John R81 - a much more useful manoeuvre (especially in a strongish wind) is - starting from an into wind hover, climb slightly as you move backwards keeping straight initially with pedals then, at a groundspeed that retains translational lift, yaw the aircraft gently round, maintaining the cyclic moving in the desired direction of travel (so it starts in the 6 o'clock position and gradually comes round to the 12 o'clock) until you are now flying in the opposite direction to the initial hover.
This is useful in mountain valleys, areas where there are obstacles ahead or just for handling practice.
You could just turn downwind and do a downwind transition but you might not have enough TR control in 30 to 40 knots for that.
The skill is to maintain translational lift throughout so you don't get any Tq spikes or run out of power.
Best practised on a 15-20 knot day before attempting it in a stronger wind.
The yaw is best done with power pedal so that any weathercocking doesn't cause Tq spikes (shouldn't happen if you keep ETL).