The home for high-performance surfing. This category contains all techniques and maneuvers focused on speed, vertical attack, and aerial progression. Includes skills relevant to thrusters, quads, twin fins, and mid-lengths.
Kolton S. provides a beginner’s guide to airs, using the ‘coping’ analogy for lift and detailing how to approach, coil the back arm, and land nose-first with weight on the front foot to ride out clean.
Noel Wallis breaks down the frontside air reverse, detailing the shallow bottom turn setup, the arm coil and throw technique, and the critical front-foot landing for a clean revert exit.
Pat Gudauskas breaks down the frontside straight air, focusing on generating maximum speed, the ollie-like jump, sucking the knees up to the chest, and the crucial technique for a shock-absorbent landing.
Josh Kerr teaches how to master the aerial approach, focusing on the shallow bottom turn, gaining speed, and hitting the lip as it breaks to maximize the board’s kick-back and give the best chance of landing.
How to Rip breaks down the core principles of the aerial (straight air), focusing on projection, maintaining momentum, and landing softly by staying compressed over the moving wave beneath you.
Noel Wallis breaks down the frontside straight air, focusing on generating maximum speed, coiling the body, projecting up and out, and the crucial body mechanics for landing safely.
Ombe Surf breaks down the biggest pop-up mistake: moving your head. Pro surfer analysis shows the head must stay balanced over the front foot to control acceleration and avoid falling over backwards.
Josh Kerr breaks down the frontside re-entry, focusing on using the bottom turn to set the line, throwing the arms across the body to pivot, and extending to maximize spray and control the landing.
Professional surfer Gui Fonseca provides 5 essential tips for small, weak conditions, focusing on pumping in a higher line, minimizing bottom turns, and maximizing compression/extension for constant speed and flow.
Ombe’s Battle of the Small Waves compares two styles, detailing why one surfer struggled (surfing mid-face and tense) and how the other succeeded (surfing rail-to-rail, top-to-bottom, and relaxing).