Mason Ho Puts On a Backside Tube Riding Clinic at One of the World’s Trickiest Waves

Mason Ho is back.

After a few months injured, Ho flew straight to Indo for the season's first pulse of back-to-back swell, where he picked up right where he left off: In the tube.

Desert Point is a tricky wave, especially backside. Rather than pull in, pigdog and hold a line like most surfers do on their backhand, Ho toys with the wave, reading the tube like it's brail. First he'll use one arm and leg to stall, then his knee, before swinging his left arm across his body to his outside rail, and dipping his shoulder in the wave to slow himself back down. Like a delicate dance, Ho is constantly playing with the wave — pumping and stalling, over and over again.

Does anyone do it better?

With Ho posted up in Indo for the next month, and lots more swell on the way, expect plenty more edits where this one came from.

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