What style of riding is this?

The fino is the gaited equivalent of passage... you wouldn't ride in passage on the trail either!

Bred for it or not, the fino still looks kind of unnatural, lol. The first thing I thought of was those little wind-up toys!

These responses are hilarious. Great point about it being inefficient to travel anywhere. They certainly wouldn't be ideal for fox hunting.

LOL. I heard the fino started for the same reason that rich young men drive their fancy cars down the beach at 2 miles an hour... to be SEEN.

So talk about a coincidence. I went for my riding lesson today and saw a man riding a paso fino. It definitely looks like it takes a long time to get down the road. The gait wasn't as fast as in the video but it was definitely the same idea. He rode the horse like he was on a motorcycle - legs straight out ahead and his knees almost locked.