Fast and Loose | Celebrating The Legacy Of Mark Richards And The High-Performance Twin Fin
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ย. 2019
- The day has finally come, dear reader, where we can show you our twin-fin-filled creation, "Fast & Loose". The film tells the story of the modern performance twin through the lens of Australian icon Mark Richards, who found inspiration in the boards of Reno Abellira, shaping tutelage in Dick Brewer and created a design all his own that he surfed to four straight world titles.
To this day, Richard's feat of making his own boards and surfing them to such success stands apart as one of the greatest achievements of all time surfing. But what's perhaps more impressive is the way that twin-fin designs have evolved in the aftermath, disappearing for years before reemerging in modern surf culture as the go-to craft for those looking to balance performance surfing with high-speed, skatey fun.
"Fast & Loose" celebrates that unique flavor not just through the story of MR, but through modern rippers like Zeke Lau and Kael Walsh, who took the classic twins and updated versions for a spin. It was a fun film to make, as it damn well should be when the subject is twin fins. Hopefully the feeling is contagious.
Please enjoy.
Read an article which read. When Richards cleaned up Bells. 1978, Richards just won Bells. Everyone left and there is one man left on the beach. Mark Richards, cleaning up the rubbish everyone left behind...... Don’t think I have to say more.
They don't make pro surfers like this anymore. So humble and what a ripper! I'm in love with my California Twin! Thanks MR!
I surfed my way through the late 70's and Richards was and remains an icon. May God continue to bless his life.
I rode my best mates mark Richards twin fin in Durban in 82 and it blew me away , Now in 2019 I'm shaping hybrid fishes for older guys like me . this video should be standard for every surfer
"can't wait to go ride this twin fin" - points at his thruster fins.
One of my favorite surfers growing up, along with Dane Kealoha, Shaun Tomson and Michael Ho.
HEY M.R ! my dormitory surfRats from EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY , always followed your career from the shores of Daytona Beach and New Smyrna Beach .....thanks for the memories , 1980-1983
Won my first comp on a Mark Richards Twin back in 84. Man do I wish I still had that board.
“What you need is the perfect board for what you’ll be riding”
I got to meet Mark at Haleiwa over a couple of days back in the 90's, when i was shaping...he was a super cool guy who was having fun just hanging out with the locals in the water.
Fast and loose. It really makes me wanna ride a twin again. The "wounded gull" was and still is inspirational.
There are a million boards out there that you can have fun on. But I want to ride an MR because Mark is just a super cool and humble guy.
One of a kind style!
We used to wait for every issue of surfer magazine to arrive in the 70's . To see all the cutting edge surfing and exotic waves
I was building and riding twin fins in '71, always my favorite design.
Check out the movie 'Bustin down the Door', so awesome. Love it. Oh and this doc is awesome. MR is a proper surf legend
It only took 20 frickin years for people to wake up to the refined twin ! Geez.
Love my Mr Super twin. Most fun I've ever had on a board
Classic. Never to be replayed again.
Never forget those still shot's,from surfing magazine's of M.R, legend!??????