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Late melan grab TS/BS 180
1. The key to the toeside backside 180 is not letting the board pitch over off the wake. Keep the nose pointed up, then spin. If you let the nose dip over and point down after you leave the wake, you will be pulled over on the landing...

Indy
1. This is usually the first grab you will learn. Make sure you don't reach down or bend over for the grab. Bring the board up to you by pulling your knees toward your chest. 2. Reaching toward your front foot will help get your arm between your legs for the grab...

Melan
1. This is a good one to try as a half-cab (riding switch back to regular). When you grab the board, move the handle away from the landing-side wake to help you stay in position. 2. It will help to bone out your front leg so you can grab the board farther back toward your rear foot...

Slob
1. Slob is like grabbing indy, but you have to do it by grabbing more toward the middle of the board from around the outside of your front leg. 2. This type of grab will help some riders with their first 360s because it makes them wait and set their axis...

Lien
1. This is a move I hope to see more of. It's a melan grab but you let the board drift behind toward the tail so your body leans out the front. 2. Try to start with the nose up on the takeoff so you lean forward to level out...

Mute
1. This is the standard front-hand grab between your feet on your toeside edge. Try to grab across your body toward your back foot by staying in the high-kneed position. 2. Grabbing mute will really test your skills on a wakeboard...

Stalefish
1. Stalefish is another basic grab you will learn early on as a rider. Lift your front leg up off of the wake and then bone out your back leg to help reach the correct grab position on your heelside edge...

Tail
1. When you suck your legs up to grab, you actually create momentum upward, which helps you stay floaty. Don't pull your legs up slowly or reach down for the grab, or you will land sooner than you expect...

Nuclear
1. Make sure you can turn your body far into a backside air before attempting this move. After you turn, reach across both legs and grab the heelside edge of the board in front of your front foot...

Method Air
1. It helps to try this trick off another boat's roller, or drive a circle and do it off your own boat's roller. Once you get the backside air and melan grab together take it to the wake...

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