The Flip DockStart - The most difficult trick in wakeboarding 

I learned this trick from a local guy down at Mayan Watersports (Playa Del Carmen QR MX). I did it sitting and with no wakeboard on. Once I could consistently land on my feet, then I tried it with the wakeboard. Keeping the arms in, waiting for the line tension and the chin on the leading shoulder (much like a simple boat hs backroll) was all it took to initiate and then it was pretty easy to land. It's a fun one for sure!

I think on of the most freeing feelings there are is when you are scared to try a trick, thinking of all the ways you think you WILL get hurt, and then you try it, and you DONT get hurt! Then you feel ready to actually do it! And sure enough, a few tries in you stomp it! Thanks for the reminder of the process!!! Cool vid, congrats! (and Voted !)

Sick! It's cool to you learning new tricks and posting the process.

Congrats, David! I was hyped till the very end - is he gonna land it? Is he?... And in the end I literally raised my hands and cheered, like I did it myself!

I love how he rides with that board, not even having the base fully attached to it anymore.

Difficulty is the the eye of the wakeboarder. The pursuit of progression was real!!! You stomped it!

I love how he was laying down, class

Nice one!

love your stuff mate, i know the struggles of this trick and beleve it or not its a lot easier to do it switch if your a goofy! this also menas you can really square off and get a lot more tension. you can then really pop and get some height.

You are amazing at this!!

U nailed it!

So cool man🤙

You are jumping bit too fast thus not allowing cable to do all the job for you. Just wait a bit longer so that hands are bit more extended and goes with cable forward, by that time you should feel gentle but powerful pull from cable and only at that moment jump and jump up not forward. Cable will do the rest and your jump should be higher thus allowing to have proper rotation. Also do not lean backwards, be straight, opposite force just creates bigger pull on your hands and setting off forces that pull you up and forward thus not contributing to the jump. Another thing, squat a bit more already before cable starts to pull so that you are more in your knees. Try to find that sweet spot where you become sort of part of cable, hands start to straighten out, add upwards jump and you will fly :) It could help also to start from flat and just do high jump without rotation, after you catch that proper point of release, rotation will be just as small thing to add. I am not close to you in wakeboarding capabilities, but these things helped me to get in water with a quite spectacular jump :)

this is the new challenges for my sons, 100 euros if they succeed (with 3 boys it could be another expensive day soon)

Fire up 🔥 🇵🇭 #cwc

JB for the win

It’s good seeing u fall for a whole video

Where are you?) where is this park?)

disclaimer, this isn't the most difficult trick in wakeboarding. at all...

heart attack, slim chance o KGB dockstart is way harder than this one

You need to go switch. The rope is getting in your way and messing up your rotation. It's way easier behind the rope as opposed to in front of it.

Nah it's not hard.

Its hard to image to reproduce because of lack of slowmo 🥹😳