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Air or Aerial
Similar to surfing, this move is performed when the wakesurfer catches air off of the face or lip of the wake. Aerials can be either frontside or backside. The board and rider can rotate in the air to create added difficulty and turn an Aerial into an advanced maneuver. 180 degree rotation is called a "reverse" or 180 air. 360 degree rotation is called a 360 air or "tres" (pronounced trace).

Alley-Oop
An air in which the wakesurfer launches off the lip and turns in an unnatural rotation. Regular Footed: A frontside alley-oop rotates clockwise, and a backside alley-oop rotates counter-clockwise. Opposed to a reverse in which the rotation is natural.
 
Backside
Backside refers to situations where the wakesurfer's back is oriented toward the wake.
Originated from surfing, the direction in which you turn if you are traveling up a wave and turn so as your back faces the wave. Also used to describe your direction of rotation, as well. The opposite of frontside.
Bail
Intentionally kicking the board away from the rider to avoid injury in the case of a trick which has not been preformed properly or cannot be landed.
 
Bennihana
A grab in which the back foot is taken off the back of the board and the back hand grabs the tail between the legs. Originated from skateboarding.
Big Spin
A 360 degree shuvit while turning your body 180 degrees in a backside or frontside direction.
Blown-Out
Winds blowing so hard as to chop up the lake and make the conditions unridable.
Boned or Tweaked
Pushing the board out in front of you and pointing downwards while doing an air.
Bumpy
Describing choppy water.
 Carving                                                                                                                            Carving is done when the rider is cruising up and down the face of the wake. Real nice smooth turns from top to bottom and then back to the top.

  Cheater 5                                                                                                                         A cheater five is when the rider moves tehre back foot near the center of the board and slides there front foot to the nose of the board allowing there 5 toes to just hang over the nose. This was originated from longboard surfing. Similiar to a hang ten but only half way there.                                                                                                     
Crail
A grab where the rear hand reaches across the body and grabs the toe edge rail at the front foot while the rear leg is boned.
 
Delamination
Damage to a board that occurs when the fiberglass loses its adhesion with the foam of a skimboard. It is recognizable by bubbles or soft spots on the top or bottom of the board where the fiberglass has detached. If not repaired the result will be a much weaker skimboard. They range in size and if not fixed before the area spreads, they will cause the board to break. This can be caused by leaving your board exposed to extreme heat (Don't leave your board in your car when not riding).
Ding
A ding is a small "dent" in a skimboard caused by impact with some object. Some dings crack the resin and should be repaired to avoid water damage to the foam.
Face
The clean part of the wake off the back of the boat. This is the better part of the wake to surf as oppose to where the wake is crumbling and breaking.
Fakie
Travelling backwards. If you where driving a car and put it into reverse, you would be in effect of going fakie.
Floater
A floater is when the rider rides his/her board loosely up onto the top of a the wake and then "jumps" back down in front of the whitewater. Floaters can be fairly easy.
Frontside
Frontside refers to situations where the wakesurfer is facing the wake. Originated from surfing, the direction in which you turn if you are travelling up a wave and turn so as you front faces the wave. Used also to describe your direction of rotation. The opposite of backside.
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