building a 7’2" single fin pin tail in the likeness of the lightning bolt Bertleman rode. So many fin options and sizes out there, which is most rad? Open to all suggestions. Looking for template ideas to make my own fin to glass on. Definitely has to have some aesthetic quality but function over fashion. Any idea what fin those bolt rider were using?
Also looking for a fin for a 6'8 rounded pin. The best I found so far was this Lopez single. But does anyone make those old style Brewer single fins. Also, not exactly sure what size to go for.
If I recall correctly, the Brewer “wide base” molded fins from Fins Unltd. were 5-7’8" base by 7-5/8" height. The reason the wide base was so wide was because the foils were very thick. These came out at the same time as the Downing 9" fin did (also with a thick foil) and the “Dol Fin” that Mike Hynson developed from a pantographic rendition of Cindy’s fin, a resident of Sea World.
If you took the thick foil and applied it to regular templated fins, you pretty much had a spin out special. I rode all of these fins back in the day, and very few of them are out there today. Which sort of amazes me as they were molded in a variety of pretty transparent acrylic colors, and were in wide use throughout the mid to late 70’s. My Downing worked really well in modest Sunset… thanks George!
greenough 4a about 7.5"? i was able to make a full size template by connecting laptop to tv and blew the picture up to size then traced it. Hope it works. Some of you throwback riders should have some insight, right?
building a 7'2" single fin pin tail in the likeness of the lightning bolt Bertleman rode. So many fin options and sizes out there, which is most rad? Open to all suggestions. Looking for template ideas to make my own fin to glass on. Definitely has to have some aesthetic quality but function over fashion. Any idea what fin those bolt rider were using?
For the 9'6" I made recently I used a FCS "Finger" single fin. This fin has a relatively short base. The board turns on a dime, is fast, and noserides well. Of course, the rails and dimensions are probably just as important as the fin in performance.
For my abilities and the types of waves we have, this is it, I'm sold.
special toob rider
sports: .more parallel outline approach from
the WP to the sweet spot
. rigid single fin + stabilizer
drag reduction, more fin surface area
.flat bottom
.tucked edge rails
.good paddle area
.2 x 4oz + chest oval patch on top; 1 in the bottom
.speed finish coat
…this color scheme is
in several boards for the same customer.