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Hugh2
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Postby Hugh2 » Thu Nov 16, 2017 6:22 am
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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Postby tautologies » Thu Nov 16, 2017 6:08 pm
Hugh2 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2017 6:22 am
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.
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.
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Hugh2
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- Style: freeride
- Gear: Cabrinha Nomad 5.5, Naish Pivot 6, 7, 9, 10 and 11, Duotone Dice 12
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Postby Hugh2 » Fri Nov 17, 2017 6:42 am
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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Postby tautologies » Fri Nov 17, 2017 6:33 pm
Hugh2 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 17, 2017 6:42 am
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!
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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Postby Bushflyr » Fri Nov 17, 2017 6:49 pm
tautologies wrote: ↑Fri Nov 17, 2017 6:33 pm
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.
#MokesProblems
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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Postby tautologies » Fri Nov 17, 2017 8:39 pm
Bushflyr wrote: ↑Fri Nov 17, 2017 6:49 pm
#MokesProblems
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.
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.
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