What sets the world’s best riders apart from the rest of the field is their ability to adapt to anything. Adaptation on a wakeboard can encompass the numerous disciplines: rail riding, contest results, kicker tricks, free-riding prowess, etc. Zoom in closer and you’ll find adaptation and variation within each of those disciplines.

I know what you’re about to say: “Oh man, this is lame. Stand-up paddleboarding is so whack.” Trust me, I’ve heard it all before and even said it myself; that was until I tried it. Now I’ve suddenly found myself screening the shipping department’s phone calls as they try to collect the board from this very photo shoot.

Happy Friday! Here's a wakesurf instructional from some of the best wakesurf guru's in the sport, Collin Harrington and the Liquid Force team. Learn everything you need to know from weighting your boat, learning to wakesurf, and intermediate to advanced tricks...

In our August issue of TransWorld WAKEBOARDING the members of the Slingshot's Shredtown crew let us get inside their heads. In case you needed the reminder,click through and check it out again. It can't hurt. Well, the reading part at least.

Trevor Maur reminding us that Individuality can make all the difference. Making a trick your own helps the cream rise to the top. The great part about this sport that we all love is we can take our riding in any direction we choose...

This particular How-To is not necessarily a step by step, but more an example of how control of a trick can open the doors to new moments to grab.  Rusty snaps an extra late indy poke on a boosted backside 540...

Ben Greenwood getting precise with a grab on a BS 540 variation. Where and How Keeping grabs clean and tight can earn you respect from Wake’s elite.   Over the years, board sports have started to gravitate away from grabs considered “sloppy” or in “no man’s land” due to the lack of control they show...

For week number three, Yamaha team rider Danny Hampson is back to get you dialed with your backside 180's. For anyone trying this trick, Danny has some really solid input on the things you need to think about when attempting

Riding with power, intense edging, going big off the wake — they all require strength and a higher level of fitness than regular riding. Taking your riding to the next level, beyond the second wake, puts far more stress on your body than wake-to-wake riding...

<span style=" Julz Heaney, Pro Red Bull and Mastercraft riders now based in California, offering wakeboarding and wake/surf packages.

Ride behind their '09 Mastercraft X-star at one of the country's best riding spots, the site of the X-Games, and then learn to surf minutes away at some of California's best surfing beaches on the West coast...

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Keith Lidberg, melon front to fakie at Orlando Watersports Complex
Photo: Bill Doster

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