Fins or No?

Wakesk8er54 · Faceplant Joined: 10 Sep 2004 Posts: 23 City: Mandeville

I went wakeskatin earlier and i decided to take all the fins off of my 484 El Cuatro, it took some gettin used to but i love ridin w/ out fins now. Just wonderin how everyone else did it Wink

scott a · "a" is for angel Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 4126

because ivan's path is clearly related to the fact that you lost one of the fins off your 484...

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10756 City: Jefferton

I don't even like looking at that thing...

el · Backside 180 Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 1739 City: The Sea

I kind of like the one fin thing... and I ride my board backwards so I don't stare down at the word "INTEGRITY" gracing the top and contemplate what that really means when I'm riding lest I run into something while not paying attention.

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10756 City: Jefferton

I ride my board backwards too (but it's more of a superstitious thing), but I keep both fins in. I just thought I'd mention the backwards thing, though...

freerider4 · Backside 180 Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 2462

I switched my bindings around on my wakeboard and rode it backwards and I swear it made me ride worse.

BillyOLDS · Posted: Sep 14, 2004 1:12 am Post subject:

i ride finless but i now ride a lib with a slight channel thing but for some reason( i think its just a mind thing) if i do a shuv and then land and do a 3shuv from the tail i land them a lot more and they seem to be more stylish.

scott a · "a" is for angel Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 4126

electricsnow, el, what happens when you guys do a shove it? do you do another shove really quick so you can make the board backwards again and keep all the boogey men away from your board so you dont fall?

el · Backside 180 Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 1739 City: The Sea

Ride it finless, what else!! Cool

I don't know, I always like to start out backwards. Actually one time a bear was swimming and decided to take a swipe at me so I pulled out my nunchuckus and went in after the bastard.

I don't think of it as a bad thing, I simply earn more bonus points while riding the board "forward" and doing stuff finless.

scott a · "a" is for angel Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 4126

el, i get it now...you earn bonus points so when you get to the end of the level you can use them to upgrade your nunchucks to a samaurai sword so you can turn the next level's boss into chop sewyyyyyyyy!

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10756 City: Jefferton

scott a, I usually ride untill I fall or turn the board back around. It's stupid really...I try to stay away from superstitions (lucky shorts, mountain dew rituals, lucky socks for snowboarding, etc) but it doesn't always work. I laugh just thinking about it because it's lame, but when I have a good set and I did something different (ie riding my board backwards or what have you) I just stay with it.

However, I never escape from the boogie men....

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Sep 14, 2004 9:46 am Post subject:

finless.... me and my one friend think finless is just stupid, its almost like cheating, i think at least, this is just my opinon, i know alotta people who pop there tricks really high and dont use finz, but it just looks liek liptricks and other things feel and look so much ezer and less cool and stuff, its just my opinion - USE FINS!!! CHEATERS!!!

BillyOLDS · Posted: Sep 14, 2004 10:05 am Post subject:

-=AlexXx=- how is it cheating when landed without fins u have to be right on or u slip out? there is no right or wrong in sport that is so young, everything is being figured out and progressed to the next level. i believe finless or fins is a matter of personal prefrence but to call ridding w/o fin being a cheater is just being ignorant.

Synergy · Pop Shuvit Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 249 City: Atlanta

I ride with no fins, even filled the holes in.

chriscut · Backside 180 Joined: 28 Jun 2004 Posts: 2000

I had a gate, but ive since ditched it for a integrity team deck. I rode Chris41's w/o fins and i like it a lot more. It took a little getting used to, but now i prefer no fins for sure.

kento911 · Kickflip Joined: 29 Mar 2004 Posts: 3657 City: Phoenix

04 gate ( soon to be 105 karma, sue me I like it ) with a .7 awing, and a .7 belmont fin, the belmont is looser feeling b/c its fatter and shorter, gives the board an asym feeling, I like a little fin, keeps the pops honest

nick · Posted: Sep 14, 2004 6:21 pm Post subject:

-=AlexXx=-,

kento911 · Kickflip Joined: 29 Mar 2004 Posts: 3657 City: Phoenix

che blanc, TRUE TRUE

liquid · Posted: Sep 14, 2004 6:24 pm Post subject:

yes have i heard this same argument before?? everybody knows that riding finless isn't cheating!

andy ross · Posted: Sep 14, 2004 6:27 pm Post subject:

its no big deal if you dont ride with fins i ride my gate and my byerly finless