Category: Waves
Level of difficulty: Level 4 (from 4)
Special characteristics
A backside aerial is a jump with a wing while riding a wave. Take-off and landing take place in the same wave. Backside means that the back is facing the wave.
There are two ways to perform a backside aerial: with a flagged wing or a powered up wing.
Here you can see the version with a flagged wing: You let the wing drift while riding the wave, holding it with one hand and guiding it downwind. The takeoff is performed using only the foil.
In the powered up version, the wing is held with both hands.
These examples show how to jump the backside aerial with a flagged wing:
