¿Fins?

n8t3d0gg · Posted: Mar 21, 2005 5:11 pm Post subject: ¿Fins?

Why do they even bother putting fins on boards??? Does anyone really use them?? They suck ballz like no other.

HighRida · Posted: Mar 21, 2005 5:13 pm Post subject:

I use 1 fin

88skisupreme · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Nov 2004 Posts: 1342 City: ATX

They make it easier to ollie and you cant really claim shoveits if you cant do em with fins. If you take the fins off just to learn a shove it its cheating.

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

Personal preference. Some people like fins, some people don't. It's a non-issue.

scottyb · Posted: Mar 21, 2005 7:25 pm Post subject:

n8t3d0gg · Posted: Mar 21, 2005 7:45 pm Post subject:

[quote="88skisupreme"]They make it easier to ollie and you cant really claim shoveits if you cant do em with fins. If you take the fins off just to learn a shove it its cheating.[/quote]

No way its "cheating," a shuvits a shuvit w/ or w/out fins. If you look at any good wakesk8er they dont use fins. They are useless they dont do anything for you.

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

Aaron Reed uses fins. Why do you care...

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

it's personal preference now drop it, unless this is going somewhere constructive

andy ross · Posted: Mar 21, 2005 8:02 pm Post subject:

el, said it right, its a personal preference, and it shouldnt matter to anyone if another person wants to use fins or not.

SleuCrew · Posted: Mar 21, 2005 8:16 pm Post subject:

The legitimacy of a shuv really just depends on how and where you throw it (((obviously after the board has left the water...))) and where you catch the board... Plain and simple it has noting to do with fins or not.

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

I used to ride no fins but then I toar my acl and when I started riding again I rode with fins and it just feels to weird without fins so I don't bother getting used to it again.

Grouch · Kickflip Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 3146 City: The OC

I use fins when i boogie board...They help push me into the big wake.

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Mar 21, 2005 8:55 pm Post subject:

ok heres what i did, i think it helped me ALOT, i started with fins, i learned all the basics, shuvs, 180s, u know ez stuff then i started 360 shuvs started landing them, then took fins off and havnt used them since. I think u should get the basics down then take them off or just take one off. IT makes wakeskating alot more fun, at least for me, and all my friends who skate. but its personal preference.

Mr. Top Hat · Dead Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 5818

i ride finless but i used to ride with fins all the time. every now and then ill put them on again.

88skisupreme · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Nov 2004 Posts: 1342 City: ATX

I noticed that in last months WBM Grubb was riding one fin, wierd since he was the first one I noticed riding no fins all the time. I think nearly all the pros ride one fin now.

and yeah its mostly personal preference.

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

I remember the first time I saw someone riding without fins I thought it was so crazy because I tried doing it back in the day of skating with wakeboards and just kept falling.

catalyst112 · Posted: Mar 22, 2005 12:42 am Post subject:

Aaron says if you don't use fins, something is wrong with you. i'll follow his lead...haha.

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

there is really no rhyme or reason to when I ride with or without fins, except in rough water or rails there is some reason to those two but the rest of the time it depends on what I did last and where the screwdriver is.

parky · Kickflip Joined: 04 Oct 2004 Posts: 3193

I ride two they help alot

nichSloan · Pop Shuvit Joined: 20 Oct 2004 Posts: 245 City: Orlando

You know it really pisses me off having to take apart my whole bi-level just to take off or put on a fin...so I just go without. I would like to be the millionth person on this topic to say, it is personal preference.