Yesterday I was riding my single fin in crumbeling 2’ waves. I normally use a small plastic fin but i switched to a big fibreglass fin and whoa!
feels so great over every turn, makes you shout yeaha over your floaters and stuff.
stacks faster than a plastic fin that flex’s, this fin is drive but cruise
maintains the single fin feel but gives a new lease of performance!
super fun, i want to ride mainly fibreglass fins from now on.
6’1" with a 14" tail.
10" fin set forward in finbox.
Josh , have been using those for ages in my mals, really good in cutbacks.
Hi Pandanus!
Myself also, I use it in my dad’s 9’1" and it feels good too. just loving the fibreglass over polycarbornate mushyness as chip would say. (he’s right too)
love there work in the way of colour too.
Can’t believe you used to use polycarbonate fins for small waves.
They gererate NO power.
I’ve used pretty stiff single fins up to 11" long effectively on short singles, and some friends of mine used sabre fins up to 13" long.
They give you back what you put in, so energy for energy.
Not good for guys who let the board ride, of course.
Glad you posted Lee!
I agree NO power from polycarbonate. I had some concurns about using a big fin because the polycarbonate led me to belive i had no power… it was the fin.
“they give you back what you put in”
Yes! i agree with that too. I used to go for a turn and end up “off target” but with the good fin its perfectly projected turns.
Cheers Lee!
…probably the same reason my cutties were a little off before.
Anyone know a good source for those kind of fins, preferably online and resonable priced? They used to have maish fins here in a local surfshop, but they were about $90 + the owner packed the shop and moved to South Africa…
regards,
Håvard
High Haavard, try www.fluidfoils.com.au which is in Australian dollars but you can make it American on the site.
Hi Haavard,
I’m the UK distributer for Fluid Foils…PM and I will help you out. So we cover Scandinavia.
I have a few in stock and more on the way.
TM
once upon a time , fins were ALL fibreglass.
I don’t know how or why plastic took over , really.
ben
once upon a time , fins were ALL fibreglass.
wish they still were. however it’s a handy tip that a lot of the thruster groms may not know…
Once upon a time…
Chip, before glass fins, they were wood, covered with fiberglass. The superior fin in my opinion. Plastic fins are injection molded, and cheap to produce in volume. Almost NO labor cost, higher profit! The fiberglass fin also requires (some) skill to produce. I haven’t forgotten the pics I promised you. Been sick through the holidays. I’ll be sending you some pics of some individual fins, that you will enjoy.
Anyone know a good source for those kind of fins, preferably online and resonable priced?
eBay is a pretty good source. most fins on there max out at about $50. good stuff.
once upon a time , fins were ALL fibreglass.
I don’t know how or why plastic took over , really.
ben
In windsurfing it happened the other way round.