Thompson Airsoft Gun

Thompson Airsoft Gun

2 min - May 3, 2008

Wakeboarding is one of the most fun sports in the world. Use this lingo for wakeboarding tricks and terms to help you learn.

Bail - This term describes falling on your wakeboard.

Nose - This is the part of the board that's closest to the boat, the tip.

Bindings - This is the rubber boots which are attached to the board that keeps you on the board.

Bone Out - Whenever you perform a trick that involves straightening out your leg, this is what it's called. Then there's the 'bone out grab,' which is when you're straightening your leg and grabbing at the same time.

Digger - You don't want a digger, because it stands for a 'bad wreck.'

Invert - This means that the rider has flipped upside down in the air!

Wakeboarding Tricks - Understanding the Lingo

Set - A set is basically your 'turn' on the wakeboard. Each time a rider takes a turn, he has taken a set.

Have you just started doing wakeboarding? Or are you thinking about giving it a try? You will of course want to talk to those are are already skilled at wakeboarding, but that doesn't mean you have to sound like you don't know the first thing about it! To get you started on learning, here are some very basic tricks and terms.

Wakeboarding Tricks - Understanding the Lingo

Air - Really a very important wakeboarding term you should know. When we talk about 'air', we're just saying how much air you got between yourself and the water. So if someone tells you that you had 'big air', don't worry, that's a good thing. It means you went high!