6- Fin Short board

General Discussion
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Here is a board I designed over a year ago while talking to Greg Griffin and finally got it built. It is 6’0" x 21.75" x 2.75" I made the fins out of 6oz glass with red tint.

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I will be bringing this board to the AB3 this weekend. If anyone would like to try it, I’d love the feedback.

Special thanks to Griffin, Glen Kennedy, and Larry Allison

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Board looks nice.

where do you keep the anti gravity device.I wish my boards hovered like that.

cheers

Daren

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Thanks Daren! The board is in my pool, I find it looks a lot better than my shaping room and the natural light keeps the colors looking true.

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What a freaky fin setup!.. It’ll never work! …Blah …blah …blah…

Totally kidding! (inside joke)

Looks great! I would love to try it out when I am able to get back in the water.

I’d want to see a close up of those fins Mahana.

Can you pull them and post just the fins? Or at least a closer vies of the tail?

Great job as usual!

Mahalo

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Todd- Here is a closer view of the fins if you need something better let me know.

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The template used for them is Griffins as I wanted to be able to compare the ride to my GG 5 fin. Being a long time rider of Griff’s boards I consider this one a tribute to the master who has spent many hours talking design theory with me since before I stated shaping. If the board works I will experiment with other fin templates to evolve the board. And no worries, when you get back in the water, you can hhave a go at it.

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SWEET!

So the rail fins appear to be flat inside foil…what about the centers?

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Correct! The insides are double foil.

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very intersting.

is it’s meant to be ridden with all six fins at once or in different configuations?

you used the fcs fussion system, what cant angle did you use for the rail fins?

does the tail feel pretty heavy? thats a lot of fiberglass/plastic. interested to hear how it rides. my problem with the five fin/fin box boards is that i feel like the weight distribution is sorta thrown off and are a little “boggy” as a result. i wish the AB3 vent was in my area and id be there to give it a shot.

thanks for the post i look forward to reading more about the board.

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Yes Olas, it is meant to be ridden with all six fins at once. I used 5 degree boxes on all 4 rail fins and adjusted for the slight vee in the tail. The tail weight is not that bad at all considering there are so many boxes and overall the board feels balanced. In future testing I would like to experiment with some smaller fins either on the rails or in the middle.

If your ever in the LA area hit me up for a surf.

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While I am more or less just an average surfer if you are willing I would like to give it a try.

Looks like it would be interesting and a learning experience if nothing else.

Good looking board to boot.

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Mahalo for the compliment! Everybody on here always say red boards are faster, so we’ll see. I look forward to meeting you this Sunday.