Skill of wiping out

[oldmansurfer]

Matt Warshaw surf author wrote this article for Surfer. In it he moans about the WSL announcers > I guess I am more tolerant than him but he goes on to make an important point. The more experienced surfers have ways to keep from hitting the bottom. I bet that out of veiw at Teahupoo there are surfers with cat like flexibility and reflexes doing various controlled movements to avoid hitting the reef http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/eos/wsl-mic-drops-reef-cuts-teahupoo/#wcsJ05oVWjPJtmit.97