Floater

Category: Waves
Level of difficulty: Level 6 (from 6)

Special characteristics:

• this trick is a jump
• riding in switch stance (toeside)

Description

The floater is a delayed turn at the lip of the wave. Instead of riding a cutback during a frontside wave ride, you try to slide sideways on the wave with the nose towards the back of the wave for as long as possible - comparable to a railslide when skating or snowboarding.

Here you can find examples of the floater:

Videos

• Philip Köster in shorebreak in front of Sylt