Have you just started doing wakeboarding? Or are you thinking about giving it a try? You will of course want to talk to those are are already skilled at wakeboarding, but that doesn't mean you have to sound like you don't know the first thing about it! To make things easier for you as you start learning, here are some basic wakeboarding tricks and terms.

Air - Really a very important wakeboarding term you should know. When we talk about 'air', we're just saying how much air you got between yourself and the water. It means you went really high if someone tells you that you got 'big air', which is a good thing!

Bail - Something you don't want to do: Fall off your wakeboard.

Bindings - This is the rubber boots which are attached to the board that keeps you on the board.

Bone Out - Whenever you perform a trick that involves straightening out your leg, this is what it's called. By doing a 'bone out grab', that means you grab and straighten your leg at the same time.

Digger - You don't want a digger, because it stands for a 'bad wreck.'

Invert - This means that the rider has flipped upside down in the air!

Nose - This is the part of the board that's closest to the boat, the tip.

Set - When you take turns on the wakeboard with other riders, each turn is called a 'set'. Set is just another way of saying 'turn' here.

These are just the very basic terms that you need to know in order to get started learning. Now, when you talk to someone who is skilled at wakeboarding, you will at least be able to communicate with them! Sure, you might be a wakeboarding newbie, but you don't have to advertise it!

Use these wakeboarding tricks lingo and terms to help you begin learning one of the neatest sports there is. Oh, and by the way, DON'T break a leg!