To do a wave wheel you will need a boat that has slicy ends and not a lot of volume. When doing a wave wheel you don't need any particular wave, but it is easiest if it is a green wave with no pile on top. A longer boat needs a bigger wave while a smaller boat doesn't. At first, try the move on the first wave in a wave train because it will have the most distinct shape compared to the chop that comes later.
First End -
(1) Paddle up to the wave with as much speed as possible. The faster you're going, the more the wave will throw you.
(2) As you're coming up the face of the wave, take one last stroke near the top of the wave. As you're taking this last stroke, lean your boat up on the sidewall that you are most comfortable double pumping with. This is your first pump in a double pump. The more perpendicular your boat is to the wave the better.
(3) This last stroke should bring you to the top of the wave. Your speed should allow the bow of your boat to be slightly out of the water, while the boat from the cockpit back should still be sitting on the face of the wave, but not for long. Turn that forward stroke into the second pump in a double pump. Use the backside of your paddle to slam the bow of your boat into the backside of the wave. You are using the wave to help you with your first pump to raise the bow high in the air so that it is easier to slam the bow, the second pump.
(4) Extend that last stroke down into the water until you have stood your boat up vertically in the first point.
More Ends -
Stall the end through the backside of the first wave and up the face of the next.
Once again using the peak of the wave,
Slam the stern over the peak into the backside of the wave.
Repeat steps 5 through 7 until you run out of waves, then start all over again on the next wave train. This tricks is super fun when the waves are too small to surf and is excellent practice for flatwater cartwheels. This trick, as any kayaking trick, takes time and patience, so keep at it.
