I’ve been riding it with this setup a fair bit lately.
This is my favourite four fin setup out of what I have tried so far in the “bushy”.
I had a couple of head high sessions on it with these fins , last week . (One day actually had some shape , too, for a change ! ) There were a few makeable lefthanders up the beach , with only a couple of us out . fun fun fun …a four hour session that day !
This morning , I rode it with this setup , in some empty , offshore , tiny stuff. It felt trackier than with the four fins.
…I definately needed a break from riding a 9’ mal in knee high waves , though !
I still managed to have as much fun on this , as I did on my mal yesterday . (Talk about a contrast in lengths !! But, going from a 9’er single fin to a 5’8 twin or quad fin feels good , to me , though !)
…more to come [? IF anyone is interested in this stuff , that is ?] , as I work my way through the many fin setups possible on this board …
I was talking to ben [sir ‘w.a.l.’ ] on the "skype phone’’ tonight . And he said the same thing ! When I mentioned to him that "tomorrow I will take my disposable water camera to the beach to hopefully get some more shots of ‘Popeye’ [Pascal] surfing " , he suggested I take the ‘bushfire fish’ , as well ! [camera swap material !]
I’ll take it …
…just have to see if that makes the forecast swell increase not happen , or if indeed there “may” [by a miracle] be a rideable , even maybe a ‘photographable’ [word?] wave in the morning [11 hours from now , the sun will just be hitting the water …]
Do you have bonzer runners for that board, of the 3 fin variety? be interested to see what happens with a 3fin bonza setup with possibly a flexfin in the center…??~?
you said they were overcanted…those aren’t over canted, they’re sideways!!! do they work like cheyne horan’s star fin or whatever it’s called…looks like a hydrofoil.
gracias for posting those!
edit:
have you RIDDEN all of those chips?? if so, results, observations.etc?
my recollection of the bonzer runners with that matching wood back fin was …
they were a bit “sticky” , in turns …
I put this down to the fact that the cant was way too much . I want to make a bigger , thinner , less canted pair at some stage …something around 6" base x 3" depth , to maybe 3 1/2" depth , even .
they will be wood core [?or maybe foam?] , too , I reckon , to keep the weight down a bit .
Young Jeshua (josh)…any bonzers/widows in your quiv yet? Riding impressions/waveconditions/pictures/etc??
Hello Duds! this is my widowmaker setup. i 've only really treid it in decent beach breaks but it goes great! i love widows. there super fast and behave like a modern single fin. loose, fast but still enough holding power. i highely recomend widows. on a modern shortboard with good rocker and rails the widow setup really compliments the feel of the board.
Okay , then …here’s what I intend to try it with tomorrow , "duds’’ / ‘chasing lefts’ !
IF the back fins feel weird in that position , I’ll take them off at the beach , and , as you requested , give the three fin bonzer setup a go [albeit with bonzer5 type / size side runners ! ]
And , possibly put those smaller green and yellow runners in the front plugs , instead …
just for shits n giggles try moving your center fin all the way forward in the box while leaving the runners in the same place, just to see if it’s as squirrelly as it seems it would be…only one way to find out.
That setup, however, looks like it should go pretty good, and maybe as a 3finner as well!
I never knew you were an ABBA fan , duds …you learn something new every day on swaylocks eh ? … have to call you “bjorn again perkins” from now on , I guess !
not sure about “shits” … we like to keep our water CLEAN here , but “giggles” ? Sounds kinda girly to me …
…I’ll [try and ] have fun surfing it with this setup , anyway … waves permitting , of course .
I DO remember this setup went well on the “prawn” board of mine …with the back fin further back …
I had a really fun surf this morning on the 5 fin setup pictured above , and gotta say …
"squirt !!! "
that’s the difference I felt coming out of my first forehand bottom turn , up the face and cutting back on my first right today . Fun fun fun !
On the backhand , it felt loose enough off the top , but controlled , with that big back fin holding in the wide ol’ tail beautifully !
Biggest wave I saw / caught in the two hours I was out there was chest high , but with good shape for a change , and a bit of a run to them , it was nice to be able to get a few turns happening . Let’s hope tomorrow is groundhog day again !
I was stoked to hear Pascal / “popeye” got a few tubes on the speedneedle twinny after I’d left , too !
ben
this definately feels the FASTEST setup by far of the ones I have tried . I will give it another go tomorrow , conditions permitting , of course !
Do you have bonzer runners for that board, of the 3 fin variety? be interested to see what happens with a 3fin bonza setup with possibly a flexfin in the center…??~?
actually … now you’ve got me thinking again …
IF I have enough carbon fibre left over from the "Auslocks Board’'s homemade single fin , a carbon fibre “bonzer3” setup could very well be on the cards …
