Watch: Mikey February // Three Boards, Two Fins
Few clean turns, few muffed ones too, but it's hard to resist the glide of Mikey February on these clean J-Bay walls.
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Comments
All i could think about was what Dane Reynolds would do to those same waves.
Wonder what sells more boards.
Dane unleashing or Mikey feb flowing?
The thoughts of achievability of Mikey probably.
Although he didn’t look that flowy in this.
Boards looked shit. The odd nice turn but heaps of glitches on some bottom turns.
Is South Africa the only place in the world that has less people in the water now than 20 years ago? Decent swell and wind and seemingly no one out at Boneyards and about a dozen at Supers. Imagine how uncrowded the more remote parts like the Transkei or West coast must be. Lucky them.
Probably but theres still alot of surfers around the main spots...although this day, I surfed boneyards alone 4ft (hawaiian) barreling by myself for an hour before 2 others joined me. And i wsn't early...I slept in, drove the 30mins from my house to jbay and got there around 9 or 10. Then got washed down to supers where i got a few more then went in...then saw M Feb surfing as he was in the vid above.
Couldn’t get through that one
Guys on Twinnies are always nursing their turns.
Should try a board with a 3rd fin. Wonder how that would go......
Two is better than one, two in front of those twins would be much more fun.
Thrusters are for beginners :))))
Yeh lift your Game Asher
Exhibit 1: Dane, frantic, loose and radical
Exhibit 2: February, unhurried, smooth and stylish
Exhibit 3: Wave pool competitors, confected, corporate and dull
Also, fewer crew at Supers due to high tide
Nice summary. Both great surfers, doing it differently. Thought Mikey looked more controlled on the red bottomed fish.
Boards looked awful imho. And I still think M Feb is overrated. Sorry (not sorry).
Why?
"Red bottomed fish"...and not even a baby swallow to cement the status as a fish. It's like I just read an ad on Gumtree (comes with a case and a leg strap).
Remember Curren riding Tommy Peterson's 'Fireball Fish'?
A stepped channel bottom with three fins.
Sorry, my bad. Was watching the surfing, only glanced at the board. Short, wide nosed, made an assumption. Still thought he surfed it better than the other boards.
Mate of mine just got a custom fireball fish- damn thing looks incredible!
To be fair: it's a "fishy" shape.
Seen the version Gary McNeill is coming out with?
Keep an eye out for an article shortly.
Is Tommy actually shaping them?
Someone told me who the ghost shaper was, but I forget who.
A very good craftsman though.
Tommy 35 a Year - Ghost Corey Graham ? https://www.swellnet.com/forums/shaping-bay/138546
Tommy:
Don’t ruin your chances of acquiring a treasured board by indulging in artistic dalliances. “If they tell me they want a colour I tell them to f$%K off.
I make white boards; a blue board’s not going to go any faster than a red board and a red board’s not going to go any faster than a white board …
I don’t want to know about making colourful lollypops.”
jezza64THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018 at 9:47AM
Agreed. Great to have a chat with too. Last time I was in there he ended up showing me Tom Peterson's measurements etc for his fireball fish. All drawn up on fish and chip paper. Would have been great to listen in on that conversation.
Heard someone on goldy was doing them now.
TommyTwinzer
Haters gonna hate! I’d be stoked if I could surf like him
Agree. I reckon he goes alright.
I remember when he was wildcard, or injury replacement, maybe he was on tour, anyway, in the JBay event and he surfed a more 2000-2010 style thruster than everyone else was and I thought that looked great.
I enjoyed his twin surfing on that MR at a west african point. But this one just didn't do it for me.
I think Mike February would look better on a Bonzer at Jeffreys
Its not about nursing the turns on a twin. I think its more about controlling the turns so you don't blow out. I had a shortish twin for a while, at first it slid out on harder turns then i started to moderate the amount of push and i found i learnt about controlling the turn rather than pushing it hard as i could. When i went back to quad/thruster i felt as though i understood what was going on with my surfing and what i could do with the board. i ride a 5 fin bonzer now, now THAT is a good set up.
That Log thing at the end was a bit clunky but i dunno how he coulda fit any more turns in on those first two boards,or surfed it any harder
a round tail fish feels so GOOD through cutbacks, so smooth compared to wide swallow tails. Especially if quad or twin keel.
I ordered a custom round tail magic carpet which Jim B named for few months "solution a" that he was trying out at ulus. Said they went well at 4 foot racetracks etc so i ordered one and first surf on it 4-6 foot ne swell strong west wind Maroubra after work...Kids/groms saying and yelling at me go home in the carpark bus stop as i start waxing new sled..Then an old local told the groms off for not being my fault im not a local at Maroubra...
Anyway thought a round tail quad would be better in the barrel than a swallow and some locals in lieup asking me on my board design..im saying i thought it would be better in indo than a swallow...But first wave loose as hell on bottom turn then recovered and felt awesome through cutbacks but my technique of back toes on inside rail not working like a twin keel swallow..
Backhand over 5 foot was a suicide mission..I found it loose and sold it to a well known Kalbarri chargers girlfriend who sold it back to me because she couldn't turn it..She couldn't turn the thing while i found to too loose..funny that i thought.