Before wake boarding u need to be safe. You must have a life vest. It is also required that you have one spotter over the age of ten. The boat that u are in must also be safe and have fire extinguishers and enough life vests for everyone on the boat.

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Your equipment must contain a wake board, rope, and handle at the very least. Of course a boat is needed and there are wake boarding boats. Gloves are a good thing to have especially if u want to go faster and you don’t want to the handle to slip out of your hands.

Beginning wake boarding is a lot like skiing. You first go in the water with your board and then put your feet in each boot after that you go out deep enough so u can float. Float there with your knees up to your chest with you board horizontal. When you are ready yell "Ready!" and as the boat pulls you out of the water twist slowly and stand up.

After you have successfully come out the water u should practice balancing. After you are safe with that proceed further and go across the wake.

When you start to cut back and forth very sharp you are about ready to do tricks. When you are cutting back find an angle in which it is like a ramp and shoot off it. When you are going off it bring your board close to your body to gain more air. When your board is at your body you can grab and do what you want with it like spinning. To do a flip you need to do the same thing but then when you are going off the jump lean backwards and spin. As you do this remember to spin backwards and hold the rope tight.