Single Fin Inspiration PICS PLEASE!

I’m really stoked on single fins.  All shapes and sizes. I am going to be shaping myself 4 boards over the next couple months and could use

some inspiration!

 

I know a lot of you guys out there have some really great pics!

 

Thank you all in advance!

 

T.

4 boards? What size ranges do you plan on?

A single fin can be anything from a 5’8" disc to an 11’3" glider.

[img_assist|nid=1057555|title=bottom shot|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=427|height=640][img_assist|nid=1057878|title=Gene Cooper Speed Hull|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=640|height=296]The red one is my own first shape. It’s a 6’3" with belly in the nose then single spiral vee. so far it’s worked best with a 9.5" GL Flex fin. it’s heavy and trims and glides nicely.

The one below I took from Gene Cooper’s site. It’s his Speed Hull desgin. I’mm really digging the idea of mid-length single fins that both trim and turn off the tail. They can be ridden in a huge range of wave sizes. Where I live it’s mostly point breaks so these boards work really well here.

Man there are so many choices. I also really dig the 6’0" that Michael Peterson is riding in section 15 of Morning of the Earth. It’s got a wide squash tail and farily parralel outline with a pointed nose. Too many. Then there’s the knifey logs, etc. etc.

this board is sorta like it...unfortunately got stolen two weeks ago  ;-(

7.0 x 22 1/2 x 2 5/8

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8’1 & 7’2

My current all-around board: 9’2" x 23" x 3 1/2". Not a longboard, not a gun, just… something else.

 

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here’s a few…






https://swaylocks7stage.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/DSC_0142.JPG

Your woodie gave me a woodie!

here you go



two more views of the andreini 7’2.


Thanks a lot for all those pics.

 

In reply to above post.  The design roster is something like this: 7’2" Stinger  8’something" egg 6’9"modern heavy pin 6’6" MOTE inspired diamond tail.

 

The dilema now is trying to nail down how to shape channels, I have not tackled this yet.

Will post pictures soon!

 

T.

Here’s some outlines from 1973.

Five Brewer shapes from a popout company called Hollow WAVE

 

And three very sleek designs from Channin

 

The smaller of the Channin’s looks pretty amazing. Here’s a couple from Mick Mackie’s current quiver[img_assist|nid=1058032|title=mackiesingle|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=640|height=480]

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[IMG]http://i403.photobucket.com/albums/pp114/pridmore73/Saschas21sandpooltablequiver001.jpg[/IMG]

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just a random mix of new and old singles, sometimes inspiration can come from old boards too.....

 

www.moresurfboards.com

 

That outline was pretty typical for a brief period in time, and shows some major Australian influence. McTavish in particular.

i always dug that triple stringered gun in that ad... W.A.V.E. had a stable of known shapers with their models-much like today's surftech....

Here is a the only single I have. A Joe Quigg template, and Gordon stuck on some Joe Quigg laminates to give it that old look. Rides like a dream, especially on Point Breaks.

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pridmore, ya had to post her didn't you? Oh the pain, the pain....:(

That Quigg is sick…lets see a better pic of the fin…i’d like to make a wood one!