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What tricks should you learn first in wake surfing?

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Parker Payne: In Pursuit of the Impossible - The Journey of the Best Wake Surfer in the World
The short answer

What the archive says

01Trick progression in wake surfing: first let go of the rope and stay in the wave, then land a 360, then advance to technical tricks like kickflips and 900 shove-its. source →

02The 2018 signing with Phase 5 and co-creating the Phantom board was the moment he realized wake surfing was a lucrative, affluent industry worth doubling down on. source →

In their words

What was actually said

Why is it so hard? I think it's the first, it's the first trick in wake surfing to where you're looking at the bottom of your board while you're in the air. Generally, we're doing a lot of spin tricks, a lot of tricks where you kind of just spend the board underneath your feet.
Ryan Alford · Parker Payne: In Pursuit of the Impossible - The Jou (15:50)
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