2018 Naish Global
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Hugh2
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Re: 2018 Naish Global
Kevin is amazing. He could probably ride that well on my ancient 6' Global with loose plastic quad fins. Hope to see him and Jalou in Cape Town again in a couple of weeks time. Can't wait.
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tautologies
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Re: 2018 Naish Global
Oh man nice. Take some vid. I love seeing how that kite just drifts with him down the line...it is a thing of beauty.
I doubt plastic fins would hold up tho.
I break those off in an instant. I think the funniest was once, I hit the top in a multi turn wave and as my fins comes out the back I see one fin just fly off (broken off at the tabs) and I instantly know the next top turn is going to be a problem and sure enough as the next turn comes I just slide sideways off the wave. I've since stopped using plastic fins. But because I also tend to break and grind down fins, I usually buy cheaper glassed fins on ebay / amazon. I will put on a good set when the conditions are epic. -
Hugh2
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Re: 2018 Naish Global
I've snapped all the fins off at various times, just wish I could say it was smacking lips. For me it's usually misjudging depth!
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tautologies
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Re: 2018 Naish Global
haha yeah I get those too. Also because sometimes its just so shallow and I have found that I'd rather grind the fins than cut my feet.
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Bushflyr
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Re: 2018 Naish Global
#MokesProblemstautologies wrote: ↑Fri Nov 17, 2017 6:33 pmhaha yeah I get those too. Also because sometimes its just so shallow and I have found that I'd rather grind the fins than cut my feet.
I knocked 2 fins off recently when I was crossing the reef on the crest of the wave and it suddenly sucked dry in front of me.
Rode a slippery wake skate thing the rest of the session.-
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LOL. Quite a few of those waves in HI. Always fun at backyards on low tide. Or Razors...good luck surviving that on low tide.
