Once again, it's time for a little lesson about life, grammar and wakeboarding. This month we will be discovering how the term "mute" can be used as both a verb and an adjective. To the scholarly among us, you know that as a verb mute means to soften, dull, hush or deaden...

Grabbing your board has always been a way to personalize that often boring downtime between lift-off and touchdown for all board athletes. To the outsider these grabs seem to have little or no purpose...

At first sight the nose grab seems to be just another rendition of an old favorite. In reality, though, the appropriate handling of the nose is something we rarely see on the water today. Apparently, executing a smooth nose grab without looking like you're messing your baggies seems to be a lost art...

Indy is the most basic and most utilized grab in wakeboarding today. That is not to say indy is played out, on the contrary, a well-executed Indy is a staple of wakeboarding that never loses its appeal...

The recent style wave sweeping through the ranks of professional wakeboarding is reviving grabs like the stalefish and spinning them into current variations of time-honored favorites. Incorporating stylish grabs into your daily cycle is a highly effective manner of preventing you from becoming stale...

Grabbing melan is as simple as a Saturday Night Fever dance move: Go down with one hand behind you and thrust your pelvis up to the beat of the music. Actually, melan is far easier than that, so if you pay attention, your friends will think you're the John Travolta of the waterways next time you go out...