontside” spin. These are two terms that usually reference the direction that a wakeboarder is spinning. Ultimately whichever side of the board a rider edges on is determined by either heelside or toeside. Most beginners in wakeboarding find that the heelside edge is generally the easiest to get used to as the toeside edge requires more twist in the hips to properly initiate. Vice versa, if a rider edges in with the heels facing the wake, this is known as the heelside edge. If someone wakeboarding edges in towards the wake while their toes are facing the wake is is known as a toeside edge. This is where the reference for toeside and heelside come in.
For one to initiate a jump, the rider must effectively edge back in towards the wake. When a rider cuts outside the boat wake on either side, either their toes or heels will be facing the wake. Simply put – a wakeboarder rides the board sideways. In this article we will cover the basic wakeboarding tricks and terminology involved to help beginners become a little more educated about all the wakeboarding trick terminology. They can easily identify the difference in a wakeboard flip or spin, but when you start combining the two, things can start to get a little confusing. Many beginner wakeboarders cannot easily differentiate between the different tricks and oftentimes most tricks appear the same. Often times beginner wakeboarders, while enthusiastic about the tricks involved, are often clueless about trick names or the differences between them. Most people who, for the first time, see wakeboard tricks are usually taken aback and are impressed by all the spinning and aerial maneuvers experienced riders can perform.
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