Award Skills
Progressive Edge takes you through learning to ride/surf progressively. The participation and bronze awards are generic to both boat wakeboard and cable wakeboard disciplines respectively. The wakesurf particpation bronze is indiviudualised for the discipline. The bronze awards provide you with all the basic knowledge and skills required to be confident behind a boat or cable tow. Silver and Gold awards are discipline specific and focus on the skills and tricks needed to reach competition level within the sport. Platinum awards are the advanced level to deliver the skills and tricks to compete at a European or International competition.
The table below shows the skill level you will reach when you have completed each level;
| Stage | Boat Wakeboard | Cable Wakeboard | Wakesurf | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze | 1 | Complete 2 boat turns in control Heelside and toeside edging |
Complete 2 corners in control Heelside and toeside edging |
Hold a correct surfing position |
| 2 | Complete 6 boat turns in control without sinking Frontside butterslide |
Compelte 6 coners in control without sinking Surface frontside 180 |
N/A | |
| Silver | 1 | Ollie Backside butterslide |
Standing dock start Switch corners Switch ollie |
Surf in sweet spot Accelerate and brake |
| 2 | Heelside and toeside wake jump | Kicker/Ramp/Rail - Straight air - Heelside/toeside | Put together connected pumps for 10 seconds | |
| 3 | Backside lipslide on top of the wake Surface backside 180 Surface backside 360 |
Surface basckside 180 Surface backside 360 |
Floater without rope Backside wave |
|
| Gold | 1 | One wake jump with indy grab Ollie backside 180 from inside the wake to out |
Kicker - Heelside straight air Rail - Frontside 180 In the flats - Ollie backside 180 |
Drop-knee with no line Frontside tail release |
| 2 | Heelside two-wake jump | Kicker - Heelside frontside half cab 180 Rail - Frontside 50/50 |
Surf backside Surf switch frontside for 20 seconds |
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| 3 | Half cab frontside 180 One-wake frontside 360 |
Toeside indy poke Tanturm |
Bottom turn - Slack rope and No rope | |
| Platinum | 1 | Heelside indy shifty | Heelside backside 180 Lipslide |
Surf 'fins front' frontside for 20 seconds |
| 2 | Toeside Front role Tantrum Scarecrow |
Rotate onto box feature off a backside approach | Surf switch backside on a short, tight rope with fins front | |
| 3 | Heelside half cab back roll | Air tricks | Hang 5 90 shuv Backside shuvit |
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| 4 |
N/A
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Kicker - Batwing Rail - Ollie-on nose press |
N/A |
