basically i have allways been riding thruster and quad shortboards. iv also had a little play on a twin and a longboard in my time of surfing but only recently shaped myself a very retro style single fin shortboard with a slightly modern twist. i instantly fell in love! after 3 or 4 surfs i had lost the desire to make the board snap with tight turn and found new styles. i know it sounds hippyish but i really feel like im surfing the wave now rather than surfing the board.
anyone sharing the love right now? would be nice to see some pics and here some feedback
i am going to be making a hollow wooden board some time this year so really looking foward to seing how well that goes. single fins are nearly never seen where i surf and that actual make me love it more. allthough i would like to see some other single riders trimming with big grins on there face’s
i will get a finnished pic up with the fin in aswell. im also goin to be instaling a longboard box into a round tail 5 6" i made to see how that feels in comparison to the pin
Is the conversion of a thruster to a single fin an easy process. Aka, routing out a futures box and dropping a fin box in? I’ve never ridden a single fin, but I’ve got a board with a rather retro outline but whoever ordered it had it made as a thruster. I’ll see if I can get a picture, but it might go well as a single. 6’4"x 22 x like 3" thick, diamond tail. 15" at 1’ from tail and probably 15" at 1’ from the nose too. Very flat rocker, in fact i wish the nose was a bit more flipped up.
Not hard to convert. In fact, it is said that the thruster grew out of the no-nose designs that Cheyne Horan was riding - as a single-fin.
Also, you don’t need to route out the futures box. Instead, leave it and add a single box in front of it. You’ll see what I’m talking about here (hoping the link works):
i have been riding my pin with a 9" fin but just got myself a 7 to try out and its like riding a compleatly diferent board. its given it so much performance with much tighter snappy turns. i knew it would get looser but never anticipated that much of a diference. when the wave face is steep it doesnt get too tight and i feel it start sliding…which i love! i can see much more fun to be had with singles
