i will be interested to hear how it goes. i am about to start messing with a thruster i turned into a 5 fin… i wonder if the changes will yield similar differences?
Quads for head high and below. Thrusters for overhead.
It will be interesting to hear how that 6 finner goes as a Thruster with the rear fin split in two as you have here. Put zero degree inserts in the rears.
I have a 6’5" quad + 1 shortboard that I’ve ridden with all five in… normally I just ride it quad, (FCS Fusions, M5s & Gxs). Move them together or apart, forward or back to tweak. Lots of fun. I haven’t tried it as a thruster yet cuz I don’t have a set that I think will work. I HAVE tried it with five in though, the normal quad setup and a little tiny GS trailer. Tried it like that for a fairly heavy, wedgy, barreling wave here on a couple days, the grip is phenomenal but it tracks a bit (I think maybe bringing all the fins together would help but I haven’t tried enough. one thing I noticed was that several times if I got a bit too high on the wave it would dig in and I would go sideways up and over the falls, still on top of the board, only to be crushed. It was about head high and throwing over pretty thick. That said I’m not very experienced at that type of wave… but I had never had that happen there with it as a quad setup. So next time I have the chance I’ll try it out and take a fin key so I can slide 'em around a bit and play. It was epic for late drops though, as long as you can stomp down the tail as you come in it grabs and you’re flying instantly. I’m not a convert but I’m not closed to the idea!
Have fun with this tester, it looks like it’ll give you plenty of playing time! Looking forward to hearing what you think of that split center fin setup. I’ve gotta try and find the thread about the board, I want to read more about it.
Somewhere out there is a 1971 Surf Systems with exactly that seven fin configuration, built by yours truely. Hmmmm, that was 38 years ago. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
**Quads for head high and below. Thrusters for overhead. **
Where did you get that Ideal?
Please tell Nathan Fletcher that he shouldn’t ride his Quad in 25 foot Mavricks because quads are for head high and below. Thrusters for overhead. I really blew it because 3 years ago when I was making Quad Towboards for Todos and guys were riding giants on them should of been on thrusters.
My Bad!
Does that mean the smaller the waves the more fins you should have?
