The Correct Way



The tantrum is one of the first and easiest inverts to learn. The rotation is easy because you can spot the water early, like doing a back flip on a trampoline. The only part that I find hard for people to master is the edge change...

Obviously, the normal Raley has gone by the wayside in the past few years. Whether it was the tour format or the New Crew article, the old "mule kick" got no play (and it shouldn't have for the pros). But it's still one of the moves that every aspiring rider wants to learn, and the basis for a lot of the new moves we've seen this year: 313, toeside Raley 360, double S-Bend, etc...

The Correct Way



A scarecrow (which is a toeside front roll to revert) is one of the easier inverted tricks. It doesn't require great gymnastic skill or the special intuitiveness of a Shaun Murray...

The Correct Way

The key to doing big, controlled toeside 360s, either frontside or backside, is riding all the way up through the top of the wake with both hands on the handle, standing tall and remaining on edge...

Nearly 99 percent of the people learning back rolls come to us having the same problems in the air, but the problems really originate at the wake. Before you learn to do a back roll right, you have to take a step back, learn to turn slowly, edge through the wake, and feel the energy...