Behind The Curtain - Mark Richards: By FCS

September 03, 2021

Mark Richard is considered surfing royalty, not only for achieving 4 consecutive World Titles but for also pioneering a radical approach to wave riding made possible by his famous twin-fin designs. But there’s a backstory here…

In this mySURFtv episode of FCS Behind The Curtain, MR explains how a simple idea produced one of the most fun and rippable board and fin combinations in surfing history that still holds relevance today.

You see, as a young aspiring shaper and red hot surfer, Mark’s performance aspirations were well ahead of his equipment. And frustrated with the somewhat clunky and restrictive single fin boards of the era, he set about designing a board that would allow him to access more critical parts of the wave, perform a higher repetition of acute turns, and ultimately unlock his full potential.

Mark's Journal

A few bits and pieces from the life of Mark Richards.

Stephanie Gilmore ripping on a MR x Mayhem

Stephanie Gilmore ripping on a MR x Mayhem "California Twin"

I stumbled across the Electric Acid Surfboard test with Steph over at Stab and thought i'd share a clip of her absolutely ripping on the board I shaped with Matt 'Mayhem' Biolos. Take a look and enjoy.

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Mark Richards segment from the 1982 classic, Storm Riders.

Mark Richards segment from the 1982 classic, Storm Riders.

Storm Riders is a 1982 film by David Lourie, Jack McCoy and Dick Hoole, featuring some of the world's best surfers. Check out my feature section.

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Why I first started shaping - The initial push

Why I first started shaping - The initial push

I’d go to the factory, watch him (Jeff) shape and whenever someone came in and said hey the surfs really good, everyone would stop, whatever they were doing they would stop and just all go in mass and go surfing

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