What do you call this backside barrel riding style of Torren Martyn? Walk the board pig dog? Shuffle and grab..?

I'm not sure, but it's as stylish as hell, and difficult too, what with all his weight forward of the mid-point leaving no room for adjustment and no weight over the fins either.

Stylish it may be but it ain't totally unique, a deep scan of the archives finds two other surfers who employed a similar method of staying tight while backside: John Peck and Owl Chapman, both at Pipeline and both over forty years ago. See photos below.

That Torren breaks it out at the down the line waves of the West Australian desert introduces another level of difficulty.

Filmed by Ishka Folkwell for Need Wetsuits.

Above. John Peck at Pipeline, 1963

Owl Chapman, Pipeline, mid-70s (Steve Wilkings)