Hey guys,

Just want to see if you young guns (or old gums;-) can advise on the plausibility of a move that I think could work but have not seen done before on a SUP...

THE SCENARIO
It's a perfect 3-4 foot ground swell, a big set is looming and you are caught inside, best you can do take it on the head or paddle out and over...

THE MOVE
When you see the how-to vids on pivot turns, they always use huge sups, sink the tail and pivot around. typically with 2-3 forward strokes on the "outside" of the turn. Practicing on flatwater on my 8'10 Allwave, paddling up to speed and doing a backward stroke on the "inside" seemed to turn much faster and if I manage to also sink the tail without the board spearing upward I can get almost fully around in 1 stroke... but really tough to do consistently.

THE QUESTION:
In the scenario above, if you could charge out and sink the tail in a pivot turn as you hit the base of the wave, would the face provide the tail lift needed to keep the board from spearing up and actually launch it back down the wave? I have seen this done on short surf skis, but never on a SUP.

is this plausible? Has anyone pulled it off?

Cheers
Rory