Ryan Burch Asymmetrical Goofy
Ryan Burch's asymmetrical three-fin set cut for a goofy stance: a twin fin on the toe side, two paddle-style fins on the heel side.Three fins in solid fiberglass with a raw finish, on Futures bases, in smoke.
The Fin
Ryan Burch's asymmetrical three-fin set cut for a goofy stance: a twin fin on the toe side, two paddle-style fins on the heel side.
Three fins in solid fiberglass with a raw finish, on Futures bases, in smoke. The toe-side fin is the Burch Twin, 4.97" on a 5.32" base. The heel side takes two smaller fins, 4.19" and 3.54", drawn from Burch's paddle concept — itself out of George Greenough's paddle fins and Daniel "Tomo" Thompson's fin experimentation. All three are flat on the inside face, and the set is arranged for a goofy-footer, with the paddle fins on the heel rail.
How that reads
Each rail gets the fin it needs instead of a mirrored one. Off the bottom frontside, the single toe-side twin is drivey, quick and full of power; on the heel side the two stubby paddle fins, with their cutaway trailing edges, open up in transition and on rail, so that turn comes out responsive, buttery and loose. The aim is to keep both rails engaged and every transition balanced against the other.
Who it suits
Goofy-footers on asymmetrical boards with a three-plug Futures layout cut for that stance. Surfers who already know why they want an asym, since the set only makes sense under a board drawn asymmetrically. Regular-footers want the Regular version of the same set.
Specifications
Arguably the go-to asym set on the planet, as no one has messed with, tested, and dialed in the asym concept more than Ryan Burch.
The frontside feels drivey, quick, and full of power, and the heel side is responsive, buttery, smooth, and loose.
This is the set for a goofy-footer on a dedicated asym who wants a powerful frontside and a free backside, and it's best in punchy beachbreak and steeper faces where your two rails are asked to do very different things. Run it only on a board built asymmetrically for it — regular-footers need the Regular version, and a standard twin or fish wants the symmetrical Burch Twin.
The Ryan Burch Asymmetrical Goofy is a 1+2 asymmetrical fin set for goofy-foot asymmetrical surfboards, made by True Ames in solid fiberglass and Futures compatible. The toe-side fin comes from the Burch Twin template, while the heel-side fins use Burch's paddle concept, with a stubby outline and a cutaway trailing edge, influenced by Greenough's paddle fins and Tomo's fin experimentation.
Mentioned in the review — Ryan Burch Asymmetrical Regular · Ryan Burch Twin — not something we carry.