Tips by David NgiamPhoto : Riding Gear LIFE VEST aka Personal Floating Device (PFD) : Get a fitting life vest. You may see some people ride without them, and you might think its cool, but you’ll only live once. You can get really nasty crashes when you ride, and with a vest, not only does …
https://www.wake.sg/media/videos/SURFACE-GETTING_UP-SAMUEL_NGIAM.mp4 Tips by David Ngiam Video : Samuel Ngiam Photo : Alan Mak After you have got all your gear on, get into the water, relax and let the board float up in front of you. Place the rope over the top of your board. Put your knees in between your arms. As the boat …
https://www.wake.sg/media/videos/SURFACE-TURNING-MARK_GRIFFIN.mp4 Tips by David Ngiam Video : Mark Griffin Photo : Tatsanai Aye Kuakoonrat Keep your weight even on both feet and your knees slightly bent. To turn heelside (ie. turning right for right foot forward riders, left for left foot forward riders), put your weight on your heels for both feet and lean back …
https://www.wake.sg/media/videos/SURFACE-SURF_THE_WAKE_FS.3-DAVID_NGIAM.mp4 Tips by David Ngiam Video : David Ngiam Photo : Guy Tanaka Surfing the wake (not to be confused with wake surfing, which is another thing altogether) is a simple but cool looking move. Most advance riders still do it at the start of a session as a way of warming up. To get …
https://www.wake.sg/media/videos/SURFACE_180-SAMUEL_NGIAM.mp4 Tips by David Ngiam Video : Samuel Ngiam Photo : Guy Tanaka Before you start the trick, you may want to use smaller fins on your board. Next, get your boat driver to drop the speed by a quarter of your normal speed. The slower speed makes the water beneath you softer and your …
https://www.wake.sg/media/videos/SURFACE-360_HS_FS-CHARLENE_TAN.mp4 Tips by David Ngiam Video : Charlene Tan Photo : Guy Tanaka This trick is an extension of the surface 180. To start of, seperate the trick into two parts. If you have already tried the surface 180 before, well, that’s exactly what the first half of the trick is. The tricky part is …
https://www.wake.sg/media/videos/SURFACE-LIPSLIDE_FS-CHRIS_YEO.mp4 Tips by David Ngiam Video : Chris Yeo Photo : Kevin Tan A frontside lipslide is basically riding the board sideways on the lip (top) of the wake. It can also be referred to as a boardslide depending on which side you are approaching the wake from. See the Tricktionary for more detailed description. …
https://www.wake.sg/media/videos/SURFACE-LIPSLIDE_FS_180.2-DAVID_NGIAM.mp4 Tips by David Ngiam Video : David Ngiam Photo : Guy Tanaka The lipslide 180 is a cool looking trick and makes a fluid transition if you are doing a switch trick next. This trick isn’t too hard to learn but its a little deceiving if you’re over-confident about it when attempting it for …
https://www.wake.sg/media/videos/SURFACE-POWERSLIDE.2-DAVID_NGIAM.mp4 Tips by David Ngiam Video : David Ngiam Photo : Amos Boon The power slide or power spray is where you cut out on your heelside into the flats and make a quick short turn on your blindside (or backside rotation), such that you’re skimming the water surfce with only the front edge of …
https://www.wake.sg/media/videos/SURFACE-180_HS_BS-ANDY_HUANG.mp4 Tips by David Ngiam Video : Andy Huang Photo : Guy Tanaka The Surface Blind 180 or the Surface Backside (BS) 180 is not a difficult trick but makes for a cool transition, if you are going from a regular trick to a switch trick or vice versa. If you comfortable doing the Power …