FCS, the greatest story in sporting history, rolls on!
Can you believe it? Can you really believe it? Can you believe that a removable fin company is on such a heater? Stop what you are doing right now, please, and dig into your memory bank. Have you ever even heard of such complete and utter domination in modern sporting history? 13/13! Thirteen victories in a row!
Remember when Stab (2004-2016) reported:
Here’s a thing you probably didn’t know: In 2015, every Men’s WSL World Tour event was won by a surfer riding a set of FCS fins. Eleven events, 11 wins on FCS rudders, starting with Filipe Toledo on the Gold Coast almost a year ago, and ending with Adriano De Souza at the Pipe Masters (a fact that wouldn’t have changed even if Gabs had won Pipe, since he rides FCS too).
And then Matt Wilkinson won on the Gold Coast to make an almost unheard of 12/12. And then he won again just yesterday, slashing and carving and hacking his way to victory in thick Bells to make a truly unprecedented 13/13. It must be assumed that the fins he used are in a titanium briefcase right now, handcuffed to a burly man in a dark suit, being flown to the Smithsonian museum in Washington D.C. for display. It must be assumed that lines will stretch around the block when the public is finally allowed to gaze upon them.
I mean, can you fully appreciate the weight of this moment? That we are witnessing something our children’s children’s children will someday read about? It came close to ending yesterday, you know. Jordy Smith rides Futures and there he was in the final so close. I found myself weeping in the middle of that last heat even though Wilko had Jordy in a combination situation. The stress overwhelmed me completely.
My heart soars today, though, like yours. FCS! 13/13! Let’s watch Kolohe take them out of his board! Let’s watch it all day long!
Suf Hardware International, same shit. That’s the reason they’re the only other brand allowed to do FCSII. Same company, 2nd line price point fins.
Gorillas are FCS.
man is fred pawles voice creepy/ sexy
Last Thursday I was surfing a reef break that takes about a 25 minute drive and a 25 minute hike to get to. There was only me and one other guy out when someone else shows up off the trail and hurriedly paddles out. When he gets out to the line up I see that it’s a guy I know. We talk story for a minute and then he says he’s surfing some new FCS ll that he picked up on O’ahu. He flips his board over to look at them and one is missing. Needless to say he was pretty sick about it. I guess he spent $80 on them. He swears he clicked them all the way in and that he didn’t hit any of the few rocks that stick up on the paddle out, but I have to wonder. I’ve never used the FCS ll myself so I don’t know how they feel when you click them in or anything. I definitely felt bad for him as he took one straight to the beach and combed the shoreline for the next half hour in the hope that it had washed all the way in. I think I’ll stick with the screw ins.
Fukc this. What about this? http://beachgrit.com/2015/1…
Seems I was right! Suckers.
Ahh but perhaps you need to check who owns Gorilla?
For some unknown reason, I ordered fcs2 on my most recent board. I guess I got caught up in the hoopla of all those wins – the glitz, the glamour! Then I came down from whatever psycho tropic drug I was bingeing on and tried to change it back to futures. But alas it was too late, my blank had been routed for fcs2! I now have about 4 sets of the fucking things and a heart filled with regret. Hard to get in, hard to get out, fall out if you happen to bump them on a rock, cost 50 bucks to replace each fin. As appealing as it sounds to surf like Adriano Desouza, I think I’m back on the futures train on my next board. Anyone want to buy some sets of FCS2?
Your man ADS is on Futures now.
fuck – of course he is.
Well not in an official capacity, but he was definitely riding futures in his heats at Bells.
I kind of had you picked as a single, glass-in fin kind of guy Birds..
its probably where my skillset belongs, but here we are!
is that westerly windena doing the voice over?
I’m assuming the hypnotism market is not doing so well, that guy, ” your eyes are getting heavy, deep breaths.”
FCS , suck and are way too expensive especially now…everyone loses one fin now since they pop out very easily if you hit anything with them, even kelp…so yea, keep wasting money…
Enjoy spending 100 bucks for a new set.FCS is out dated, expensive and dumb.
the joys of planned obsolescence
I open beers in the same fashion…
Apologies, but banging your fins on a bench to get them out just doesn’t do it for me. I’ll take the 30 seconds to screw em in and out
I hope he knocks the boxes out.