Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-25093611-20160304230401/@comment-25093611-20160305185009

Thekillman wrote: I got the impression this barrier was simply a form of "hardening" or binding the water, so you wouldn't sink. But air has even less restricted movement than water, if you bound your feet to the air below you, the rest would just flow around it and you'd still fall. but wouldnt the same happen with water, a sea moves but the shinobi on the water will stay at the same place, or a stormy ocean, the users feet should go in all directions but they dont,

it is true that the chakra "binds" the user to the surface but it isnt fixed, if the air current hanges the shinobi should still stay at the same place, same is if he does it underwater, only that it is useless to move normally since swimming is way more efficient imo :)