How to Stand Up in the Water When Wakeboarding

Video Transcript

"Hello! I’m Francisco Escudero here in Miami, Florida. If you want to learn more about wakeboarding, go to skybanditz.com. This is a traditional wakeboard style board. It differs from snowboarding. Obviously, because it’s done in the water. We have like 4 different fins here, and it can go both directions. In surfing, you use a one directional board and it has define tip. This is a fairly flexible board, similar to a snowboard. Next thing we’re going to do is we’re going to grab our handle. First, we’re we’re going to tie it to a tree. We’re going to first just start to relax your hands, grab the bar here, and lean back just a little bit just to get your stance. After we do this, we’re going to go and corporate the board into wakeboard riding. "