the 'chipfins61' fin test rides thread ....

[chipfins61]

hi guys !

Well, following on from this thread ,

http://www2.swaylocks.com/forums/mr-beerfan?page=4

 

Mark , [and anyone else who 'may' be interested ?] ...

I took THIS  setup out , a few days back  [they are the  'offcuts' keels , from the BIG keel [R.I.P.] fin panel, Mark !] 

surf...waist to chest high. Early morning. GLASSY peaks , with some niiice shape , for a change ?!

marty , a neighbour richo , and myself were the only three out , for the first 90 minutes . fun fun fun !

Straight off the bat , caught a really nice left and instead of pigdogging it , managed to get HEAPS of speed to do three fast [rollercoaster style] off the lips [didn't want to blow a nice wave by trying to belt the first turn too hard and spinning out , or flying off the back , and wasting a lined up wall] . I think it was the first time Marty had ever seen me go that fast , he looked  VERY surprised ! heehee. [ I surprised myself , too , I MUST say ! ]

Caught quite a few racey little rights , and the speed off the bottom certainly felt great , as did the squirt [techy-fin-guy-speak] , and hold. Even managed to do one half decent cutback , for a change ! [no "two turns and a wipeout" THIS morning , Mark ...wish you coulda been here with us , mate ?!]  It will be interesting to ride this WITHOUT the li'l uncanted 'pseudo bonzer mini runners' at some stage , too.

 I really like the feel of these thinner keels !  

Compared with the thicker kevlar ones I made , they feel a bit more flexy , a bit looser , a bit more responsive !  They are smaller than the kevlars, yet, with the little front fins combining with them , I guess there is enough base and depth in the four fins , to hold in nicely.

Caught a truckload of waves in the 2 1/2 hours I was out there , and went home surfed out , and ....STOKED !! ( And it was only 8.45am when I got home...) 

 I'm hoping that , on Friday , with a dropping swell and offshores forecast , that I will get another chance to surf these soon.

 

....to be continued ....

 

cheers !

  ben

 

 

 

[beerfan]

Awesome ben!. I have a set of plugs on the way, for a supercharger/twinzer inspired modification of my pacman board. Will post pics of course!

[chipfins61]

good stuff , Mark ! I discovered the matching 'one-tabbers'  here yesterday , for the 'rainbow' keels . Maybe you could use them for the front 'twinzers' , when the proboxes are installed ??? [could be interesting , with the more canted inserts in all 4 boxes ? ]

cheers mate !

   ben

[chipfins61]

..WILL you go with the 'twinzer' , or with the 'supercharger' setup, for the plugs , Mark ? [the positioning will be different for either of them , of course ...]

  cheers !

  ben

 

[beerfan]

Hey ben, im just ordering fcs plugs, as im only putting one in. Hmmm, well i guess it'll be a bit of both. The main keels are not toed at all,but have 4deg cant. Im thinking of putting the front fins ( vanes? ) with a little toe ( 1/8'' ) and standard cant ( 5 deg ). The rear of the front fin will line up with the front of the keel, with maybe 1'' distance between them. Can't wait to see how they go. Should get them next week.

[beerfan]

Dont have any one tabbers with "bent" bases do ya? Woulde be cool to try some waaaaaaay canted front fins as a twinzer/s/c'd board. From my reading wil jobson liked 10 deg for smaller lead fins.

[chipfins61]

Some time in the next few weeks, I could have a go at laying some up at a bit of an angle ....once resin and cloth is available ....what size fins were you thinking , mark ?

[ eg : smaller than the blue tint and pink ones I sent you previously ??]...

 

"  Hey ben, im just ordering fcs plugs, as im only putting one in. Hmmm, well i guess it'll be a bit of both"....

 

 BUT....if you put in two more plugs each side , then you will have more options with distances between the four fins , though , Mark ...

 

 ...just a thought ... 

 

[I have spare fcs plugs.... if you want two more, just let me know , eh ?!...]

 

cheers mate !

ben

[fins]

thanks , CassS , for sending me the photo …

 

[ and comment ]

 

" A shot of the quad setup I ran with today at Manly.

Fronts by @australianfincompany and rears courtesy of Ben Chipperfins.

The surf was good for me and about 300 of my closest friends. Thankfully I was first in the water and managed to snag a couple of set waves before the crowd closed in. "