How to do a Frontside Air.
10 step Analysis from a Noosa session with Julian Wilson.
1. Take off in a steep two-to-three foot wave.
2. Pump for speed and target a closing section or a breaking wave lip.
3. Maintain a straight oblique surf line towards the selected launch pad.
4. Widen your stance, kick the tail with your feet and about 66% of your weight, let the surfboard leave the lip and raise your knees so that your feet are level with your chest.
5. Control the excessive weight of your back foot with a slight push of the front foot over the board.
6. As your surfboard takes to the air, smoothly drive it to the landing site.
7. Grab a rail to correct the trajectory, if needed.
8. Turn your eyes, head and body to the flats.
9. Stay low, and bend your knees and torso to prepare for landing impact.
10. Distribute your weight over both feet and finish the move.
Speed is critical in aerial surf maneuvers. The higher the speed you build down the line, the higher the aerial you'll pull. Frontside airs can be performed in many different ways, but in my opinion they look the best when you use the wave as a ramp to guide you in to the air, not when you ollie off the wave. Keep watching this video of Julian Wilson, and study it, because he is one of the worlds best at frontside airs.
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