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You won't see Derek Hynd doing too many of these. Can one learn to love friction? Photo by Trevor Moran

Fin For Thought

Mick Fanning’s take on surfing’s most important appendage(s).

cinema // Oct 16, 2022
Words by Ethan Davis
Reading Time: 2 minutes

Seen the EAST?

Pretty good viewing, if I do say so myself. 

They’re not called finners for nothing. Photo by Trevor Moran

Mick’s Maldives trip started off with a bit of a pickle – the bag carrying all 15 sets of his FCS fins got lost. 

Thanks Qatar airlines. 

Sharp blades = smooth cuts.

It required sending your author, at great expense, to the atolls for two weeks to deliver some more. 

So really, thanks Qatar airlines.

See, How I Became Mick Fanning’s Fin Courier.

Strapped. Photo by Trevor Moran

So yes, fins are rather important.

Also, hard to understand and fin chatter is incredibly esoteric. 

Explain it like you’re explaining it to a four year old. Photo by Trevor Moran

Here’s Mick’s take. 

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