At this point my front and back foot are just staying connected to my board to keep it under control but I’m trying to let the rotation happen naturally and not force it to much with my feet. My board is still facing into the wind and my front arm is reaching higher trying to keep that feeling of weightlessness for as long as possible, this is key to getting as high as possible. Now that my board is in the air my upper body has started to mimic my back foot’s movement and has started to rotate as well accentuating the spin. My back foot has already begun to push and rotate against the tail of my board, for this trick that back foot rotation is going to act like a steering wheel for your surfboard so you need to apply just the right amount of pressure and rotation at just the right moment. Im pointing the nose of the board into the wind, lifting my front arm to de-weight as the lip of the wave pops my board free from the wave face. See how my bottom turn has positioned me just in front of the last section, this is the sweet spot for this trick, it’s where all the power and pop is in a wave. If you bottom turn too hard you will loose all that speed you have generated so keep your bottom turn long, high and drawn out. In this photo you can see that I have only bottom turned just below the mid face line of the wave, this is key to getting the right trajectory and rotation for this trick. The trick is to eye up the section you want to launch off way before you get to it that way you can concentrate on generating enough speed down the line to take you up into the clouds.
Timing is key in any surfing maneuver but its even more important for airs. For an Alley Ooop you want to be looking for a nice steep walled wave that will give you plenty of speed down the line for maximum pop out of the lip.
Its all about speed! So you wanna fly? Well the first step to getting high on your surfboard is picking the best waves to do it on and trying the right trick in the right winds. Here is my step by step guide to Alley-Oops, this one was super fun on a twin keel fin whilst we were filming for ‘My Canvas’, a little harder to control and land than on a thruster but that makes it more fun, plus the added speed of a twin fin makes this trick feel epic when you ride out.
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