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Skier's gloved hands gripping a slalom handle over the water, wearing black and tan Radar gloves
Reuben Lindsay • 

"How to" Fitting your new Waterski Gloves!

New gloves should be hard to get on. Here's how to measure your hand, what a correct fit feels like on the handle, and why precurved gloves feel too tight at first.

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Wakesurfer carving off the top of the wave on a Liquid Force board behind a boat
Reuben Lindsay • 

"How to" Getting up on a Wakesurfer

Board, rope and boat setup, where your feet go, and the heels-down knees-to-chest start that gets you up on a wakesurf board first time.

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Rider doing up the zip on a Jetpilot neoprene life vest, showing how snug the fit should be
Reuben Lindsay • 

How to fit a Life Jacket correctly

A life vest should be snug when dry — neoprene stretches 5–10% in the water. Here's the check that tells you it fits, and why kids need their own.

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Rider in the water beside a Ronix wakesurf board showing its fin setup, beside a boat
Reuben Lindsay • 

How to set up your Wakesurfer

Fin configurations explained — thruster, single and quad — plus the four systems that hold fins in, and which fins are left-and-right specific.

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Rider wearing a purple neoprene Follow life vest, hands on hips, water behind
Reuben Lindsay • 

The Breakdown: Life Vests

Level 50, 50S and 100+ explained, how a vest should fit when it's dry, and the panel and flotation choices that change how it feels.

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Wakesurfer in a life jacket carving off the top of the wave on a surf-style board
Reuben Lindsay • 

The Breakdown: Wakesurf Boards

Wakesurf boards explained: how to size one by rider weight, boat wave size and ability; the difference between surf, skim and hybrid shapes; and what each construction from soft top to c...

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Rider carving a wakefoil turn behind the boat on the Brisbane River
Garreth Angel • 

Buyers Guide: Wakefoils

We took the season's wakefoils out on the Brisbane River and ranked them from easiest to ride to the sharp end — the Liquid Force Launch, Armstrong S1, Ronix Balance, Liquid Force Carbon...

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Water skier in the deep water start position with the ski up and the rope out in front
Garreth Angel • 

The Breakdown: Water Ski Ropes & Handles

Social water ski ropes and handles explained: what the long V actually does, why a short V pulls truer, how handle width and grip material change the ride, and what one, five and eight s...

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Tournament slalom ski handle with a custom grip, on the wall in the Waterskiers World shop
Garreth Angel • 

The Breakdown: Tournament Ropes & Handles

Tournament water ski ropes and handles explained by event: slalom handle width and diameter, bent handles for forearm pump, the trick handle toe hold and braid, jump handles, and the dif...

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Rider in a life jacket handing up a wake foil board with the mast, front wing and rear wing visible
Garreth Angel • 

The Breakdown: Wakefoils

Wake foils explained: what the board, mast, fuselage, front wing and rear wing each do, how length and size change the ride, how aspect ratio and rider weight pick your wing, and why foi...

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Two young riders in life vests kneeboarding side by side behind a boat on a river
Garreth Angel • 

How To Get Up On A Kneeboard

Getting up on a kneeboard, with a tow hook and without — where your hands go, why you stay forward, and the pull the driver needs to give you.

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Rider on a wake foil riding the wave behind a boat, board lifted clear of the water on the mast
Garreth Angel • 

How To Get Up On A Foil

Setup, the driver's job, and the body position that gets you up on a wake foil first time — plus the one thing not to do while you're getting in the water.

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Four Ronix foil boards with masts and wings attached, lined up on a sand bank with a ski boat behind
Garreth Angel • 

How To Set Up Your Foil

Assembling a wake foil from the bag up — greasing the bolts, mast to fuselage, both wings, and setting mast position on the board for a beginner.

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Two young riders in life vests on the back of a boat, each holding a kneeboard and a hook handle
Garreth Angel • 

How To Set Up Your Kneeboard

Fitting the tow hook and threading the kneeboard strap, step by step — plus why we take the strap off for kids, and the handle you need for the hook.

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Video thumbnail of Reuben in the Waterskiers World store holding two wakeboards
Reuben Lindsay • 

The Breakdown: Picking the perfect Wakeboard!

Boat or cable, beginner to advanced, rocker lines, base, tip and tail shapes and fins — what each one changes about how the board rides.

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Gloved hand gripping a tensioned ski handle in front of the glove wall at Waterskiers World — the tensioned-handle fit test
Reuben Lindsay • 

The Breakdown: Waterski Gloves

Waterski gloves explained: how to size them, why a precurved glove should be very hard to get on when new and dry, the tensioned-handle test to do before you buy, full finger vs three-qu...

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2025 Radar Vapor Ski Range
Garreth Angel • 

2025 Radar Vapor Ski Range

2025 Radar Vapor It’s Vapor Day folks, that’s right, August has come again, and we’re stoked to announce some fresh graphics and all new tech on the best ski Radar have ever built. With ...

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Follow Episode 1
Garreth Angel • 

Follow Episode 1

Discover the New Range of Follow Brand Life Vests, Ropes & Handles The Best Life Vest for Wakeboarding When it comes to wakeboarding, ensuring your safety and enhancing your performa...

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Buyers Guide: Armstrong S1 Foils Tested Behind the Boat
Reuben Lindsay • 

Buyers Guide: Armstrong S1 Foils Tested Behind the Boat

Three Armstrong S1 front wings — the 1850, 1550 and 1250 — tested back to back behind the boat on the S1 alloy mast and fuselage. Which size suits your weight and how you want to ride, w...

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Follow Episode 2
Garreth Angel • 

Follow Episode 2

Follow Brand: Embracing a New Lifestyle Range with Innovation and Sustainability Follow is transforming the way people experience life, emphasizing fabric, fit, and function. The...

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