How to Execute a Wakeboarding Tantrum

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Recognize that in wakeboarding there are two different types of approaches to the wake: progressive and continuous.

   In a progressive cut, the rider will slowly increase his angle of approach to the wake, therefore increasing his speed of approach, and attempt to pop off the wake while remaining on edge at the most significant angle of approach.
   
   In a continuous cut, the rider must transition into his angle of approach quickly and hold that angle (and edge in the water) in order to build enough speed approaching the wake to flatten out or ride through the wake depending on the desired results.
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   Step 2: In order to learn a tantrum

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   Step 3: take a continuous approach to the wake.

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   Step 4: Ride out wide on your toeside edge in order to approach the wake heelside.

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   Step 5: Flatten out the board and come off your cutting edge (you may drift toward the wake a little).

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   Step 6: Transition into your cutting edge by leaning back and digging your heels into the water.

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   Step 7: Edge hard into the wake

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   Step 8: sitting back on your heels with your weight over the center of the board.

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