Surfboards: Can A Thruster Devotee Learn To Love A Twin-Fin? 504 9

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In this Joyride, Stab's resident board tester, Michael Ciaramella, examines the JS Black Baron—a twin-fin designed for explosive, modern surfing, like that of Ryan Callinan at two-foot Keramas. Could our tester be wooed by the twin's fast, loose nature, or will he remain fixed in his thruster roots? Find out above, then read our complete review on stabmag.com. Tester: Michael Ciaramella Stats: 5'5 x 140 lbs (63 kg) Board: JS Black Baron Dims: 5'2 x 19.25 x 2.15 x 23.5L Fins: Futures' Akila Aipa Twin and Machado Twin

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Luke H - 4 years ago

Oh to be 5’3” and 110 lbs again ...!

Lindsay Shaw - 4 years ago

What if you’re bi-curious but also full hipster?

867 5309 - 4 years ago

I love twins!

Sal NeedsLumbarSupport - 4 years ago

this is the type of shit we want to see

H2o Echo - 4 years ago

when you tell them 'I can go and rip'.

Noah Baird - 4 years ago

Do you hydroshort or the seaside next

J Graves - 4 years ago

san diego is the perfect place for midgets to surf

krusher74 - 4 years ago

You can surf a twinfin two ways, force your thruster muscle memory against it trying to make it surf like always do and then say you hate twin fins, or let it work/flow how it wants to and learn something new.

Expecto Patronum - 4 years ago

Dude shreddddddds hard!

10. comment for Surfboards: Can A Thruster Devotee Learn To Love A Twin-Fin?

Waxfoot - 4 years ago

Great vid Stab, thanks!

Rhuan Martins - 4 years ago

How about a test on the Seaside by Rob Machado??

William Hernandez - 4 years ago

Dude ripped it

cat in the hat - 4 years ago

the flat barron

NPFilm - 4 years ago

yeah people under the stairs

james williams - 4 years ago

I liked the new New style of edit

Dugi Haugeneder - 4 years ago

best i seen the Black baron look yet, nearly felt like i should get one. nearly

teq - 4 years ago

love this format

Spencer Jacobs - 4 years ago

never thought id see the day when scripps made it into a stab video

jeff spicoli - 4 years ago

blowing up the spot u kook, jk, but seriously, keep spot names out of comment sections please!

Sam J - 4 years ago

Keep pumping out videos

20. comment for Surfboards: Can A Thruster Devotee Learn To Love A Twin-Fin?

Hunter Davis - 4 years ago

Those pressure dings are coming out of his check!!

David Velazquez - 4 years ago

I noticed that too! Maybe the board is glassed hella thin.

s c - 4 years ago

Buy buy buy... Sell sell sell

P A - 4 years ago

Quads are awesome as well. I lived in SD for 10yrs had to switch to quads and twin fins. Moved back to Hawai'i and ride twins and quads 90% of the time. Being older twin fins help on all around ease of it letting the board flow with minimum effort.

Siward Beorn - 4 years ago

WTF! BI CURIOUS!
PEACE LOVE AND LIGHT PEEPS

David Velazquez - 4 years ago

DUDE! Hair is looking luscious all video long. Jealous cuz all I got left is thinning crab grass. Lol! Awesome surfing too.

Gianni Verschueren - 4 years ago

I felt weird making a comment about it, but yes. Dude has fantastic hair. I might be slightly jealous

Dezrt - 4 years ago

2:21 is so janky in a good way

Noah Stone - 4 years ago

Board looked good at swamis

M_Is_Mathi - 4 years ago

That board looks sickk

Kee-pyor Myndopen - 4 years ago

6:15 I’m a fast reader but your sizing chart needs to stay on the screen for a few seconds more mate

jeff spicoli - 4 years ago

my 200 pound ass will never be on a 31.7L board.... more like 34+ :)

Brian Clauzel - 4 years ago

@Kee-pyor Myndopen ahh gotcha.. good to know that honestly

Kee-pyor Myndopen - 4 years ago

@Brian Clauzel

There are controls on some interfaces that are permanently on screen and they block the wording when you press ‘pause’.

It’s ok though, I took screen shots.

Maybe just a bit easier for viewers when editing future videos to make it longer.

Brian Clauzel - 4 years ago

Never forget to pause a video if you need to read something on screen