fins or no fins?

sharpe_fan4113 · Faceplant Joined: 21 Mar 2005 Posts: 37 City: Spokane

it's that simple....do you use fins or not and why?....

mario c. · Guest

i havent used fins on a board in a while. then, the other week, i put integ fins on a k-39. i liked how you have to pop the board first before initiating the spin. with no fins, you can cheat it.
i'm sure you will hear from peeps who can pop correctly without fins though.

nottoldyet · Frontside 180 Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 257 City: orlando

I ride with fins I just like it more I feel It makes my progression a little slower I'm sure but, I do know I pop everything i try.

nick · Posted: Apr 27, 2006 8:29 pm Post subject:

I like riding finless. I think it gives me the free feeling that I left wakeboarding for. No straps, no fins, no tootsie flips...etc. I think it gives the wakeskate more opportunity for creation. If you do surface shuvits and lipslide to slide bs 270 out, and your worried about what you look like whilst skating, by all means, put some fins on. If you are riding to have fun, do just that, ride what is more fun for you (fins/no fins). If you can hold your own on a skate or just don't care what people think and you don't want to ride fins, "no one can stop us from doing what we want to do."

I <3 wakeskating.

ZoSo · Backside 180 Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 900 City: Winnipeg

No fins...just because I like relying more on my balance and edge of the board. I also like it because you can make the board behave however you want it to, loose, or tight...just depends on how you're riding it.

Vance Collins · Guest

I ride without fins so i can surface spin my re entry shuvs and do ole 1984s

jboss · Kickflip Joined: 22 Jun 2004 Posts: 3210 City: Chalmette

No fins fa sho. I pop my tricks just fine without them. My shuv tricks are most of the time higher than my ollies. I had fins on my k39 and hated it, it felt all goofy. I love the loose feeling of it to, like riding a longboard.

Alex Lirio · Pop Shuvit Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 137

no fins for me.

deepcove · Posted: Apr 27, 2006 8:59 pm Post subject:

I ride with one fin so I can hear people say, "How come you only have one fin?"

Ridehype4life · Pop Shuvit Joined: 29 Aug 2005 Posts: 119

how come you only ride with one fin????? Shocked

do shanks count as fins, theyre pretty fat?

stompin9s · Posted: Apr 27, 2006 9:38 pm Post subject:

do byerly locks count as fins

tahoe · Posted: Apr 27, 2006 9:42 pm Post subject:

i made a fin. most hagard thing ever!
only one tho.

Bad Luck · Posted: Apr 27, 2006 9:50 pm Post subject:

finless, because i dont like to be legit.

i cant stand the feeling of fins, they just dont fit into the way i ride.

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

I took some Kampus fins and sanded them way down, prettymuch as far as you can go before you hit the screw sleeves. I really like em, because I can break them loose at will, but still have that "finny" bite when initiating turns.

masi · Posted: Apr 27, 2006 9:55 pm Post subject:

che blanc, no tootsie flips..... finless for me though

Raven · Posted: Apr 27, 2006 10:33 pm Post subject:

Yo fins 4life for me fellas, I'm old and I need the extra stability. I like how you have to pop the fin before you shuv, it feels big; and I like how it sticks the landing. For each his own.

yabu · Posted: Apr 27, 2006 10:38 pm Post subject:

no fins for me too!

holmespika · Frontside 180 Joined: 09 Feb 2006 Posts: 381

i ride with fins

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Apr 28, 2006 11:34 am Post subject:

I started with fins, i learned all the basic lip tricks, and shuv tricks and even 3 shuvs with fins, then i took them off and loved it, it was so much more fun and free. like what nick said, what i left wakeboarding for, the free finless binding less feel where u can slide around and do anything no boundries. Cool

Dered · Frontside 180 Joined: 28 Feb 2006 Posts: 439 City: Calgary

I ride with one fin in the back of my aaron reed bi-level. But I was thinking try to ride fin less, see how it is.