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It's true that we have our own vocabulary and for people who have been on the pontoons for a short time it's a bit difficult to follow the conversations.
- "You see I arrive on the roof in heelside there I slam a big ollie I make a front 2 and bam frontboard I pass my palo and bam 2-7 again, I find myself in boardslide and the rewind 2 back and I finish in blind!"
- Oh yeah! I also do a backflip
- (Sound of crickets)
It's already complicated to understand each other in real life, so we're going to try to popularize this vocabulary so that everyone can understand each other.
We start with the basics quickly!
The Heelside & Toeside approaches
Heel in English means heel. This means that you will have a trajectory on your heels
Toes in English means toes and therefore you will have a trajectory on your toes
Front side and back side
Front side in English means front face so we will present our face first for the rotation
Back side means back face and so we will present our back first to the rotation
Now let's talk about module inputs
More complicated, Here you will have to pay attention!
The simplest of all is 50-50. No, it's not "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" It's pronounced fifty-fifty.
Front board & Front Lip which means frontside boardslide and Frontside Lipslide.
Back board & Back Lip which means backside board slide and backside lipslide.
But what does it mean! In fact we'll make it simple:
If you arrive from the front and your front foot passes over the module first, we will talk about "front board".
If you arrive from the front and your back foot passes over the module first, we'll talk about a front lip!
Then it's the same thing with the back:
If you arrive and turn your back to the module to perform the rotation you will be in backside, if your front foot passes over the module we will talk about boardslide so back side board slide and if you pass your back foot over the module first you will be in back side lip slide!
Simple no?
Outputs on modules
Blind and wrapped
You know like the little wrap at Macdonal's? It's almost the same in wake.
Blind in English means blind. In wake we will call a blind exit when the rider will end up with his hand behind his back hanging on the rudder with the cable of the water ski lift behind his back. This means that he can't see the direction in which he has to go, hence Blind.
Wrapped is the reverse rotation. Wrapped means rolled up. So he will end up with his arm in the back hanging on the rudder but with the difference that he will be facing the cable of the water ski lift! It's a harder movement to do because our arm is more solicited.
Now the rotations
Already the rotations show abuse of language in all directions.
- The 180° or the 1
- The 270° or the 2
- The 360° are also known as the 3-6 or the 3
- The 450°, 4-5 or 4
- The 540°, 5-4 or 5
- etc...
We then mix a rotation with the direction of rotation. So a 5-4 back will be a 540 degree rotation where we turn our backs first and the rudder will go over our backs first too.
A 360° frontside is a rotation where you turn clockwise if you are goofy (right foot in front) and counter-clockwise if you are regular (left foot in front).
Where there! You're lost here!
Yeah, that won't change. Rotations for goofy :
- Frontside clockwise
- Backside counterclockwise
For regulars:
- Frontside counterclockwise
- Backside clockwise
Do you understand now?
Here is the basic vocabulary, I hope that you will be able to integrate yourself in the environment. If you can't, it's not a big deal, you're still a legendary animal and if you comment I'll still try to understand you.
