Derek Hynd finless at chunky J Bay

[Cuttlefish]

Seen footage of him surfing finless at J bay but reckon this must be new.
Such solid waves and have a go at the control he has over the ride...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECqlbimp ... re=related

[Dingus]

How's that wave that starts at 2:03! and the way he's stalling at the start of the next one. Incredible.

[pridmore]

http://driftsurfing.com/blog/?p=6961

http://hydrodynamica.blogspot.com/2010/ ... s-too.html
this guy is killing it too.....

[crabmeat thompson]

Burch is insane. the good insane, not the bad one.

[huie]

OH OH YOU GUYS JUST INVITED ROY TO THE PARTY

[crabmeat thompson]

OH OH YOU GUYS JUST INVITED ROY TO THE PARTY

Well let me remove my pants and get ready

[slowy]

I saw that Ryan Burch guy surfing finless in San Diego a few times...it blew me away!!!
When he nails those 360/floaters over lip, it looks so seamless. Amazing to watch.

[pridmore]

did you get a look at what he was riding ?

[Cpt.Caveman]

Its a block of closed-cell styrofoam isn't it? No glass, just sealed by setting it on fire and blowing it out quickly...haha

[Cpt.Caveman]

I went out finless today on my 5'7 Kritta and had a ball. The waves were a fat 2ft with plenty of people out, but I surfed in on the shorey with no fins or leash.

It was amazing fun in surf where most people would normally struggle to get a wave that lets you connect 2-3 turns, unless they were riding significant volume like a mal. Changes the focus completely, it was a fresh way to have fun

Finless will be a new staple way for me to have fun in crappy waves. Just take the widest board with the most volume, take out all protruding objects and paddled out!

[moreorless]

I'm worried about his knees. Surfing in a permanent squat has got to be doing damage.

[purple pyramids]

ok. i'll give my 5'6 kneeboard a go finless. it's wide and thick all right. it was stalling on every wave yesterday. i think for the greater good i'll keep the leash on.

I went out finless today on my 5'7 Kritta and had a ball. The waves were a fat 2ft with plenty of people out, but I surfed in on the shorey with no fins or leash.

It was amazing fun in surf where most people would normally struggle to get a wave that lets you connect 2-3 turns, unless they were riding significant volume like a mal. Changes the focus completely, it was a fresh way to have fun

Finless will be a new staple way for me to have fun in crappy waves. Just take the widest board with the most volume, take out all protruding objects and paddled out!

[pridmore]

surf it flat, dont try to use the drive from fins and just kin of point it and stand further forward than you usually would ( or kneel ), very challenging but super fun, especially when ya get to a certain level....flatter faced waves are better to start with, especially at take off....

[purple pyramids]

^^^that pretty much describes optimal surfing conditions for this board with the fin in.

[marcus_h]

Just watched that Ryan Burch vid, freaking amazing

[spotty]

Yeah...

watched about 2 mins of an idiot skidding around out of control...

next time i see DH i am going to march up to him and kick him squarely in the knutts...

[astro]

Spotty,"you're a moron"GIVE YOUR SELF AN UPPERCUT,fool.

[spotty]

Chill out...