Flynn has been a fixture on the North Shore for years, pulling into bombs at Pipe, putting together super progressive video parts and absolutely regulating Rocky Point. It's his play ground, and he takes it all very seriously. Flynn could be the hardest working man on the North Shore; running a blog, writing editorial columns and pushing the limits. He's a board addict, and of the 60 plus sticks he has, he chose this one as his latest muse.
"This is a 5'10" Bret Marimoto shape. It's 18 3/8" x 2 1/4" and it's just what we've been working on, polishing my shortboard designs over the years. I get a few boards from Bret every year, and he does a great job working off the feedback, making me a better board each time. Lately I've been going with some 5-Fin set ups, which is really cool. You get two boards out of one, and it's great too for travel or at home to have that other dimension. I'll ride it as a normal thruster, and then if the waves have a more down the line look to them, then I'll go with a quad. This board goes really well as both, which I'm super stoked on. Two magic boards in one. Normally I would use the EA Quad set up, where all four fins have a flat foil. To me, they're a little more precise, and I have more control with my turns using flat foils. Sometimes quads have a little slide to them, but the flat foil helps reduce that."
Check out Flynn's Wave of the Winter clip on Surfline.
