![]() ![]() To jump or dive off your board when the going gets hairy - usually when paddling out and confronted by a wave too big to duck-dive Banks You will often see surfers bouncing the board on backed off sections, hoping the wave will reform and get steeper as it moves into shallower water. When a breaking wave hits deeper water it tends to become less steep or if it has already broken the whitewater fades away. The name comes from the short, intense right-hander that breaks off Hawaii's Banzai Pipeline Back off The usual/easier take off is to take on the peak or further down the shoulder. To backdoor a wave is to take off behind the peak of a hollow wave and surf through the barrel to the other side of the peak. On such waves, the surfer has the option of going both ways or even taking off behind the peak or backdooring the wave Backdoor The name comes from the fact that the wave is A shaped. This is a controlled, intentional manouvre which requires landing and not to be confused with kicking out which is just jumping off the back of the wave AerialĪ perfect peak, with a left and a right-hander breaking at either side. This is pretty advanced stuff and requires a good deal of speed and good timing. ![]() To leave the the top of the wave and actually become airborne.
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