Part 1 of Essay
is a fun and challenging sport. A couple of years ago I was boating with some friends when one of them pulled out something I had never seen before, a wakeboard. In the past I had tried water-skiing and kneeboarding, but until then I had never heard of wakeboarding, I haven't picked up a water- ski or kneeboard since tha ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... to do backflips, so this gives me a goal. But for now I have to be content with jumping the wake. I like this, because while there is always another level that I'm aiming for I still feel and look competent on a wakeboard. While jumping is the first skill that I learned, the second skill I began working on was riding fakie. Riding fakie consists of riding with the opposite foot on the back of the wakeboard. Normally I ride with my right foot on the back of the board, this riding stance is referred to as regular. ....