Category Info

Skill & Age Based Categories

Our categories are primarily skills based, to create well defined Grassroots to Pro Cable Wakeboarding events that are inclusive to all riders.

In the Amateur, Rookie, and Advanced skills-based categories we have age brackets, but mixed sex categories to further improve inclusivity and diversity, whilst striving to provide as much of a level playing field as possible.

As the Elite level of competition in most sports, including cable wakeboarding is conducted in sex-based categories, we do have both Elite Men’s and Women’s categories that are open to all ages. However, unlike some other sports, the prize money is equal.

We would also like to celebrate the great cable wakeboarders who paved the way for us and provide them with a category where they can continue to showcase their skills, competing together for bragging rights and little bit of prize money in the Elite 30+ category.

Below we will highlight which skills we expect to see in each of the categories based on the NEW ‘Rookie Roadmap’ and ‘Road To Pro’ development programmes.

Category Skill Levels

Amateur

KICKERS
Kicker Straight Airs
Grabs
Kicker Frontside 180s

RAILS
5050s
Full Pulls
1 Handed
Boardslide and Lipslides
Pressing
Rail 180s and 360s

FLAT WATER
Frontside & Backside Powerslides
Surface Frontside 180s
Switch Riding
Ollies
Ollie Frontside 180s

MIXED CATEGORIES:
Amateur Under 16’s
Amateur 16-29
Amateur 30-39
Amateur 40+

Rookie

KICKERS
Kicker Backside 180s
Kicker Frontside 360s
Backside 360’s
Frontside 540’s
Frontroll
Tantrum
Toeside Backroll
Backroll
Raley

RAILS
Rail Ollie Ons
Transfers
Landing Into Banks

AIR TRICKS
Raleys
Backrolls

FLAT WATER
Surface 360’s
Nose / Tail Spray
Ollie Backside 180s

MIXED CATEGORIES:
Rookie Under 16’s
Rookie 16-29
Rookie 30-39
Rookie 40+

Advanced

KICKERS
Backside 540’s
720’s
Scarecrow
Half Cab Roll

RAILS
Rail To Rail
Step Ups
Firecrackers

AIR TRICKS
Raley Variations
Krypts
Blind Judges
Basic Backroll Variations
Roll to reverts
Roll to blinds
Whip Tricks
Bel Airs

FLAT WATER
Ollie Frontside 360

MIXED CATEGORIES:
Advanced Under 16’s
Advanced 16-29
Advanced 30-39
Advanced 40+

Elite

Everything beyond the Advanced category, but more importantly the Elite Men & Women categories are aimed for riders who are aiming to reach the highest levels of the sport and are looking to be or are already supported by a board manufacturer.

MIXED CATEGORIES:
Elite Men
Elite Women
Elite 30+ Mixed