A pause on a rola bola is where you are rolling from side to side, and then suddenly stop with the pipe that you are balancing on off to one end of the rola bola.

This is done by putting standing on your rola bola as you would do in standard rola bola balance, and then rolling to one side of the board. Once the pipe is towards the end of the board, put all of your weight on the foot over that side so you balance. Use the other foot to keep the board balanced at that spot so you do not roll and looks like the board it motionless, but off center. Once you are done with the pause, return to doing whatever you want with the rola bola