Was/is the thruster supposed to be a twin fin with more thrust or a combination of single and twin fin? Is there even a difference? Where’s Simon Anderson when you need him? The only reason I ask is merely for curiousitys sake.
D-bo
i believe it is to help make the 8 time world champ a 9 time world champ
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wootsy
Pretty much. I was just wondering if it was ever intended to surf differently if something like that is possible. Like a twin fin with more thrust if there any difference from that to how I’ve always percieved thrusters (a cross between an single fin and a twin fin). People shaping around that area may have something to say on it. Or maybe not.
In the late 70’s early 80’s there was a lot of experimentation going on. Mainstream boards were either pulled single fins or wide tailed twins for the most part. There were hybrids though like the Caster Stinger, the Aipa Thrasher and who can forget MR’s twin fins. Anyway, Simon was a big guy who wanted to ride a smaller board that was more manueverable than the pulled tailed singles and predictable than the wide tailed twins. So, while there was a lot of people who had made three finned boards previously. Simon was the first to make all three close to the same size and in a thruster configuration. Then he went out and blew it up on the World Tour.
There is an interesting video about that on the FCS website.
Where simon tells it himself.
go to: www.surffcs.com → media → FCS Videos → FCS drive
I downloaded it to my hardrive, in the time that was still possible.
By the way, I’m not sponsored by FCS.
The Thruster fin helps the board hold in without the tail sliding while turning. Personally I find it slows the board some compared to the twin. I like using a small thruster fin like only 2-3 inches. This seems to make the board faster yet holds when you need it to. It makes the board more skate like as well.