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WATERSKI MagazineYou probably won't see the front-air-front (FAF) being thrown on your backyard lake. You probably won't see it down at the local AKA kneeboard tournament either. That's because only a handful of riders can pull off this complicated combo, a wake-front somersault immediately followed by an air-front somersault.
While the two tricks are by themselves big-league, what makes the FAF even tougher is the need for precise timing. You must land the wake-front in exactly the right place and with exactly the right amount of momentum to throw a flawless air-front. The guys who make it consistently are the ones who almost over-rotate the wake front. If they come up short, they can stall on the water and not get the trick. The whole key is doing both tricks so quickly and flawlessly that they really become one move.
The front-air-front is worth 1,050 points in competition. But it's the 1,050 dropped jaws that make it worth trying.
Mario Fossa, at 33 years old, placed second in the 1997 National Kneeboard Championships in the Open Men's division. He is sponsored by Hydroslide, MasterCraft, Oakley and Intensity.
