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.

@scottyhamilton1381

2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome beyond words...👏

I surfed my way through the late 70's and Richards was and remains an icon. May God continue to bless his life.

@mickharryharris6866

4 жыл бұрын

Classic MR !

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!

"can't wait to go ride this twin fin" - points at his thruster fins.

@phakeonee

4 жыл бұрын

Amal Mongia it was twin plus 1 but yeah not a standard twin

@atreides8002

4 жыл бұрын

Jordan Hull I hope you don’t work with money mate 😉

@diabolical1976

4 жыл бұрын

for those of you that think because you see 3 fins it makes a board a thruster, here is a lesson for you. You're welcome. kzread.info/dash/bejne/YqyG0dNqdKunk8o.html

@Alex-rm1wj

4 жыл бұрын

diabolical1976 yeah it’s a 2+1 but still

@schmamal

4 жыл бұрын

@@diabolical1976 i did not watch that. i get that fish design can be transferred to other fin set ups. just found it funny that there are two different guys surfing thrusters in this while calling them twin fins. all these vids are just ploys to sell boards anyhow.

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

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.

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.

“What you need is the perfect board for what you’ll be riding” I never thought of that.

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

@lesliehorwinkle

4 жыл бұрын

and every image lasted at least a month, some were burned in for life.

Fast and loose. It really makes me wanna ride a twin again. The "wounded gull" was and still is inspirational.

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.

I was building and riding twin fins in '71, always my favorite design.

Been riding my 6'4" super twin all year and digging it!

it is cooler to surf something different than the same thing everyone else is on.....but whoever is having the most fun in the water wins.

@garybaxter7297

4 жыл бұрын

Being able to shape your own stick and winning world tour a few times is pretty neat and he is still having fun ripping the waves up, so yeah it's cool. PEACE

@SabrinaDacosta

4 жыл бұрын

Wins? It’s not about winning or losing. It’s about having fun!!

Mr is a living legend

'The wounded seagull' huge turning point in surfing. That soul arch.... looks easy ..Great memories. coltrump westoz🇦🇺

@genbravy8329

4 жыл бұрын

I believe he was called... ...."the wounded gull".

Fav pic was missed. MR standing along side His Silver Porsche 911 Carrera in the 80's.

@surfermag

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, we know. Rights were tough on some images. In the process of making this film we did find SEEF's complete archive from this shoot. markrichardssurfboards.com/blog/2013/12/surfing-magazine-cover-shoot-1980/

Check out the movie 'Bustin down the Door', so awesome. Love it. Oh and this doc is awesome. MR is a proper surf legend

@artlover1477

10 ай бұрын

Yeah awesome doc. You can tell MR was raised right.

Dope seeing KOA on the vlog today! Psychedddddd.

Never forget those still shot's,from surfing magazine's of M.R, legend!??????

Friend was a big MR fan when we surfed in the 80s-90s. Carroll, Curren, Thompson, were our heroes too. RIP Dale.

2:03 RIP Brother Buttons.

Would have been awesome to see a bit more of Mark Richards surfing.

SURFER killing it with the consistency of good vids short and long format. Make a proper movie soon please. Also the music in this was brilliant, these songs are so indie I can’t even find some of the songs anywhere 😂 it’s amazing.

Nice cinematography, very moody, just the way I like it *thumbs up*

Very cool..thx

I remember the World Finals at Huntington Beach and Nueva was riding a fish we used to call it a fish I tried one of those boards and thought it was too tight I didn't like it I was riding a 6-foot 18 and a half wide swallowtail with a brewer fin at the time that was a loose board good for medium waves too big David Nueva gave up his tournament to save a pigeon out of the water I was sitting in the water when this happened in Huntington Beach I think it was 1973 are so the good old days the beginning of the real short boards.

I learned on a twin fin. MR is the most

I need one!

STEVIE LIS. SUNSET CLIFFS/ OCEAN BEACH. Know your roots kooks!

@b4ssfunk3d

4 жыл бұрын

In all fairness it says the development of the "high performance" twin. MR isn't claiming he invented the twin or the twin fish which was invented in San Diego at Sunset Cliffs by Mr Steve Lis in the late 60s.

Every review of a modern twin with a "2+1" setup: "oh it's so good, it rides like a thruster"

Off the top at 10:52. Thank You Dane Kealoha .

I thought Dave and Ava came out with the first twin fins anyway I remember him riding mad at a 1973 World Finals at Huntington Beach.

what 's the song groovin along to mikey wright's section?

Not a fan of his style but 4 Championships on your own shaped equipment? Now that's saying something!

Found a 82 MR at a shop closing….made it into a twin and never looked back

Anyone know the ending song ?

anyone know the song at the start?

I think I will try a twin fin now 🤙🏻

@MrDanielHawes

4 жыл бұрын

or ride a thruster and just call it a twinny like that guy ^^^^

@ZeeMeikel

4 жыл бұрын

MrDanielHawes 🤣👍🏻 good idea

David Nueva was the one that came out with the twin fin in 1970 two or three

@iclausius7881

4 жыл бұрын

And I think Corky had one around 1970 called the Blackbird, which I think is the red board at 0:58 - 1:01.

@surfershaper

4 жыл бұрын

Simmons

M.R is a legend, pioneer and waterman. Whoever let this thruster edit lost total credibility for this video. BTW this is this first comment I have ever left on a video on youtube. That is the level of how i'm feeling about this faux pas.

Still a 510 about 18 and 1/2 wide fiction swallowtail with a brewer fin was the loosest bored I ever Road Loose as a Goose and fast wicked fast we were doing that stuff that they're doing on the boards now back then 1971 2 and 3 when I was competing in Huntington Beach Riding for windansea.

See the young guys push the pivot too hard in the turn and the tail washes out, classic twinny. Then you see them figure it out and they're ripping.

That young bloke on the orange board. Yep that's a go fast squirt scrunch and drive weapon . Hey see yellow board white t shirt .

"blasphemized" lol I like it. Like a combination of blasphemy and ostracized

I'm an early 70s Surfer Dave no Ava used to ride a fish Heroes wanted the World Finals in Huntington Beach in early 70s.

Corky Carol and Mike Purpus are now running Blue Mango Surfboards. Check em out.

@genbravy8329

4 жыл бұрын

Who cares?

@c.t.6314

4 жыл бұрын

Well no one who rides a soft top cares Gen Bravy. Surfing started with these OGs. Gotta show respect 🤙🏽

@c.t.6314

4 жыл бұрын

Joe Stalin nice man. I still surf next to Mike Purpus every now and then

@genbravy8329

4 жыл бұрын

@@c.t.6314 WUT? .... I ride a soft-top 😭 You hurt my feelings, brah!

@c.t.6314

4 жыл бұрын

Gotta respect the OGs. None of us would be riding the boards we ride today if these classic dudes didn’t show up. Ya feel me brah? That’s why you should care 🤙🏽

Zeke Lau riding a the iconic twin as a thruster?

I saw my first twin fin in 1971. Did they exist before that?

@Jetty-me6cw

4 жыл бұрын

Yes. Look up Steve Lis

@surfershaper

4 жыл бұрын

@@Jetty-me6cw Bob Simmons

Parts of the video mentioning riding all types of boards, that its cool and yet i still hear of some places that give shit to high performance longboarders, the red headed step child

Longboards still rule

@bengoldstein1365

4 жыл бұрын

Brian Szymanski all longboarders are kooks

@c.t.6314

4 жыл бұрын

Longboards rule

zeke had a third fin in tho

I wonder why there's so little footage of the subject in this?

@SabrinaDacosta

4 жыл бұрын

Because it was expensive to create footage back in the days and there was no money in surfing like there is now

klopfs gonna be pissed

@surfermag

4 жыл бұрын

Nah, he got paid.

Surf a up

1st comment...I love your vids surfer!

How can you call it a twin when it has 3 fins? .... I shred the gnar.

@sushimamba4281

4 жыл бұрын

In the same way that the same surfer can choose... if he wants to... to identify as a female on Thurs afternoons between 1pm and 6pm. That's what the world has come to... 2+1 =2

@genbravy8329

4 жыл бұрын

@@sushimamba4281 Sad but true and fully pathetic.

@oliguayasebesteves166

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

🤮🤙🏾

I'd sooner watch MR surf a twinny any day over those young kids flicking the thing around.

kids those are not twin fins your surfing twin+2

try to branch out, but back to his roots...cannot blame the guy for attempting to advance the sport

Cheyne Horan should have won those three titles.

@marksargent2908

4 жыл бұрын

But he didn't lol

Never comfortable in the tube.

Mark Richards surfing looks like a ballerina. Don’t know how he won 5 world titles.

Cringe