tricks

以前開始玩 wakesurf，可以唔用繩就已經好開心。有些 wakeboarder 就覺得 wakesurf 好沉悶，沒有花式... 其實 wakesurf 有好多花式可以做，wakesurfer 沒有繩把持，完全依靠個人平衡，所有動作都不容易做到，要不斷的練習、練習、再練習...

以下的 trick list 是依從 World WakeSurf Association 所得，附圖就多謝 Ben Leung 及 Ah Kate 作示範：

Pumping - turning up and down the face of the wake to gain speed. (Both styles)


Stalling - Applying pressure to your back foot to slow down or "stall". (Both styles)


Floater - When a rider and board "floats" on top of the wake. (Both styles)


Lip slide - Just like a floater but the board is sideways. (Both styles)

Spray - gouging into the face of the wake to create the water under you to explode and spray. (Both styles)

Fire Hydrant - Placing one hand on the board and taking your front foot off. (Both styles)


Posing - doing hand and body positions while riding for cool style points. (Both styles)

Hang 5 - Rider extends front foot (toes) over front of board (Both styles). More credit by judges the further forward the rear foot.

Rail Grabs - Grabbing the board's rail while the board is on the wake - one or both hands. (Both styles)

Cutbacks - Bashing off the lip of the wake with the board - the more extreme and risky the better. (Both styles)

Paddle back in - Going to the extreme rear of the wake, throwing down on the board and paddling back in to the power zone. This can also be done by pulling the outside rail of the board to bring it back to the power zone. (Surf style)

Tubing It - Throwing down on the board and sliding back into the tube until covered up - the deeper the better, and then popping out and standing back up on the board. (Surf style)

Switch Stance-Riding with the opposite foot forward. (Both styles)

180 spin - Spinning 180 on the wake - Board and rider spin. (Both styles - more difficult surf style) A blind turn is more difficult.

Airs - Launching off the lip with board into the air and landing back on the wake (toeside or heelside). (Both styles)

One Hand Grab Air - Grabbing one rail of the board while the board is airborne above the wake. (Both styles - more difficult surf style)

Double Grab Air - Grabbing both rails of the board while the board is airborne above the wake. (Both styles -more difficult surf style)

Hang 10 - Rider extends both feet (toes) over end of board (Surf style)

360 spin- Spinning 360 on the face of the wake - Board and rider spin. (Both styles - more difficult surf style)

540 spin - Rider spins continuously 1 1/2 times until he is riding switch stance forward (Both styles - but extremely difficult surf style)

720 spin - Rider spins continuously 2 complete 360's (Both styles - but extremely difficult surf style)

Alley oop air 180 - doing an air while spinning 180 the blind direction. (Trick style)

180 air - doing and air and spinning a 180 in the air and landing in with a switch stance. (Trick style)

180 shuv-it - spinning just the board 180 under your feet and landing with the board "backwards". (Trick Style)

900 spin - Rider spins continuously 2 1/2 times until he is riding switch stance forward. (Both styles - but extremely difficult surf style)

360 shuv-it - same as a 180 but you spin the board a full 360 under your feet. NOTE: rider does not spin only the board spins. (Trick style)

Big Spin - Same as a 360 shuv-it only the rider spins a 180 at the same time the board does a 360. (Trick style)

* trick 後面括號內所標示的是以 skim style board / surf style board 或者兩樣都可以 ( both ) 做的花式，至於兩者的分別，遲些再談。

裝備

今次講講玩 wakesurf 特別需要甚麼 ... ...

船一架：必須要 inboard ，不可以 out - board，不可以 in - out，否則您要準備多一架救傷車；

船尾板：是 surfer 與船之間的一個緩衝區；

水袋 / 水箱 / 鉛. / 沙包：增加船的重量，令船造出來的尾浪更高更大更實。一般使用水袋 / 水箱比較安全，因為遇上沉船意外這些負重物只會令船半浮沉於水面，但鉛 / 沙包就會把船帶入水底；

wakesurf 的板：可分為 surfing style 及 skim board style 兩種，前者比較長及厚身，多數配合比較長的 fin(s) ；後者較短、薄身，外形似 skim board；

繩 + handle：給起水時用，長約十尺，專用handle一般較細，不像wakeboard用的那麼闊，目的是減少放繩後 handle 圈入 surfer 的手、腳的機會；後其甚至發展成只用一條粗繩，無論surfer 放繩後或把繩掉入船中都較安全，缺點是起水時比較難借力；

最後就是觀眾：沒錯，是觀眾，有觀眾的時候surfer 會特別起勁的；有時觀眾又可以遞水給surfer，又可以當水袋給船多些負重 ( “責wake” ) ，so good！ ( 見附圖 )

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維基百科

昨晚第一次使用維基百科，找到以下提及 wakesurf 的講解，大家不妨看一看：

Wakesurfing
Wakesurfing is a watersport in which a surfer trails behind an inboard ski boat, surfing the boat's wake without being directly attached to the boat. The wake from the boat mimics the look and feel of an actual ocean wave. After getting up on the wave by use of a tow rope, wakesurfers drop the rope and ride the steep face below the wave's peak in a fashion reminiscent of ocean surfing. Wakesurfers generally use special boards, usually five feet or shorter.

Boat setup
Wakeboard boats are generally the boats of choice for this sport. Owners of these boats place ballast, such as extra water, lead weights, cement, or other heavy objects in different sections of the boat in order to weight the boat down and create a larger wake. Water ballast is the safest and preferred method as if your boat is swamped, the water ballast is neutrally buoyant allowing the boat to remain at the surface, while lead and cement weights will cause your boat to sink to the bottom.

順便一提，維基百科真是一個不錯的工具網站，值得推介。

開 . 章 - 第一次開網誌，第一篇文章

就寫寫開此網誌的目的。

不虛偽，目的希望為生意、為錢。

這幾年在淺水灣、南灣一帶玩 wakesurf，都看到周圍不少好奇的目光 - 他們在做甚麼？怎麼那個人不用繩可以跟著那船？怎麼會有動力？怎樣開始？

可能大家的思維仍然停在滑水（water ski）或者尾波花式滑水（wakeboard）上，其實又不稀奇，想當年香港有人玩尾波花式滑板 （wakeskate）（對不起，我不知是不是這樣譯，其實怎譯，這些外國新興運動，用中文都是怪怪的），都好好奇點解不用 binding（一雙固定在 wakeboard 的鞋）都可以站穩？現在不止不用 binding，還不用繩，還不目瞪口呆！

大家可以把 wakesurf 當作滑浪（surfing）的變種，我想大家會比較容易理解，只不過通常滑浪會在海邊，等待大自然的浪把衝浪者（surfer）衝向岸；而 wakesurf 就利用特定的快艇，加些改動，在船尾製造出相類似的浪，等 surfer 跟著船尾進行滑浪的運動，所以只要快艇不停的行駛，船尾的波浪不消失，surfer 就可以跟著走，或者做不同的花式。

如果只是跟滑浪相似，我想未必可以吸引到這麼多人參與，那麼 wakesurf 還有甚麼特別？等待之後慢慢講解吧。

好，初步介紹完 wakesurf 之後，吸引嗎？在香港這裡可以隨時滑浪？幾爽？如果大家想學想試就可致電給我 book 時間 … … 好，這樣就有生意唷。