cutback
Maneuver that takes a surfer from the wave's shoulder—the unbroken area ahead of the curl—back to the steeper, more critical, powerful part of the wave. The cutback is one of the sport's three fundamental turns, along with the bottom turn and top turn. "It's the purest power move in the book," Australian surf journalist Nick Carroll wrote in 2000. "In the hands of a master, it becomes a slashing, ...
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Martin Potter, 1983. Photo: Paul SargeantSubscribe to view
Les Williams, Malibu, around 1950. Photo: Joe QuiggSubscribe to view
Mike Doyle, 1964Subscribe to view
Tom Carroll, layback cutback, 1980Subscribe to view
David Nuuhiwa, 1971. Photo: Jeff DivineSubscribe to view
Kelly Slater, 2010. Photo: Jack EnglishSubscribe to view
Martin Potter, 1983. Photo: Paul Sargeant
Les Williams, Malibu, around 1950. Photo: Joe Quigg
Mike Doyle, 1964
Tom Carroll, layback cutback, 1980
David Nuuhiwa, 1971. Photo: Jeff Divine
Kelly Slater, 2010. Photo: Jack English