Besides, surfers who dare to pull moves like this usually do them on the whitewater near shore, because after a move like that, it's hard to get back onto the wave face. Most advanced surfers either land their 180-degree air behind the wave, or just slam straight into the soup.
The wave Li Younan was on now was that tall—if he wiped out, it would be extremely dangerous.
Every eye was locked on Li Younan: was he going to eat it?
The moment that thought appeared, the falling Li Younan controlled the rail of his board like the blade of an ice skate biting into the ice, cutting through the flow and nesting back into the surging wave.
"Whew!"
Then Li Younan threw a few more carving cutbacks. He wasn't trying to show off with those moves; it was just that unstable currents kept lifting and shifting his body.
But in the eyes of the spectators, it was a completely different story. It looked like deliberate flexing, as if Li Younan had total command over the water, over his own body.
