The last turn. The intermediate’s ultimate hobby horse. That tricky second album. The bane of so many otherwise good rides, the source of so so much disappointment. First turns can lie, mid-speed run hits can flatter to deceive, but you can tell exactly how good or bad a surfer is by his/her finishing turn. It never, ever lies.

Getting it wrong:

– I speak from personal experience here. That awful too harsh too late/not steep enough layback gouge bog sink thingy. Awful though it is, even though you know they suck you think ‘If I can just do this one…’

– The air attempt where everything goes in the air except your arse.

– The too-late-to-the-lip too-backfoot too-never-really-expecting-to-ride- out-of-it re-entry.

Getting it right:

Nobody at the SE office had ever done a decent last turn, despite several decade’s collective efforts. So we asked around:

“- Anticpate”

“- Get your timing right”

“- Believe”

Yeah, about as useful as a chocolate fireguard. Oh well, keep trying… you should have ‘em nailed by 2020.