Tuesday, January 6, 2009 11:04am PST

Ryan Carlson Gets Kerrupt In Hawaii

By: Tom Morin

Huntington Beach, CA professional surfer and aerial sensation, Ryan Carlson, landed one of the most progressive moves of the winter this year in Hawaii. It went down at Rocky Point on the North Shore of Oahu, a wave known to inspire futuristic trick surfing.

A Kerrupt Flip is combination of a 360 degree spin and a back flip. In surfer's terms an inverted full rotation alley-oop. The move gets its name from Josh Kerr, an Australian surfer who is known for progression, and is the first person to successfully pull one.

Now, Carlson and others are taking the move to new heights, and being rewarded for it, as in the Kustom Air Strike Contest. A video clip entry contest rewarding the single best aerial maneuver with $50,000. Go to http://www.kustomairstrike.com/ to submit your vote today! Check out Carlson's entry below.

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