Freestyle · Freeride · Competition

FREESTYLE JET SKI

Competition freestyle: constructing a run that scores, rotation control through inverted tricks, the submarine family, big water and ocean craft, and setup as a performance tool. Every major trick broken down with a step-by-step progression underneath it. Built for riders who want to get serious, whether that is landing their first clean flip or competing at national level.

Curriculum
20 lessons
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7 lessons
Modules
5
Status
In production

Skills You Will Develop

Throttle ControlBody Awareness in AirRamp Speed & AngleTrick SequencingWater ReadingSafe Fall TechniqueCompetition Run PlanningMental Preparation

Who It Is For

beginnerCan ride confidently on flat water and want to start learning freestyle basics and ramp technique.
intermediateAlready throwing basic tricks and ready to progress to backflips, barrel rolls and combo runs.
advancedCompetition-focused riders refining consistency, run structure and judging criteria.

Gear Covered

  • Freestyle ski vs runabout: the platform call
  • Wetsuit thickness by water temp
  • Life jacket: comp spec vs touring
  • Helmet: when open water asks for one
  • Gloves: grip vs bare-hand feel
  • Footwear: barefoot, booties or shoes
  • Safety spotter & comms
Fifteen Years In

All 20 lessons below are written, and every one of them came out of riding this terrain rather than reading about it. Film is shot on the trips we run, so each lesson is captured where it is taught. Book a trip that runs this discipline and its full library comes with your booking.

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Coaching for freestyle jet ski
Shared safety training

These lessons from other libraries apply here too. Complete one anywhere and it shows green across the whole platform - done once, counted everywhere.

Full Curriculum

Foundations
Choosing a Ski: Stand-Up and Runabout Brand Character12 minRead freeWater in the Engine: Clearing a Swamped Ski12 minRead freeGear Decisions: Ski, Wetsuit and Water Kit12 minRead freeWater Emergencies: Drowning Response, Cold Water and Impact Injury12 minRead freeIntroduction to Freestyle - Understanding the Ramp9 minRead freeSafety, Water Reading & Risk Management5 minRead free
Beginner Tricks
Barrel Roll Entry: Speed & Angle10 minFullSub-Flip: Your First Invert12 minFullStanding Tricks & No-Handers8 minFull
Advanced Tricks
Backflip Progression: Step by Step14 minFullDouble Backflip: Preparation & Safety11 minFullCombo Runs: Linking Tricks10 minFull
Competition
Judging Criteria - How Scores Work7 minFullRun Planning: Structure & Strategy8 minFullMental Preparation & Competition Day9 minFull
Elite Freestyle
Building a Competition Run10 minRead freeRotation Control: Backflips and Inverted Tricks13 minFullSubmarines, Nose Stabs and Air Time Management13 minFullBig Water Freeride: Surf, Swell and Ocean Craft13 minFullFreestyle Setup: Hull, Pole, Bars and Ballast13 minFull

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These sports kill people. Not rarely, and not only the reckless - every season they kill riders who were experienced, fit, well equipped and doing everything properly. That is the honest starting position and everything else we do sits on top of it.

The mountain does not know who you are. Snow releases on people with twenty years in it. Machines roll on riders who have done that line a hundred times. Water, rock, trees and other people are indifferent to how good you have become. Every time you go out you are accepting a real chance that it goes wrong, and no amount of skill removes that chance - it only changes the odds.

What that looks like in these disciplines, plainly: avalanche burial and asphyxiation, being crushed under a machine, head and spinal injuries from falls and impacts, drowning, hypothermia, and collisions with trees, rocks and other riders.

We work in remote country, so distance is part of it. A serious injury usually means hours before a helicopter can reach you, and weather sometimes means no helicopter at all. Help being close is not a feature of any trip we run.

This is exactly why we prepare the way we do. Training before you ride, gear standards, minimum party sizes, people who know the ground, and a willingness to call a day off. All of it is about improving your odds and making the group capable of looking after itself. None of it makes anything safe, none of it makes anyone competent, and passing our training is not a qualification. Anybody who tells you they can make this safe is selling something.

Everyone out there is relying on everyone else having been honest about what they can actually do. If reading this has made you hesitate, that is worth listening to rather than talking yourself out of.

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