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is a fun and challenging sport. A couple of years ago I was boating with some friends when one of them pulled out something I had never seen before, a wakeboard. In the past I had tried water-skiing and kneeboarding, but until then I had never heard of wakeboard ....

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.... a goal. But for now I have to be content with jumping the wake. I like this, because while there is always another level that I'm aiming for I still feel and look competent on a wakeboard. While jumping is the first skill that I learned, the second skill I began working on was riding fakie. Riding fakie consists of riding with the opposite foot on the back of the wakeboard. Normally I ride with my right foot on the back of the board, this riding stance is referred to as regular. While riding with your left foot back is called riding goofy. When I first started going fakie it was like learning to wakeboard all over again. Just recently I have gotten t ....