wendell said..
At 1:37 it looks like on the way out, after getting air he lands back on the broken wave. It reminds me that I've wondered whether it's possible to get through a wave, get decent air, but still end up back in the foam rather than safely past the wave. Over the years I've had the feeling a few times where I hover, leaning backwards past vertical because of the late, super steep takeoff with the wave throwing towards shore, and in the air I feel like I'm floating backwards, but despite how it felt, I've always ended up safely behind the wave, just.
I'm not sure what to make of this one in the video because the wave was starting to break when he went over it then he seems to have accidently gone nose first.
So the question is, has anyone ever done a decent size floaty jump and ended up back in the foam? I mean where you hit the wave square so you'd expect to get through it, rather than at an unusual acute angle. I think when it happened to me the wind was slightly offshore, which kind of sounds wrong, but I think it was the gust you get off the top of the wave when it's offshore that gave me the time to float back towards the wave/shore. I'm not talking big jumps, but say a little higher than the one in the video, but a floatier/longer time in the air.
Had it happen freakily in gusty powerful cross off but only once or twice. Happens quite a lot if you're sailing windy x onshore/ fully onshore conditions when you hit it a little late but with plenty of speed.
