Quad / thruster options on a pintail????

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Swaylockians!! Question. I am thinking of acquiring a Takayama scorpion ( or similar ) I was all keen and geared up and  ready to go when a mate threw this spanner in the works… He suggested that for a quad to work properly it needs a large tail area. This obviously isnt the case with a scorpion ( pin tail) . I appreciate that with any board where you have a number of fin positions you wont get the best outcome for each,  more a compromise. In short do they work???

 

Thanks …all and any thoughts welcome.

Ps thanks for the advice on the wetsuit issue in anaheim area ended up at santa ana ripcurl Bargain !!!

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The Mavericks and Jaws paddle crew seem to think so.................so does Tom Carroll http://www.surfline.com/blogs/talking-design-the-board-blog-with-rusty-preisendorfer/rusty-looks-back-at-the-history-and-evolution-of-quads_38953/

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hi "TB123" !

 

....how about ....

 

 five sets of plugs ... to allow quad AND thruster options , if you are unsure ?

[I'm still thinking of doing the same , on a couple of my pintail thrusters]

 

edit:

as I didn't know the scorpion board , a google search brought up this ...seems they are often made as quads , so....??? question answered ??

  http://hawaiianprodesigns.tumblr.com/

 

 [maybe sometimes we need to ignore our 'mate's'  'opinions' ,  eh ? ..and try out stuff for ourselves ]

 

 cheers !

  ben