.....some of the Webber's work ....

General Discussion
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a twin fin fish … [i <span style=“font-style:italic”>was </span>thinking of posting this on the “finless” thread or the “at the local longboard shop” , but…]

yes , i found this very difficult to ride …even nathan [pictured with the board] said he had a hard time [and he rides short boards ALL the time . pretty radical DEEP double concaves all the way up the board and

…long flexible fins …

may have had something to do with it , as well as the hollowness of the day i surfed it . [plus , i’d ridden my 9’er the day before ?!]

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yes , i found this very difficult to ride …even nathan [pictured with the board] said he had a hard time [and he rides short boards ALL the time . pretty radical DEEP double concaves all the way up the board and long flexible fins

Give it time Ben, I bet you end up loving it! I made one with a similar outline (early 80’s twin) and bought some of those fins after riding it with a couple of my own sets. Super fun, drivey and loose. Possibly a bit narrower than yours with a single to slight double concave. Might not be the go to board for super hollow waves, but it’ll handle some punch anyway.

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cheers mate

is yours fairly flat bottomed , by comparison ?

luckily ,

ross’s one is only a demo board [no compulsion to buy] , so a few people have had a go on it …

AND …

now …

here is some of Monty Webber’s work …

[featured in a dvd which came with the latest issue of australian longboarding magazine …

http://www.liquidtime.info/

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Yeah, compared to the double concave of your demo, it’s fairly flat. It’s got pretty much a short board rocker (based on Clark’s 6-6P) with a fairly deep single concave but shallow double between the fins.

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like the curves in those mini waves in the footage ,

curved fins

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Hey Ben,

When you say you found it hard to ride can you be more specific?

Which size did you ride?

How did it paddle and entry into waves?

I was looking at one the other day. They are different and I’d love to see one being ridden on You tube or something.

One of the shops nearby has a demo or two and I’m pretty curious to find out if my screwed up left shoulder can paddle the chunky little beastie.

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Hey Ben,

When you say you found it hard to ride can you be more specific?

Which size did you ride?

How did it paddle and entry into waves?

I was looking at one the other day. They are different and I’d love to see one being ridden on You tube or something.

One of the shops nearby has a demo or two and I’m pretty curious to find out if my screwed up left shoulder can paddle the chunky little beastie.

I’d been thinking about twinfins over the past several years and saw a quote from Webber about his new twinfin. Something to the effect of “This is what I envision the twin would have become if the thruster hadn’t come along.” That statement, and the size of the fins intrigued me. I made several of my own sets, then opted for some from Webber’s fin maker. Mine are way rakier, and work well, but with less inside curve as I used the bottom of a Sector 9 skateboard to get me my curve. I think a piece of twenty inch pipe would do nicely for that. They’re totally weird to foil (and install!).

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interesting …

someone else here asked me long ago if i had ever used the webber crv’s as twin fins only . i never have.

greg , if you are online …

have you or anyone you know , done that on this ‘mini fish’ model ,

and

if SO , how did it GO ??

cuttley ,

my main difficulty was twofold …

been riding my 9’4 mal for a few months , so i was used to the paddle / glide of that .

two , being small windy yet fairly dredgy scarbs , i needed extra paddling power to get into them [compared to fewer strokes on the mal .

being nearly three feet shorter , with deep vee/ double concaves [and no back fin] , it was VERY loose and needed to be surfed rail to rail , unlike my single fins , which tend to keep their momentum going .

these are just my impressions in my waves here , with my “style” …others may vary .

the biggest factor for me , which nathan here in the shop said too, was that this is a radically different board to what he [and i] are used to …nathan rides a 6’ x 18 1/4 x 2 1/4" webber and a 6’6 walden compact disc [with a 2+1 setup , gs sized sideys and a 6" back fin].

and

you may need to , depending on if you are a thruster or a single fin surfer , widen your stance , move forward / weight the front foot more , to keep the board in the water

nathan mentioned that you “might” be able to get one with back plugs [hopefully to demo…]

looking at the gsi brochure , it seems the ‘for sale in shops models’ will have two back plugs for a thruster setup …it will be interesting to see if greg ‘tones down’ the deep concaves in those ??

i hope this all helps

of course , i’d love to hear / ?see? how you go in your waves with it , cuttley ??!!

cheers mate !



   ben
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Here’s his official spiel.

http://www.surfindustries.com/surfboards/webber_miniFish.php

Now to see one in action.