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Experience is the best teacher...

Here I will say (and I might add pictures) of tricks I have tried and thought of.

Please feel free to contribute your own tricks - I'll post the best ones so everyone can see them.

Here are My tricks, they're not in order of easiest to hardest*. Matt's tricks have stars next to them.

One Hander: while getting air pull one hand off and reach for the sky
TIP: make sure your spotter knows that it's not a stop signal
 
No Hander: while getting air pull both of your hands off and reach for the sky
TIP: make sure your spotter knows that it's not a stop signal
 
Cliff Hanger: Do a Leg Hop but take your arms off and reach for the sky
TIP: Don't Nosedive, keep your weight distributed in the back
 
Can-Can: Kick one foot to the side and then bring it back
TIP: this is probably the easiest trick on the page
 
Cordova: Grab the front or side (not back) grips with your hands and put your feet to the front grips and curve your back like an arch
TIP: VERY VERY HARD TRICK make sure you comfortable with the leg hop and that move that's like a leg hop
 
Nose Grab: Grab the front of the tube (preferably the hitch where you attatch the rope to)
TIP: This trick is pretty easy so have fun with it, maybe add a Barrel Roll or something to it
 
Sterilizer: Do a Leg Hop and keep your legs in front of you, land like that.
TIP: Don't Nosedive, keep your weight distrubution more in the back. You can do what Kenny Bartram did in the X-Games 2001 he did that bigger leg hop thing and landed on a sterilizer so have fun with it.
 
Double Can-Can: Kick both of your feet to the side and bring them back.
TIP: This is a pretty easy trick too
 
Disco Can: do a Double Can-Can and take a hand off
TIP: make sure you put your hand back on!
 
Hart Attack: Stand on your head or keep your head a little bit away from the tube and keep your legs straight (handstand)
TIP: Don't do the trick unless you have a ton of air
 
Air Walk: Spread one leg to the right side and one leg to the left side
TIP: try to get off the tube a little bit
 
Heel Clicker: Bring your legs around your arms and click your heels (hit them together)
TIP: I've never actually done this trick. If you don't land it u will just land on your butt so it wont be like suicide. For the tip part, to starting on your knees might be helpful.  After I try this trick i'll get back to this.
 
Leg Jump: this move is kinda like a bar hop in FMX so when you get air throw your legs in between your arms and then throw them back so your back on to your stomach.
TIP: this move is like the Heel Clicker so it's not really suicide but if you dont get ur legs back make sure you don't do a nosedive
 
Lazyboy: there can be lots of variations for this trick but i'm thinking that you lay on your back when you get air and then after you land you get back onto your stomach.
TIP: Make sure you land with your butt in the little "cockpit" thing so that you dont nosedive.
 
Barrel Roll: this doesn't mean spin your tube around but turn your body around. So when you get air spin your body around but make sure ur head is always facing forward.
TIP: when you spin make sure you land back on the tube-- when you spin make sure that your hanging on to the tube with one of your hands (you can transfer) so you dont miss the tube.
 
Ok I forgot the name of this trick its like a barhop only you stick your legs out farther: do the same thing as a leg hop only put ur legs out farther so you but comes out then pull it back in.
TIP: this one if you don't land it it is suicide so make sure your very comfortable with the leg hop
 
Nothing: take ur arms off the tube and your feet too
TIP: ok I don't know how your gonna land this cuz if you let go your tube is gonna keep moving so just mess around with it
 
Body Surfing*: grab on to the back handles and skim you body on the water.
TIP: Tie your bathing suit very tight ;-). Make sure your arms are strong and your not going to fast.
 
Ankle Grab*: grab on the grip with one hand, pull your other hand off and grab your ankle
TIP: Make sure you're comfortable with the one hander
 
SUBMITTED MY WILLIAM- Surfing: Stand on the tube and put your arms out like you're surfing
 
VARIATIONS
Air Walk-Hart Attack: do the Hart Attack and spread your legs out like the airwalk
TIP: Make sure your comfortable with the Hart Attack before trying this
 
One Handed-Hart Attack: do a Hart Attack and take one hand off
TIP: The arm that you take off should be your weaker arm, in other words make sure you're pretty buff
 
One Handed-Hart Attack-Airwalk: Do a Hart Attack and take off one arm and spread your legs out
TIP: I don't think i'm ever gonna try this trick but I thought i'd add it so have fun trying. Make sure you're buff
 
TWO PEOPLE
Switcheroo- go side by side on the tubes and jump on to eachothers tubes, switch tubes
 
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