Tips by David Ngiam Bindings are the only thing that keeps you connected to your board. How responsive a board is pretty much depends on how good a fit your bindings are. Not to mention how well it protects your ankle from unneccesary injuries as well. A tight binding may be uncomfortable intially, but a …
Tips by David NgiamPhoto : Approaches There’s a common misconception amoung beginners that the faster your charge at a wake or the harder your try to push off the wake, the bigger the air you will get. Actually, how you control the line tension is primary in all wake tricks. It is this line tension …
https://www.wake.sg/media/videos/WAKE-360_HS_FS-SASHA_CHRISTIAN.mp4 Tips by David Ngiam Video : Sasha Christian Photo : Tan Kay Tuck This is a trick where you spin a full 360 degrees when you jump the wake. Don’t try this until your good at your heelside 180s. To do this trick, come in on a seated approach. You don’t have to keep …
Tips by David Ngiam About board setup, place your bindings about shoulder width apart, with a slight duck stance (feet pointed slightly away from the perpendicular) in the center of the board. This is a symmetrical setup and it allows you to ride in your regular or switch stance the same way. If your bindings …
https://www.wake.sg/media/videos/WAKE-JUMP_HS.2-GUY_TANAKA.mp4 Tips by David Ngiam Video : Guy Tanaka Photo : Kevin Tan To jump the wakes, you need to be comfortable cutting across both wakes first. Getting a good wake jump is not so much how fast you approach the wake or how hard you try to push of it. Rather, its mostly about …
https://www.wake.sg/media/videos/WAKE-360_TS_FS-MARK_GRIFFIN.mp4 Tips by David Ngiam Video : Mark Griffin Photo : Bronson Chan The TS FS 360 has sort of a blind landing although it is a frontside spin. Most people tend to over rotate this trick into something in between a 360 and 540 and end up slipping out. The key to this spin …
Tips by David NgiamPhoto : Wrapped Handle Its also very important to use a non-stretch rope. Traditional ski ropes are a little springy, which is good if you slalom. However, for wakeboarding, a non-stretch ropes will give you more control in the air, especially if you’re working on spins and inverts. Generally, most wakeboard-specific ropes …
https://www.wake.sg/media/videos/WAKE-JUMP_TS.6-DAVID_NGIAM.mp4 Tips by David Ngiam Video : David Ngiam Photo : Alan Mak Jumping from the toeside is a little trickier than on the heelside, because of the awkwardness of your body position. But the principle of how your turn, approach and pop is the same as the heelside wake jump. One of the key …
https://www.wake.sg/media/videos/WAKE-360_HS_BS.2-MAX_CHRISTIAN.mp4 Tips by Sam Wilks Video : Max Christian Photo : Roger Koa For those who have already got their HS FS 360 dialed in, you may want to start taking it the other way and spinning blind. A blind or backside spin involves your back being shown to the boat on the first 180 …
Tips by David NgiamPhoto : Riding Gear LIFE VEST aka Personal Floating Device (PFD) : Get a fitting life vest. You may see some people ride without them, and you might think its cool, but you’ll only live once. You can get really nasty crashes when you ride, and with a vest, not only does …