Derek Hynd at J Bay a true finless freak

At the Fish Fry we have seen the emergence if the finless board, starting with Tom Wegener and his Alaias. And then last year Bob McTavish turned up with his "Twin Hot Curl" which was his first finless experiment of recent times I understand. The innovative shapers that have advanced the twin keel fish to what we have today are the ones that are going finless as well. Pushing the boundries of bottom contours and rail shapes that allow this style of surfing. There is no denying that you also have to be a great surfer to start with to get the most out of a finless experience. But the ultimate might have to be the " Yard Possums ". These guys take the cake , as they surf on unglassed pieces of foam with little or no shaping at all.

You can check them out in " The Surfers Journal" Vol 19 number 5 where Tony Alva said " They're the future primitive of surfing. Little , hairless cavemen riding spaceships". I am sure you will see some finless boards at the Fish Fry . Tom Wegener is to be there with a range of his Sea Glass boards to demo.

Derek Hynd interview with Mary Mills at Liquid Salt

"The cor­po­ra­tion shapes surf­ing. The cor­po­ra­tion pays for per­for­mance. The cor­po­ra­tion pushes the mes­sage. The cor­po­ra­tion wins over those who buy the line. Any­one who surfs for them­selves, rides boards from their own space, distances them­selves from as much bull­shit as is pos­si­ble is doing a beau­ti­ful job."  Derek Hynd



http://www.liquidsaltmag.com/2010/11/derek-hynd/



Usually that point in the interview would be the signal for name dropping every corporate shaper's tree identity the interviewee can think of.

Fish or not , there are some things going on here

A friend sent me these pics of Derek Hynd with one of his fin less creations. He was riding it at 8ft plus Bells Beach . Some interesting things to ponder none the less. Let a lone a glasser and sanders nightmare.