So an unexpected seabrease pulls up at 5 and I haul to the beach for a quick session. Forgot to bring my normal board. I have my 145x45 lighwind TT. Its set up with heelside small fins only.

Wind is a sweet 18-20 knots, and theres nice little lazy shoulder high waves peeling at the point.

So I'm riding these waves upwind heelside and wonder what will happen if I ride down the line finless toeside. To my surprise it was not only doable but heaps of fun!. it felt super smooth cruising down the line. Sure you couldn't slam a hard bottom turn. But you could control speed with the nice slidy drift. Then lock into the wall with your rail and just slice along. As I had heelside fins I could do a hard cutback when ever I needed/wanted to.

I did not expect that at all.

Sweeeeeeeet unexpected Stoke.

... dude, don't harsh a brothers stoke!

Yes,,,, I love it when plan A turned into plan B, that's what experimenting is all about. How the hell ya gunno know whats cool until you tried it. I reckon thats how alot of things get invented so yeah dude,,,,, I'm with ya Plum!!!

Okay

Unexpected stoke is the best kind of stoke.

cauncy said..

sir ROWDY said..

Unexpected stoke is the best kind of stoke.

what like wanking with your left hand

ohhhh stoke, I thought it said stroke

cauncy said...

sir ROWDY said..

Unexpected stoke is the best kind of stoke.

what like wanking with your left hand

I think it would be more like waking up, during the middle of you house being robbed, to find the burglar has stopped to give you a quick shake

I had a moment of unexpected stoke the other day. Was badly attempting unstrapped backrolls....... Launched off lip, lost board....I think it went straight up, my body did a backroll, then my board blew back into me. It ended up kind of laying across my chest and knee. I panicked and kicked it away. I nearly completely accidentally pulled off something I don't even know what it was. Anyway it's great we do a sport that you can be stoked the whole way up the learning curve

MrFreeze said..

pearl said..

I had a moment of unexpected stoke the other day. Was badly attempting unstrapped backrolls....... Launched off lip, lost board....I think it went straight up, my body did a backroll, then my board blew back into me. It ended up kind of laying across my chest and knee. I panicked and kicked it away. I nearly completely accidentally pulled off something I don't even know what it was. Anyway it's great we do a sport that you can be stoked the whole way up the learning curve

Hmmmmmmmm Golliwog avatar

Fixed!

Fins are overrated