Will it work

[griffinsurfboard]

Great board



With these fins





Resized and re templated these





To make these






The goal is to make this board even more shortboard like in its performance

 

[Sharky]

Looks stiff. Love the fence, but your lawn needs help.

 

[estreet]

Basically pushing back the Merrick fin and giving it less rake?

 

[Woke AF]

Here you go:

 

[sdsrfr]

Don’t forget to add concave for more spray

 

[caramel_Sea]

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Basically pushing back the Merrick fin and giving it less rake?

Lining up the leading base edge will show that the Griffin is more upright. Rake can be adjusted after the fact: the leading edge angle is most telling of a how a fin will feel to me.

 

[griffinsurfboard]

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Basically pushing back the Merrick fin and giving it less rake?

Good job !

I do have room to adjust the drive if requested , starting at the highest level

 

[estreet]

Good job !

I do have room to adjust the drive if requested , starting at the highest level

setting the fin further back increases stability?

 

[sh3]

I'm VERY much looking forward to finding out.

 

[sushipop]

So this is how we get fins with Futures base from you….

 

[sh3]

New fins arrived. Cannot wait to give it a shot. Look amazing - time will tell!

 

[sdsrfr]

roughly how much do they push the fins back and how much base was left over?

I’ll be honest, I have a bench vice and orbital sander I’d be willing to waste a weekend getting familiar with. Hoping to land somewhere between @Muscles creation, and these. Lol.

 

[sh3]

I couldn't say - I'll leave that sort of specific detail to the guy who made them. I wouldn't want to overstep on an experiment done for the fun of it.

 

[sh3]

Weeee....

Just got 1-1/2 hours in, mid-day session. Wish I could've hit it earlier, but super busy with clients.

First wave, I was thinking it kind of felt like a thruster. Second wave, definitely felt like a thruster set up with more drive. Third wave, realized it was all that but surprisingly loose (it is a twin, after all) off the top and carving. What a blast!

Now I’m only one session in, but I think I really like the way it feels. Will report back with more sessions. Hopefully one tomorrow afternoon and then on Friday, too. Finding time is the biggest obstacle I'm running into!

Nice job, Greg. I think this is a winner.

 

[oneula]

reminds me of when you fixed this thing (one of the first firewires) with a new set of custom G10 keels. Only G10 would have allowed you to move the fins as far back (1"?) as you did with the original twin plugs. Prior to the upgrade it rode like a floaty buoy and you said you could fix it afterwards it had all the drive I needed to compensate for it's floatiness. So much fun Barnfield ended up with that original fish and I traded a more traditional shape. Pushing the twins back made a positive difference unless you like riding those original single fin stings from ben.

 

[griffinsurfboard]

These are the fins I made for Bernie's Firewire 17 ? years ago

 

[sdsrfr]

clear fins, 3rd from the top -

would bang.

 

[oeste858]

clear fins, 3rd from the top -

would bang.

In Futures, right?

 

[oneula]

still have these ol' GG fins in Lokbox I picked up from Rainbow way back when
anyone still using Lokbox?
I bought the install kit but haven't done one in ages

 

[estreet]

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So who do you have to know to get a pair of these fancy fins?