Talk:Airbending/@comment-4562082-20120414005135/@comment-4888161-20120427075857

Anon 120.28.120.42,

That was waterbending. There is a specific technique for it. And from the waterbending page, I will quote:

"Breath of ice: A waterbender can use their breath to rapidly freeze objects, such as metallic chains, or an opponent. For a more advanced version of the technique, the user takes a deep breath and exhales the air as a cloud of freezing mist. Katara used this technique to freeze Jet to a tree,[15] to save Sokka from Huu,[5] and to stop the warship from sinking by temporarily freezing a hole in the ship's hull. Aang and Roku have used this technique before, possibly combined with airbending, to freeze lava. Also Aang used this to break the chain from where Bumi was being lifted by a crane."

Now he may or may not of enhanced it with airbending, but the basic ability was waterbending.