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.
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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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Your woodie gave me a woodie!
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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just a random mix of new and old singles, sometimes inspiration can come from old boards too.....
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!