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RYAN BURCH

Over the past few years, Burch has amassed a loyal following of fans enamored with his ability to look stylish on whatever board he has underfoot, whether it’s a mid-length (above) or a pickle-forked board (opposite).

You always seem to be riding left-field surfcraft. What was in your boardbag for this trip?

I brought a 5'3" fish, a 5'5" flex-tail twin fin, a 6'2" twin-fin step up, a 5'10" winged-swallowtail twin, a 9'9"

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