So do you have a mind to be the hottest rider around? Some wakeboarders would rather just ride the smaller waves and not take big risks; others crave a little challenge.

The challenging route is something that most serious wakeboarders envision themselves taking. It takes a lot of time, practice, and patience to perform wakeboard tricks, so you better get started if you haven't already!

There are lots of fantastic and exhilarating tricks just waiting for you: The slides, the spins, the blinds, the inverts, the loops, and more. For starters, you may want to only do surface tricks as you are still getting used to controlling your board, balance, and navigation.

Some of the most well-known surface tricks are backside butterslide, backside butterslide 180, potato peelers, perez, powerslide, surf carve, surface 180, surface 360, and tumble turn. As you begin your wakeboarding journey, be patient with yourself because you are destined to make many mistakes.

But maybe you've got a good dose of confidence or experience and you want to get some air. Well, you could always try some board grabs and some of the simple rotational wakeboard tricks. If you feel at ease with your balance and control, you should be ready to tackle some of these popular wakeboard tricks: The method grab, switching, progressive heelside edge, progressive toeside edge, 180s, butterslides, toeside frontside grab 180, and ollie backside.

You can move on to something a bit more challenging and complicated once you have the simpler rotational tricks and grabs down. Intermediate riders should consider practicing some of these wakeboard tricks: tantrum, heelside off-axis 360, heelside 540, roll to revert, indy backside 180 (blind), back roll, and toeside frontside 540.

But then you have the advanced riders, who can pretty much do whatever they set their minds to. Advanced riders can dive into learning the most notorious wakeboard tricks around that incorporate difficult moves, like spinning and inverts. These moves are often mixed with cool grabs.

If you are an advanced rider, you should try these out: tantrum to blind, whirlybird, front flip, elephant, crow mobe, heelside mobe, and wrapped KGB. Remember, you can use your imagination to create your own wakeboard tricks.

You don't have to stick to what others have come up with. Once you've been doing some of these tricks and feel comfortable with them, it's time to move on to your next personal level of achievement.