There are a countless number of tricks in wakeboarding. If you think about it, it really is endless. A year ago everyone thought a backside 1080 and a frontside 1260 were impossible, and then they both happened, thanks to Danny Harf and Sir Aaron Rathy...

Spins are a big stumbling block for a lot of new riders. In fact, Julz Heaney and I see students all the time at Wake Experience who can do a back roll or a tantrum but can’t do any spins. Those wakeboarders' progressions tend to stagnate because they don’t develop the board skills they need for more intricate wakeboarding tricks...

Every wakeboarder develops his own style — it’s just a natural part of the progression in your riding. Personally, I’d much rather watch a wakeboader who grabs and pokes all of his tricks than watch someone go out and do a bunch of not-grabbed mobe 5s or spins...

Next up in WAKEBOARDING magazine's Best of Summer 2009 series: wakeboarding moves. A full feature chronicling all of the year's best wakeboard tricks will follow, but we thought we'd start with a look back at Shane Bonifay's wrapped heelside melon backside 720...

Check out Phil Soven's Moby Dick 720 — a wake-to-wake tantrum with a backside 720. Brought to us courtesy of Chad Sharpe, at chadsharpe.blogspot.com and Nick Ennen.