The greatest ever. Humble, skilled, rips and shapes. 4 titles. A pioneer. The end.
@Dragon-Slay3r
Жыл бұрын
Being humble comes from the heart if your not connected to the heart one can never be humble
@dtimsey9711
2 жыл бұрын
MR was my hero when I was a teenager learning how to surf. Now more than 40 years later with both of us in our 60's I see he is still at it, shaping boards and refining fins...I love to see passion like that!! Age is just a number Mark, surf on brother!
@fosdikejames
4 жыл бұрын
Absolute gentleman and a total legend!!!!
@malcatron
4 жыл бұрын
I met Mark when he came to the UK several years ago as part of the Quicksilver shaper's tour and spent pretty much a whole evening chatting with him. He talked to us as fellow surfers, as if we were peers, but every now and then I'd have to remind myself "this guys got 4 world titles!". What a super humble guy and an absolute legend. Great to see his stoke is as strong as ever and he's still ripping too, long may he continue!!
@cp4christo
Жыл бұрын
Rode my first twin fin at Bells in about 73 and was blown away at the stability and ease of transferring from one rail to the other. It was my friends board so I had to give it back . I should have kept it , it was sublime
@trevorleggo1777
4 жыл бұрын
I got a custom 4 years ago last month. Had an MR Twin in 79. Now riding the Flying Fish, about to turn 60. It has the tiny stabilizer and as MR says, fast and free...even if it's my imagination, it is like a Magic Carpet ride... catches waves like a champion..he is such a low key authentic dude, gotta love him.
@craigkaschan4822
4 жыл бұрын
I used to see Mark at his dads shop Ray Richards in Newcastle back when it was a better town. I got my first board from him a single fin Dick Brewer. After learning to surf I bought several twin fins over the years. It was sad to see his shop close. Good to see you are still shaping and making fins. I’m in my 50’s and still have a MR twin. Thanks Mark it was such a buzz seeing you in surf magazines then meeting you in person.
@Dragon-Slay3r
Жыл бұрын
New enemy? 🤣
@TechnikMeister2
4 жыл бұрын
Absolute total effing legend. My vintage, owned one of his twin fins in the late 70s in Sydney. I used to watch him in Hawaii on the big waves. He was fearless and so smooth. He made it look so easy. Every one of his boards looks a work of art.
@davidcramer4173
4 жыл бұрын
MR, thanks. You were my favorite surfer back in the 70’s. Even had a G&S MR twin back in 1979.
@paulwayland2374
4 жыл бұрын
Bring back all your movies! Love watching MR Sûrf, all about the feeling, thanks MR
@badbeatbilly8997
4 жыл бұрын
MR was my surf idol growing up and surfing in the 70s and 80s. Twinnies were the bomb at our local breaks back then.
@BigZ_4i20
2 жыл бұрын
This footage of Felipe and Griffing surfing his boards is sooo legendary... much respect for this guy and surfing history in general
@joshbarrett2212
4 жыл бұрын
A true legend in the surf community! Much props.
@paulwayland2374
4 жыл бұрын
I grew up watching Mark surfing Pearl Beach point in solid swell I was in 2nd grade he must’ve been 20 maybe? What a legend and great ambassador, go MR !
@jamestom2510
4 жыл бұрын
the MR boards always resonated in my memory as the best looking eye catching burst of bright colors with that fantastic MR logo.....just love the boards
@zenpiggy7802
4 жыл бұрын
What an influence Mark has been, 90'/. of what I ride and handshape are twin fin, they are just so fast!
@hounddog7256
4 жыл бұрын
Great video... A true surfing legend with a great story...
@FUZ2706
6 ай бұрын
Just got a 5'9" MR twin fin softboard, gonna be my first shorter board, very excited to take it out on the weekend!
@stevelindahl8839
4 жыл бұрын
Those early days with M.R. on the twin fin he was the wounded gull and he ripped, I remember going to the movies and watching free ride and watching him was so amazing on the twin fins he was by far the best surfer out there, Shaun Thompson was giving him a little competition like the double tube ride at off the wall was unbelievable at that time, I can go on forever writing about those days it was the beginning of pro modern day surfing, it was just so awesome to have been surfing back then long live the twin fin
@Phaidrus
4 жыл бұрын
Top shaper, top bloke. I have FCS MRs on my ...Lost RNF redux.
@jamesgarcia9123
Жыл бұрын
thanks fcs', took more than a few sessions to surf off my front foot again', this vid shows very good twin fin driving fast through turns! mick o! thanks mark', for the board ' skills', . peace😎
@jimjones6657
Жыл бұрын
I had a 5'6" winged swallow tail that was badass. The wings had this little turn down to them. That board was so quick off the bottom and didn't slip. That board was so much fun
@noonespecial4171
3 жыл бұрын
I'm stoked.
@catinthehat8412
4 жыл бұрын
he came to my primary school in 83 and talked to my class he's a nice man
@Nicolai697
4 жыл бұрын
great surfer/shaper and evidently a great bloke.
@a.lame.username.
3 жыл бұрын
Respect!🙏
@jiblet6567
4 жыл бұрын
thanks Mark! being a Floridian surfer I learned on a Tabeling single fin then got into the twin fin thing. lost my way with the tri-fin movement but had a shaper hand me the MR twin carbon fins in the 90s. I've since upgraded to the honeycomb version and love them. funny you called your board a secret weapon because that's the name of the model I ride now. the fins are great in FL surf and when we do get swell I pair them with the Nexus quads and that's a great combo.
@joeblow1942
4 жыл бұрын
Bought a pair of MR 78 Originals years ago and never got around to using. A couple years ago I put them on a board that I couldn't get the fins right and those MR's made the board come alive. Still using them today.
@cosmoganic
2 жыл бұрын
Total Legend! I love my MR Twin Fin Set (with stabiliser), crazy cool combination in a Firewire Evo believe it or not!
@mathewjardini315
4 жыл бұрын
loved this.
@xyzct
4 жыл бұрын
Forty years ago when I was a young chap at UCBerkeley I saved up money for eons and got Doug Haut in Santa Cruz to shape an 8'0" single fin gun like Mark rode on the most epic giant Honolua swell. I loved that board! I rode it at big Ocean Beach for years.
@blackfishgaming7145
4 жыл бұрын
I've been using MR's fins with a the small trailer for the last 2 years. They work really well
@Dragferret
4 жыл бұрын
Got heaps of 8mm film of Mark and others from the old Surfabout days. Should get it digitised one day.
@topdeckdog
4 жыл бұрын
"Should get it digitised one day" - Hate to say it Brett White but that's the exact opposite attitude that MR had, which is why he became a surf icon. Coulda shoulda woulda...
@Dragferret
4 жыл бұрын
@@topdeckdog Yeah, but I still enjoy projecting movies onto a wall in a darkened room.
@cjones5332
4 жыл бұрын
@@topdeckdog What are you going on about bro ???
@pearlyshells2430
3 жыл бұрын
get them up on the tube
@marciomiranda9212
2 жыл бұрын
Mark Richards à Gaivota do Surf 🏄♂️ lendas sua marca está gravada na história do Surf como tantos outros de sua época. Grande Grande Mark Richards.
@fernandopadilha7540
3 жыл бұрын
O estilo se define pelo amor ao surf, obrigado pela inspiração .
@Rip-Tear-Lacerate64
4 жыл бұрын
The Mark Richard, Shawn Thompson, Buttons, Rabbit, etc. Days. Surf Movies in Encinitas. Surfing lifestyle was so much different. The lifestyle, etc. Miss those days.
@adambamf9365
5 ай бұрын
mark was smart i wonder if he knew at the time learning how to shape his boardfs then later useing his own designs on his tour campain gave his boards mad exposure and set his later life up as a shaper/free surfer pretty smart
@stephengrapinet
4 жыл бұрын
MR has the best style on the board.
@austinartist0608
Жыл бұрын
My favorite surfer back in the day. Mark you're the man! MR. How can I get your autograph? I'm in Austin, TX.
@joedirt8625
4 жыл бұрын
FCS 78 MR's on My Rusty Flying Disc. Legend.
@markdearlove8634
4 жыл бұрын
My favorite surfer ever. Surf those rainbow fins on my Nigel Semmens. Awesome
@stainless7191
4 жыл бұрын
Scored one of my first Boards from Mark's Ex-wife when they split back in the 80's Thanks Jenny and Mark! it was super fast.
@willnzsurf
4 жыл бұрын
Froth Mode!!💯good dude
@creature_of_the_undergroun261
2 жыл бұрын
MR is the man.
@henrymorgan3982
10 ай бұрын
Legend.
@hayleygordon7969
3 жыл бұрын
These fins are so fun
@samdecasas6920
Жыл бұрын
Fuk yea love the twinnie/trailer setup especially at punchy beachbreak. Gets you in quick, plenty of speed, stability and turning.
@jonmorgan1987
4 жыл бұрын
Fedinkem mate! Aloha from Hawaii!
@hbviceroy7274
3 жыл бұрын
Mark you would never hood winked.......you absolutely ripped!!...
@hughmckendrick3018
4 жыл бұрын
Does anybody have anything negative to say about MR? Any content I have seen, he's always professional and upbeat. One of my favorite surfers and twin fins my favorite boards.
@THEBIGKUSH420
4 жыл бұрын
RENO told me you paid in advance and the boards were waiting all cured , MR had his shit together.
@eduardopinheiro2546
Ай бұрын
Lenda!!!🤙🤙🤙🤙
@michaelreddington2127
3 жыл бұрын
Looking at the clips the twinnies seem to accelerate from turns and move quickly, in '78 I switched from 5'10 single fins to 5'10 twinnies, my surfing experience catapulted, caught waves I used to miss and smashed the lip, it could skip out at the bottom.....
@ericmeechglobalnetwork2273
4 жыл бұрын
So cool... so cool!
@bretloyd8097
3 жыл бұрын
The real deal. Awesome!
@callasurf
4 жыл бұрын
Still got one of the first MR’s twinny shaped by Spider Murphy, 1980 model.........real magic carpet ride.
@nikol3258
4 жыл бұрын
I wish surfboards weren’t so expensive
@oldnslow8232
4 жыл бұрын
Stoked Had to be said
@AlWilson2103
11 ай бұрын
X4 champ is so humble
@17th_Street_Preacher
4 жыл бұрын
The Wounded Gul
@crunchers9
4 жыл бұрын
I found several FCS fins while snorkeling. If a side fin has the graphics on one side of it, do you call it the right side fin or the left side fin, when describing it. Is it the right side, like the passenger side of a car, when you are above the board, riding it? Or is it the left when you are inserting the fins with the board bottom side up?
@hbviceroy7274
2 жыл бұрын
No Mark you didn’t think you were going faster you were going faster!
@cjones5332
4 жыл бұрын
MEREWETHER !!!
@jimmydabriou2482
4 жыл бұрын
I wonder what Futures fins would work good on those MR twin fin surfboards... 🤔
@thesurfingprospector6345
4 жыл бұрын
Onya Mark nice mate total LEGEND Say Gaday to Mick Adams for me thanks Crouch
@jimmydabriou2482
2 жыл бұрын
When that board will be up for sale??
@vaderleidesouza1955
4 жыл бұрын
Baita homem do mar!!!
@Adza2323
4 жыл бұрын
When MR speaks you listen
@jbeastist
4 жыл бұрын
one of the greatest ever the wounded gull
@littlerubster
4 жыл бұрын
What's the blues tune starting at 2:12?
@surfdetective
4 жыл бұрын
Long live the twin fin
@ocean4lifem8
4 жыл бұрын
where abouts in Newcastle is the fcs factory? cheers
@surf6473
4 жыл бұрын
Twin spins don't work in Hawaii never have. Twin fins are not used today in competition. But they so work in 2ft slop.
@BrandenLanfeld14
3 жыл бұрын
Trin fin twin fin twin fin.
@xisotopex
2 жыл бұрын
I think Felipe Toledo has the best style of all the brazzos on tour.
@Dragon-Slay3r
Жыл бұрын
Right turn block so they can't see the top eyes
@seleldjdfmn221
4 жыл бұрын
Amazing content. How Often should someone upload? hopefully you can join Us! xd
@itempany
Жыл бұрын
Had a MR double flyer swallow tail with single fin…. Was a great board till it got stolen
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