19.70

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Taylor Knox scores a 19.70 in his Round 1 heat at perfect J-Bay on removable Bamboo fins, handmade by Marlin Bacon for the Lokbox fin system.
Surfline photo sequence.
Surfline video of the heat. “Looks like he is in fast forward.”
www.billabongpro.com
101 Fin Co. Bamboo for Lokbox.
www.lokboxfins.com

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17 Comments
  • Eric
    July 11, 2008

    Whoa! On FIRE!

    Go CA.

  • Anonymous
    July 11, 2008

    Congrats to everyone involved.

  • Justin
    July 11, 2008

    Thats killer, I guess your not some kid in the back yard after all Huh Marlin? when i saw the heat live i was wondering if his fins were bamboo. did you see how fast he was arching his cuttys holy sh$%! Keep up the foiling buddy…

  • Anonymous
    July 11, 2008

    Didn’t Kelly Slater win like 8 world titles with FCS fins?

  • Anonymous
    July 11, 2008

    Slater’s fins are glassed on and the FCS tabs are airbrushed. Had LokBox been available, I’m sure he wouldn’t have slacked off on the tour those few years, he’d have 14 titles at least.

    Go TK!!

    Go Marlin!!!

  • Anonymous
    July 11, 2008

    I tell you what about Slater, he doesn’t ride plastic fins.

  • Anonymous
    July 11, 2008

    Slater’s biggest wins were on Simon Anderson shapes with fiberglass glasson fins.

  • Seahugger
    July 11, 2008

    Very cool.

  • Anonymous
    July 11, 2008

    Taylor knows how to make the Bacon sizzle!

  • Anonymous
    July 11, 2008

    Who rides plastic fins??? Life’s too short…………

  • Anonymous
    July 11, 2008

    this is soo cool!

    Imagine someone tearing through matches at Wimbledon with a Bamboo tennis racquet that was made in CarlsBad. Nice!

  • travsplan
    July 12, 2008

    credit where credit is due: the bonzer-bottom AND the bamboo fins. rail-to-rail surfing requires a template which projects through the fin system. bamboo fins are beautifully crafted and super-functional; but let’s not forget to mention that the newest aspect of taylor’s quiver integrates the bonzer bottom.

  • Anonymous
    July 12, 2008

    Yeah…Let’s give credit where credit’s due. Boards, fins, and bottoms don’t go anywhere without someone on them…TAYLOR RIPS!

  • pro surfing still sucks
    July 12, 2008

    On the Billabong website they have all the heats in the video section. Taylor looks superior to the rest of the pack. Joel Parkinson and Kelly Slater look good too. The rest of the pack look chattery and slow. No more herky jerky spider monkey surfing GO TK.

  • Anonymous
    July 13, 2008

    where’s his bonzer5???!!!

  • Anonymous
    July 17, 2008

    Looks like FCS still rock. The announcer at the contest said Slats was using plastic side fins and a stiff fiberglass center fin as opposed to the others in the top 8 who all had glass ons.

    Knox got Bamboozaled.

  • observer
    July 17, 2008

    Knox got bamboozled by Tom Whitaker floundering in the lip of Knox’s wave. Why didn’t Whitaker get a paddling interference ASP judges???