Dave Rastovich Debunks The Thruster

[@AidanGunn]

This is the best Electric Acid Surfboard Test stab has ever done

[@wallydorseyjr1985]

I'm pretty sure I've seen Dave ride a door so anything he does on a surfboard is entirely different than what the average human can do.

[@KevinDurantOfficialFittness]

Would a thruster setup work if a door had a rounded tail?

[@kylestanford7574]

That's how you rely more on your rail and less on your fins. Fin placement and templates are just as important as the shape itself.

[@andymat7359]

I started doing this in the 90's after dinging my trail fin on a rock, cut it smaller and re-sanded the contours, gives a thruster a nice loose feel.

[@joeblow1942]

I have a board I shaped that wasn’t supposed to be a twin but works awesome as a twin. I installed a couple FCS plugs to make it a twinzer and now it’s faster, drivier, better backside and the range has been greatly increased.

[@fernandomaron87]

I had a board like that too, i lost my middle fin on a session and realized how good it rode as a twin, then i bought a twin set up and installed on it, it rode beautifully, in my mind it felt like those Mark Richards 80s boards, carved like butter

[@PiersYT]

Rastas ability to micro adjust his technique to make any board work and his understanding of the elements of surfboard design is astounding such an truly amazing surfer still my favourite free surfer (if you want to give him that cringy corporate label)

[@GroundySurfandGames]

finally more and more videos of Rasta coming out last couple years...for a long time it was hard to find footage of him ripping with style...Some say to me he doesnt win world titles..well goalies in soccer/football dont score many goals but are good footballers right? yeah man..not all about contests

[@paulcombes3782]

Been shaping for 30 years and fins Do alter ride characteristics . So do all the other foundations of a well designed board like plan shape , rocker ,foil .rail shape , hull contours etc,etc . Different fin setups are suited to different surfers , the waves you ride and on and on I could go . Its surfing people , its fluid , do whatever you want . Have whatever setup you want . Dave Rasta surfs great and this setup is valid , but not the final word .

[@robinbanks610]

Dave’s a bloody legend👍

[@user-ls3kx8pl9g]

I‘m riding a set up like this on all my thrusters since years! So much more drive and still so loose

[@neal4601]

Bigger sides, smaller centre. aka the kelly slater fins

[@JJMcCubbing]

How is this debunking the thruster?

[@jasontroy3911]

It's called clickbait

[@JJMcCubbing]

@ yup they got me :(

[@petecabrina]

He is revolutionising the whole game, changing history, no wait... it actually surf like sh't and its rasta just being rasta 😄

[@koa.teixeira]

Gracias Dave Gracias STAB

[@nicholasrussell3219]

I like that feeling to. Watch one of my latest videos at the wave pool. I rode Futures thruster fins without the rear fin, works great for narrow tail boards, holds but feels really loose and glidy.

[@alexanderturl]

I’m betting the click through rate to STAB premium is about 2%

[@Babaji77777]

😂😂😂🎉

[@OldBismarck]

I debunked the thruster once too. I accidentally installed fins backwards in a frantic rush. The board rode fine. 😅

[@Canaryisland1]

Same here. One day I went work without wearing a bra and didn’t even notice until I got home lol

[@dudeleboski2692]

7:17 Too light! I’ve always believed in a bit of Weight that aids in the inertia, hence forward movement, especially with Bumpier conditions.

[@nathanmoore5705]

Yeah that’s true or it also helps of the board rails are engaging and not floating too high when your turning or putting pressure on the back foot

[@sctim123]

Wtf was going on with that trailing fin when he’s talking at the end? Looked angled in a bunch

[@MikeNolan_Councilman]

Definitely ripped that futures box out

[@DustinKeiser]

Broke the fin box

[@DadKooks]

Loved this years EAST and how his brain works

[@Grungeisdead74]

Great Neal

[@madsteeez]

How do they find these empty pointbreaks? Do they just kick everyone else out?

[@fernandomaron87]

Bro i surf by myself on a good PB pretty much everyday, secret spot. A lot of empty spots out there, just go out and search. Thesd guys also have the possibility to catch planes taking them to remote locations, so it's easier.

[@madsteeez]

@@fernandomaron87 Looks like Goldcoast to me

[@dudeleboski2692]

Dave R., Do you drive off your or Back or Front Foot? Makes a bit of Difference on the topic of “V”

[@rvrrb]

vegemite and burger, nothing more. for a narrow tail use a large center fin and two keel side fins so you can stay high. If you like wide tails like rolf did, a twin fin setup with large side fins and a small keel center fin works best.

[@David-e2n6t]

Is dave wearing eye liner?

[@dudeleboski2692]

10:34 hmmm, Tell that to MR Dave.

[@paulc6498]

I bet us mere mortals would have a hard time with a setup like that. Even Rasta looks like he is babying the top turns a bit. And he can likely surf anything and make it work. If it's fun it's fun, tho

[@springfieldbearpatrol2937]

No one ever recreated the winged keel single fin I guess...

[@robypatterson]

do you like the feeling of surfing ? or do you like how you are perceived as a wave rider ? .

[@fernandomaron87]

Bro, that's a dumb question. Every single surfer on the planet enjoys the feeling of riding a wave

[@tube-vt4hl]

We are on the precipice of climate system tipping points beyond which there is no redemption. JAMES HANSEN, director, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, December 2005

[@Coover90210]

Maybe "precipice" was a little hyperbolic. Considering that was 19 years ago. (Its definitely a thing but the scare tactics are counterproductive.)

[@joedirt8625]

Rasta still Rips

[@ColKahoonar]

This board appears to be catching a rail and tripping the surfer up.great in a straight line..great for further development but I would be trying before you buy here.

[@salty2667]

The Man Could Turn Anyfing…..

[@DominiqueBeninca-o2y]

Fins too far forward makes them surf too flat.

[@michaelkelly4708]

It's not crazy, it's just surfing off the rail. It's typical Rasta surfing, more front foot than back, he engages his rail through turns and the tail follows the nose around. You can see when he gets too much back foot in there it skips out.

[@MrRobinski]

That rocker could have been straightened pretty easily.

[@Nardvens]

How do you even think of skipping your board to make it go faster 😂

[@a.lame.username.]

That first fin setup is just dumb. You can plainly see it not working for him.

[@MikeListon-tk8ir]

The board looks sticky, he's tracking turns and blowing cutbacks. I don't really think he debunked anything here. It's an example of a great surfer surfing on a board with a dumb fin setup.

[@jameshirst2482]

Really Dave. Simon law got thrusters so Good. Go ride some real waves

[@33thos15]

Perfect example of how close minded people in the surf industry are.

[@Hotwire_RCTrix]

Like there is any engineering or fluidics in surfboards. 😂

[@leonid123ful]

I think surfers care too much about shit that ultimately makes little difference.

[@fernandomaron87]

Any sport at the high level is like that, people get obssessed over small gear details, in skateboarding is the same with deck sizes, wheel size, truck size. Also when i boxed, i remember people stressing out over how many ounces this gloves had or certain gloves had. Some stuff may make no difference to the average joe, but a pro on the highest level can spot differencies.

[@thesurfingprospector6345]

Well you guys I have been doing this since 1980 In 1976 I had my own thruster won the NSW state Your all to slow

[@djizzah]

Dave rastovich free surfer but never paid for a wetsuit or surfboard in his life😅

[@nathanmoore5705]

you’d do the same if you had the chance 👍 I know I would

[@denisrogers4358]

I think he deserves every bit and a beer

[@djizzah]

@nathanmoore5705 fine, but don't promote yourself a freespirit not tied to any brand or corporation when you are actually sponsored to the hilt, that's what I have a problem with

[@denisrogers4358]

@@djizzah I’m picking up what you’re throwing down but I don’t detect a hint of disingenuous from DR. An undeniable soul waterman IMHO. If he were a trust-afarian with rich parents; accepted no $ …. Or lived in a ditch and survived on berries would he be more authentic ? I believe hats off to anyone surviving in a lifestyle industry, particularly in this day and age.

[@djizzah]

@denisrogers4358 no denying the guy is a major talent ,and always has been

[@tempioxavo]

A paywall? Stab Is going to die soon😂

[@jackfrothn]

you're tripping

[@bonsummers2657]

boring...