How do you break a boom?

There are many ways to approach this, so many means to the same end...in my case, I did it by being a big 95kg b@$t@rd on a big board, way overpowered in big chop. That'll usually do it.
Chinook boom, btw, less than a year old. My previous Chinook was probably 4 years old when it died. I think the quality's dropped; this new one seemed wobbly from the start. And it broke at the back end! Most unusual...