One Fin

[Wakeness450]

this may sound stupid but i never understood why people ride with one fin. it seems like you would want to keep the feel of your board consistant. i duno i just dont really understand

[Culp]

The only thing i could ever think of is when you are on a rail and it won't get hung up.

[tad]

Culp, not really..

a lot of people ride one fin for w2w stuff

[BRAZIL-CONCAVEwakeskates]

I ride 1 fin.... It's like havin' 2 boards in one!!!

[a.townskates]

BRAZIL-CONCAVEwakeskates, thats so tru..haha

[Mr. Top Hat]

when i ride one fin i always ride the fin in the back. if the fin ends up in the front after a trick my first priority is to get it in the back again. i just like how a board rides with one fin in the back without a fin in the front.

[bochner]

yeah if u do it put it in the back thats how i ride wen im switch

[-LoGiK-]

1 fin is simple

2 fins just seems to complicated

[conwest]

-LoGiK-, that makes no sense at all. I think its the other way. It should be fins or no fins. That way you dont have to set your board up a certain way to do a trick.

[stompin9s]

1 fin is skate.

[conwest]

stompin9s, very true but most boards are symmetrical. Why not take advantage of that?

[electricsnow]

Actually, I've heard culp's reason used before, along with the idea that the one fin set up will give you more forgiveness on switch maneuvers (maneuvers, not tricks, people). I'm pretty sure some have used the exact opposite reasoning as well...to each his own!

[Bad Luck]

maneuvers are for pilots.

some people have varying preferences for different tricks, i.e. they like the feel of some with a fin and some without a fin, so they ride with one fin (generally in the back if the board is a-sym). this gives them the ability to do things like kickflips, body varials, straight airs (w2w), 360's (w2w), etc.. with the fin in the back, while still being able to be finless for bigspins or rail/lip tricks, and being able to leave the water without a fin and land with one on tricks like varial/hard/frontside/backside flips and 180's (w2w or otherwise).

thats why most of the people that i know that ride with one fin do it.

[electricsnow]

I'm simply making fun of my nerdy diction...no need to bring any pilots into this...

[Bad Luck]

i like pilots, i wish i could fly, i just couldnt resist that cause i used that line in a conversation about tricks/maneuvers/stunts this morning.

[conwest]

Bad Luck, do you ride with one fin?

[electricsnow]

Cool. I just felt bad because I couldn't tell and it's not like any pilots ever did anything bad to me...I mean, I respect their heavy Gs and what not.

Of course this is all bizarre commentary and off topic, and I suspect you're coming from a similar state of mind as I am...

[Bad Luck]

conwest, sometimes, if i use "fins" its usually just one. for me it pretty much depends on the board, i always ride my catalyst 2.0 finless cause i dont ever feel like i need one, but ive been riding Reed's new board a little lately and i prefer a fin on it.

electricsnow, yes. now back to my homework, i wish i hadnt put speech off for so many years, or this speech off untill the night before.

[el]

Just one of these bad boys and I'm good to go....

[canalskater]

i've decided that i like riding heavy boards with fins and light boards without fins.

how u like them apples?