Indy front roll
1. The grab starts the flip on this trip-flip-style invert. When you reach down to grab you have to bend forward in the same direction you need to flip. So let this natural motion work for you...

HS Front Flip
1. The key to the front flip is keeping your back shoulder closed toward the boat. If you let it open, the flip will turn into a tantrum or a frantrum. Leave the wake with your front shoulder high and your front knee up, then throw the front shoulder hard down toward the water as you close your back shoulder toward the boat...

Frontside Boardslide
1. For slides like these two, it helps to start from the middle of the wakes and try to slide on the wake, and then work your way to starting on the outside of the wakes to slide the lip...

Slob Front to Fakie
1. Initiate the front flip first. After your front shoulder drops, reach for the grab. If you grab too early, you'll get hung up between front and fakie. 2. Grabbing slob will automatically roll you toward fakie...

Front Mobe (slim chance)
1. This is probably one of the most overrated mobes in the sport. Perceived as very difficult, the front mobe is easy if you get your shoulders into the flip and spin. Take your front shoulder and lift it high off the top of the wake...

First off, realize the toeside front is not a front roll, it's a front flip. That means your board does a front flip, not necessarily your body.

When starting this trick I suggest cutting in from about 8 to 10 feet outside the wake...

Rider: Chris Bischoff

Level: Advanced



Some people can do this move from the trough, but to learn it, you want to start about 10 feet outside the wake. You want to edge into the wake and all the way through, but try to think about hitting the wake with your front leg soft and with a lot of pressure on your back foot...

For the front flip you want to have a strong progressive edge with more weight on your rear leg and stand tall as you come off the wake. As you near the wake, cut hard like you would for a Raley, then keep your rear leg straight as you come off the wake which will help kick you around...

Use the same progressive approach with this trick as your would with your normal front flip. Stand tall into the wake and keep the rope at your hips the entire time. During the second half of the rotation let go with your lead hand turning your rear wrist over as if putting your hand in your back pocket...

Come in with a mellow toeside edge standing tall, majority of your weight on your rear foot. Look at the opposite shore upon leaving the top of the wake. Pull with two hands to your lead hip while turning your shoulders away from the boat...

This trick is all about edge control and proper body position. You'll notice right away that Darin leads the rotation with his front shoulder and stays balled up tight. This is the only way you'll ever stick this trick so if your front flips aren't perfect don't even bother...