Around Cape Hatteras in the Fall and Winter time, there are many sessions had with only a few other guys out. There are also many sessions spent alone… And so you spend a lot of the season surfing Almost Alone.
It only takes three seconds to do a maneuver on a wave. Yet a couple times each decade it is just three seconds that can suddenly shake, shift, and revolutionize this deal called surfing. Here, we take a look at the moments that changed surfing forever.
The cutback to start all cutbacks
Who: Michael Peterson
When: 1970
Where: Kirra, Queensland, Australia
Why: Michael Peterson’s cutback, and the framegrab from the seminal surf movie “Morning of the Earth,” stands as … More