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lakeside bomber
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PostPosted: Jul 13, 2013 11:20 pm    Post subject: What's the deal? Reply with quote

I'm a long time skateboarder and also grew up on the water.Wakeskating for a a couple 4 yrs and have a good bag of the easy tricks.This topic is probably old.....I went finless....but I felt like I was riding without trucks......Am I a kook for riding with fins?.......or does it matter?
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daniel
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PostPosted: Jul 14, 2013 12:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

major kook.

Ride what feels good for you.
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PostPosted: Jul 14, 2013 3:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

all depends on what you prefer..i use to ride with fins but i must say riding without feels a lot better..all of ny shuv tricks are easier
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PostPosted: Jul 14, 2013 10:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

some people like them , some don't

ride however YOU want to !

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lakeside bomber
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PostPosted: Jul 14, 2013 10:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cool just wanted a few opinions.....I'm just gonna keep riding.
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PostPosted: Jul 14, 2013 10:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's what I'm saying do what you want that's the whole point of board sports there's no right or wrong skate how you want!!!!
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PostPosted: Jul 14, 2013 2:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

wow, havnt seen a fin or no fin thread in years! kinda nostalgic haha

I really didnt think anyone used fins anymore, besides lock in types.

most board companies dont even provide fins anymore.
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11RANDOMNESS
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PostPosted: Jul 14, 2013 3:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

pasturas ride like 1 fin in the front right? For landing switch or something, kinda stupid.
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PostPosted: Jul 14, 2013 4:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I actually ride with one fin also.
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PostPosted: Jul 14, 2013 6:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

electricsnow, Embarassed why.. It just doesn't make sense to me.
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ben we came to wakeskate
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PostPosted: Jul 14, 2013 7:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i ride one fin.

it helps me pop all my shuv tricks and it allows me to catch my board. some tricks i do with out the fin. but most i do with. when i do shuv tricks with out the fin my board starts to spin before i even get the board out of the water. and i don't get the pop i am looking for. i feel it helps with flip tricks as well b/c it keeps the board straighter so my flicks can be more consistent. i do pop my heelflips without the fin. b/c i feel the trick for those is almost having your board break edge before you pop so your heel will flick the right part of the board.

i am a big fan of the fin.
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southpaw
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PostPosted: Jul 14, 2013 11:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ben we came to wakeskate wrote:
i ride one fin.


fins are in! haha. honestly I haven't rode with a fin in years and I've been thinking of throwing one on to play around with. Last fall I hit my first gap and I felt like I wanted to put a fin on to help for those landings because it felt so different than any other way I had landed before that. Also just thinking about different ways I throw different tricks and maybe a fin would help with landing. It's interesting to hear what ben said above because I never thought of it in that way. I see a bunch of pics with ben, the pasturas, and other pros with one fin in. Also for example I wouldn't have a fin for hitting the cable rails, but maybe just flats tricks, and the gap like I said. I don't know I haven't rode with a fin in years I think I'll go have some fun with it.
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lakeside bomber
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PostPosted: Jul 14, 2013 11:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey guys I didn't want to open a can of worms!!!!!Im gonna keep riding with fins!!!!If any of ya happen to pass through northeast Al let me know so we can ride.I also have a miniramp,if ya skateboard.....I'd post pics but its kinda hard when you have to get your wife to pull ya yo!Either way wakeskating is fun and its a great thing for aging skateboarders like me who live on a lake...........endless downhill ride....Fellas I took the fins off a caralyst urso(it's the one with a pirate ship type graphic) and put em on my new skate.Before that I had some flat board that a friend gave me.....scraped off the foam and gripped it.Hope you all keep this artform going.
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11RANDOMNESS
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PostPosted: Jul 15, 2013 7:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I had to use fins when learning toeside wake to wake because on landing i just kept slipping off my edge and face-planting but after that I never used fins. Not even for w2w stuff.
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Jake S
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PostPosted: Jul 15, 2013 12:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

One fin.
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senza wake
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PostPosted: Jul 15, 2013 1:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

no fins. my fortenberry has the channel and I feel it gives me the stability I need but still allows the looseness I want. I don't understand why other companies don't try a slight channel system...
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