Fins?

wakeshredder · Posted: Sep 16, 2008 7:52 am Post subject: Fins?

Just curious, which pros ride fins? Like TNT, Aaron Reed, Reed Hansen and all of todays top contenders...

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10753 City: Jefferton

nick doesn't use them, aaron rides with one and reed uses two.

mattttt60 · Backside 180 Joined: 01 Feb 2007 Posts: 648 City: 941

matt manzari rides with 1

BillyOLDS · Posted: Sep 16, 2008 9:37 am Post subject:

fins are a personal preferance. i used to ride with kyle hyams alot and he always rocked the one fin. i rocked the one fin all last year but im back to finless on my integ.

De Oro · Backside 180 Joined: 20 Nov 2007 Posts: 1064 City: Austin

i like 1 fin on different boards, some boards need fins and some dont in my opinion

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

wakeshredder · Posted: Sep 16, 2008 11:20 am Post subject:

De Oro, Gnarly Dancer 42, Would you share your experience as to which boards (style,brand,rocker,etc.) you personally felt rode better with and w/o fins?

De Oro · Backside 180 Joined: 20 Nov 2007 Posts: 1064 City: Austin

wakeshredder, i feel like most concaves with a small flat bottem need fins because there is a bunch of room to rock back and forth on. when you have a larger flatbottem on the base of the rocker, it allows the board to ride a little smoother than it would if it had a short flat bottem

there is a big difference between 12-16 inch flat spots

also, the rails on a board really effect how it edges,

ever notice why the 4-trac rode so well? it had the same destinct edge all the way around so you really didnt need a fin with that board because it was so light.

now there is another thing

weight, it definatly is harder to scoop a light board with fins compared to a heavier one.

i like concaves like an oak style or our DEvotid concave with fins because i think it feels a little more slippery than a bi level. i donno its hard to explain fully i guess

i tried. im skippin class tryin to study, bare with me...

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

wakeshredder, for me pretty much all bi levels don't need fins; with the exception of the sst, because its lighter; they weigh so much and that adding a fin would make 3 shuvs super hard. basically bi levels won't go anywhere unless you force them to.

and i'd say pretty much all concaves need at least one fin because it makes wake to wake a lot easier, it wont feel squirely, and landing tricks with the fin in back makes riding away easier (i cant land kickflips on concaves without a fin in back)