Everyone has their own theory on quads. Just read about NPJ quartet quads. Seems he has quite a different way of doing them. Here’s what he has to say.
Has anyone tried one?
After some interesting times on twinnies, (the San Diego D’s and the MR kind) I started to try and compensate for lack of control or sometimes tracking, other times spinning.
The D’s went double foiled and felt do-ey , then tried single foiled and they tracked cause of the long base, good for high-lines. Pavel does some good ones and has designed the Canard Quad for this reason. Rode a good MR twin of Luke Egans, MR would have to have the design worked out. And I believe Akila Aipa’s are great. I just wanted more! and to push harder in bigger waves.
Had been having a lot of success with the Sweet Pea quad( like a Canard), so I moved the MR 78 fin up to 10 1/2 and added 2 small rear fins at 6 1/4, both single foil, ( clustered around where the twin was) with the theory of heaps of drive off the rail with the front big fin and about half the drive from behind, giving a natural squirt release and no tracking. A reversed Larry Mabile Twinzer I guess.
Noosa’s Josh Gunthorp rode one before me (a 5’6 x 19 3/4 x 2 3/8) and his first wave said it all. Now Noosa is full of em. The result is The Quartet, good in ALL conditions, I surf faster, carve harder, and get way deeper. Ha! My knees are actually sore from the G’s goin’ thru carves. No spinning at all.
After two years now of constant development, the Quartet has settled into a groove! Enough said!
It seems from looking at you the photo that the hand turn screw holding the wing would stick out and cause turbulence. I don’t like stuff for free becuase I don’t like to ‘owe’ anything, but if you give me a reasonable price I’ll give it a try. I ride twins and quads, mostly. Mike
Even though the fin is made in a pair it can be set up how ever any one wants quad, five fins, 6 fins, twins. There are no rules it is about experimentation innovation. Mix and match there are a lot of people here who love to experiment.
the mini sim…worked well asa twinzer, and keels, in small medium surf…better as a regular quad
in bigger stuff…but with the quartet…seems to make steeper stuff easier, and accelerates …more…
and the 6.8…i really couldnt get a handle on…quad…controllers…thruster, twin plus trailer…seemed to be getting better…then this…much more control in bigger stuff…and really wants get covered…
they each excel in different conditions…its just that with the quartet…seems to have brought out some untapped
Think the quad set up mini maybe something! All me’s (MS) seen have been singles and really wonder what the hell? Just as primative as what was tested in da early 70’s Pix, Da “Kid with braces”
and i have a bum rt knee…scoped last year…probably need a tkr …someday…
however, i ve been doing some surf specific workour(lifting…surf stronger…and chris mills type of stuff)…especially rev lunges…squats…and that has helped…alot…especially in messy conditions…
figures…put a bigger engine in…better reinforce the frame…
