BEGINNER LEVEL
Thank you for trying Cable Wakeboarding! Like riding a bike, once you’ve got it, you’ll never look back!
Please note, if you struggle completing this section at a Full Cable, it may be worth enquiring about any slow beginner only sessions or starting on a Straight Line Cable..
BEGINNER ESSENTIALS
THEORY
Safety Warnings & Exclusions
100 Pretty Pretzels
Beginner Terminology
100 Pretty Pretzels
Kit Guide
100 Pretty Pretzels
Course Guide
100 Pretty Pretzels
FLAT WATER
Wakeboard Dock Start
100 Pretty PretzelsComplete any Wakeboard Dock Start from the Side Quests to be awarded this achievement. You can watch the tutorials in the Beginner Tutorials Course.
Neutral Riding Position
100 Pretty PretzelsMaintain a Neutral Riding Position and be signed off by an approved Rookie Roadmap Coach to mark off this achievement. You can watch the tutorial in the Beginner Tutorials Course.
Heelside and Toeside Edging
100 Pretty PretzelsMastering Heelside and Toeside Edging is key to being able to round corners. Without mastering these changes in direction, you will be heading for a world of hurt on the corners! You can watch the tutorial in the Beginner Tutorials Course.
Corners
100 Pretty PretzelsThe final step to being able to complete laps at a cable park! It is very important not to skip the tutorial, as attempting corners can cause injury if you do not manage the tension and changes of directions necessary. You can watch the tutorial in the Beginner Tutorials Course.
BEGINNER COURSES
Beginner Straight Line Cable Theory
Beginner Full Cable Theory
BEGINNER SIDE QUESTS
CABLE KNOWLEDGE
Do you know your Straight Line from you Full Cable?
Straight Line Cable Knowledge
JACK OF ALL
Master doing laps on all of the rental equipment.
Kneeboarding Dock Start
100 Pretty Pretzels
Kneeboarding Corners
100 Pretty Pretzels
Water Skiing Dock Start
100 Pretty Pretzels
Water Skiing Corners
100 Pretty Pretzels
Easy-Up Board Dock Start
100 Pretty Pretzels
Easy-Up Board Corners
100 Pretty Pretzels
STARTING STRONG
Master both Wakeboard Sitting & Jump Starts.
Wakeboard Sitting Start
100 Pretty Pretzels
Wakeboard Jumping Start
100 Pretty PretzelsBEGINNER COMPLETION
ESSENTIALS
SIDE QUESTS
ADVANCED BEGINNER
WELCOME TO THE
ADVANCED BEGINNER LEVEL
OF THE ROOKIE ROADMAP!
Please note, you are not ready to use features until you have completed this section.
ADVANCED BEGINNER ESSENTIALS
THEORY
Advanced Beginner Theory
100 Pretty PretzelsThe Advanced Beginner Theory Course consists only of the terminology that will be used during this level. You can start or continue the Advanced Beginner Theory Course to complete this achievement.
FLAT WATER
Frontside Powerslides
100 Pretty PretzelsMastering Frontside Powerslides is the first step towards riding switch. Without mastering this basic board control you will get bored fast! You can watch the tutorial in the Advanced Beginner Tutorials Course.
Backside Powerslides
100 Pretty PretzelsMastering basic board control is very important, and avoiding catching a back edge is part of the process. You can watch the tutorial in the Advanced Beginner Tutorials Course.
Surface Frontside 180s
100 Pretty PretzelsRiding both stances frequently will ensure that you are able to learn more trick variants faster, being able to switch positions is the first step. You can watch the tutorial in the Advanced Beginner Tutorials Course.
Switch Edging
100 Pretty PretzelsRiding switch can feel like you've just taken a few steps back at first, but mastering riding both ways at this point will stop your progression stalling later. You can watch the tutorial in the Advanced Beginner Tutorials Course.
Switch Lap
100 Pretty PretzelsIf you've been following the Rookie Roadmap diligently, it will not take you long to get a coach to sign you off on this skill when you can complete three consecutive laps without switching out on the corners. You can watch the tutorial in the Advanced Beginner Tutorials Course.
Ollies
100 Pretty PretzelsBefore even thinking about going near the wakeboarding features, let's make sure you can handle a few small jumps on the water (away from the plastic). You can watch the tutorial in the Advanced Beginner Tutorials Course.
Ollie Frontside 180s
100 Pretty PretzelsThis is really the last test of the Advanced Beginner Level! You must master these before risk yourself on wakeboarding features! You can watch the tutorial in the Advanced Beginner Tutorials Course.
ADVANCED BEGINNER COURSES
Advanced Beginner Theory
Advanced Beginner Tutorials
ADVANCED BEGINNER SIDE QUESTS
OLLIE G!
Master all of the Advanced Beginner Ollie Variants.
Ollie
100 Pretty Pretzels
Switch Ollie
100 Pretty Pretzels
Frontside Ollie 180
100 Pretty Pretzels
Switch Frontside Ollie 180
100 Pretty PretzelsADVANCED BEGINNER COMPLETION
ESSENTIALS
SIDE QUESTS
AMATEUR
WELCOME TO THE
AMATEUR LEVEL
OF THE ROOKIE ROADMAP!
Please note, the use of wakeboarding features increases the risk of injury and death!
The use of features is solely the choice of the Rider and/or Parent or Legal Guardian.
It is important Riders do not skip any essential skills from the Advanced Beginner Level before attempting to use features.
AMATEUR ESSENTIALS
THEORY
Amateur Terminology
100 Pretty Pretzels
Good Cable Etiquette
100 Pretty Pretzels
Spotting Kickers
100 Pretty Pretzels
How to Approach Rails
100 Pretty Pretzels
Rail Tips
100 Pretty Pretzels
KICKERS
Kicker Straight Airs
100 Pretty Pretzels
Kicker Grabs
100 Pretty Pretzels
Kicker Frontside 180s
100 Pretty Pretzels
RAILS
5050s
100 Pretty Pretzels
1 Handed vs 2 Handed
100 Pretty Pretzels
Boardslides and Lipslides
100 Pretty Pretzels
Pressing
100 Pretty Pretzels
Rail Spins
100 Pretty PretzelsAMATEUR COURSES
Amateur Theory
Amateur Tutorials
AMATEUR SIDE QUESTS
WATCH ME WINDMILL
There will be windmills on the way to mastering all the Frontside Straight Airs.
Heelside Straight Air
100 Pretty Pretzels
Switch Heelside Straight Air
100 Pretty Pretzels
Toeside Straight Air
100 Pretty Pretzels
Switch Toeside Straight Air
100 Pretty Pretzels
ALL THE FRONTSIDE 180's
Variety is the spice of life, especially when spinning off kickers!
Heelside Frontside 180
100 Pretty Pretzels
Toeside Frontside 180
100 Pretty Pretzels
Switch Heelside Frontside 180
100 Pretty Pretzels
Switch Toeside Frontside 180
100 Pretty Pretzels
AMATEUR GRAB MASTER
It’s good to grab, so master all the basics!
Indy Grab
100 Pretty Pretzels
Tail Grab
100 Pretty Pretzels
Nose Grab
100 Pretty Pretzels
Mute Grab
100 Pretty Pretzels
AMATEUR RAIL CHARGER
Approaching features in all ways will open up your flow points!
Heelside 5050s
100 Pretty Pretzels
Toeside 5050s
100 Pretty Pretzels
Switch Heelside 5050s
100 Pretty Pretzels
Switch Toeside 5050s
100 Pretty Pretzels
SLIDING IN HOT
Lock in all the slides to maximise your style.
Backside Boardslide
100 Pretty Pretzels
Frontside Boardslide
100 Pretty Pretzels
Backside Lipslide
100 Pretty Pretzels
Frontside Lipslide
100 Pretty Pretzels
PRESSING HARD
Let’s not wear out the middle of your board, the nose and tail needs to be worked as well!.
Tail Press
100 Pretty Pretzels
Nose Press
100 Pretty Pretzels
BEGINNING THE SPINNING
There are eight ways to spin, learning them all now will help when you get to the Kicker spins.
Rail HS FS 360
100 Pretty Pretzels
Rail HS BS 360
100 Pretty Pretzels
Rail Switch HS FS 360
100 Pretty Pretzels
Rail Switch HS BS 360
100 Pretty Pretzels
Rail TS FS 360
100 Pretty Pretzels
Rail TS BS 360
100 Pretty Pretzels
Rail Switch TS FS 360
100 Pretty Pretzels
Rail Switch TS BS 360
100 Pretty PretzelsAMATEUR COMPLETION
ESSENTIALS
SIDE QUESTS
ROOKIE
WELCOME TO THE
ROOKIE LEVEL
OF THE ROOKIE ROADMAP!
LET’S GO!
ROOKIE ESSENTIALS
THEORY
DOCK STARTS
Slide Start
100 Pretty Pretzels
KICKERS
Kicker Backside 180s
100 Pretty Pretzels
Kicker Frontside 360s
100 Pretty Pretzels
Kicker Backside 360’s
100 Pretty Pretzels
Kicker Frontside 540’s
100 Pretty Pretzels
Kicker Frontroll
100 Pretty Pretzels
Kicker Tantrum
100 Pretty Pretzels
Kicker Toeside Backroll
100 Pretty Pretzels
Kicker Backroll
100 Pretty Pretzels
Kicker Raley
100 Pretty Pretzels
RAILS
Rail Ollie Ons
100 Pretty Pretzels
Landing Blind
100 Pretty Pretzels
Transfers
100 Pretty Pretzels
Landing Into Banks
100 Pretty Pretzels
AIR TRICKS
Raleys
100 Pretty Pretzels
Backrolls
100 Pretty Pretzels
FLAT WATER
Surface 360’s
100 Pretty Pretzels
Tail Spray
100 Pretty Pretzels
Ollie Backside 180s
100 Pretty PretzelsROOKIE COURSES
Rookie Theory
Rookie Tutorials
ROOKIE SIDE QUESTS
ALL THE BACKSIDE 180's
Mastering spinning backwards in all four ways will supercharge your future progression!
HS BS 180
100 Pretty Pretzels
TS BS 180
100 Pretty Pretzels
Switch HS BS 180
100 Pretty Pretzels
Switch TS BS 180
100 Pretty Pretzels
ALL THE 360's
Variety is the spice of life, especially when spinning off kickers!
HS FS 360
100 Pretty Pretzels
HS BS 360
100 Pretty Pretzels
TS FS 360
100 Pretty Pretzels
TS BS 360
100 Pretty Pretzels
Switch HS FS 360
100 Pretty Pretzels
Switch HS BS 360
100 Pretty Pretzels
Switch TS FS 360
100 Pretty Pretzels
Switch TS BS 360
100 Pretty Pretzels
ALL THE FRONTSIDE 540's
Variety is the spice of life, especially when spinning off kickers!
HS FS 540
100 Pretty Pretzels
TS FS 540
100 Pretty Pretzels
Switch HS FS 540
100 Pretty Pretzels
Switch TS FS 540
100 Pretty Pretzels
ROOKIE RAIL CHARGER
Being able to ollie on to features in all ways will enable you to tackle more complex course layouts!
Heelside Ollie On Rail
100 Pretty Pretzels
Toeside Ollie On Rails
100 Pretty Pretzels
Switch Heelside Ollie On Rails
100 Pretty Pretzels
Switch Toeside Ollie On Rails
100 Pretty Pretzels
LEADING THE BLIND
Approaching features in all ways will open up your flow points!
Blind Off A Feature
100 Pretty Pretzels
Switch Blind Off A Feature
100 Pretty Pretzels
Ollie to Blind
100 Pretty Pretzels
Switch Ollie to Blind
100 Pretty Pretzels
DON'T MIND THE GAP
Watch your step jumping from plastic to plastic, but once you have mastered all of these variants your flow will be off the charts!
Heelside Transfer
100 Pretty Pretzels
Toeside Transfer
100 Pretty Pretzels
Switch Heelside Transfer
100 Pretty Pretzels
Switch Toeside Transfer
100 Pretty Pretzels
Heelside Gap into Bank
100 Pretty Pretzels
Toeside Gap into Bank
100 Pretty Pretzels
Switch Heelside Gap into Bank
100 Pretty Pretzels
Switch Toeside Gap into Bank
100 Pretty Pretzels
SPIN TO WIN
One of the more challenging of the basic trick sets to complete, and those on a Straight Line Cable may have an advantage here!
Frontside Surface 360
100 Pretty Pretzels
Backside Surface 360
100 Pretty Pretzels
Switch Frontside Surface 360
100 Pretty Pretzels
Switch Backside Surface 360
100 Pretty Pretzels