It didn't feel ill legal

That didn't even cross my mind, seems like that creates a bit of a grey area.
More of a bend the front knee and straighten it at the bottom of the wave. But I see how it could be seen the same way. More shoving it through the trough of the wave than increasing apparent wind I would think. Like I said previously, winds were in a moderate range. I would think that ooching would be used in low wind range to increase apparent.