Ho brah Pyzel-kine trusta, yeah? One big braddah moon tide and one windswell come up fo' sand ledge make da steep face and da coping fo' pitch and smack 'em. Li dat!
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*** Official Fin Thread ***
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Could be fun in the contemp fishTried it in lightblenderView attachment 147379
Oh and just to add, I've been a recent (last 1.5 years) JJF template fan in better wave boards. It's a damn good fin.
it’d be called love sonnets from a fisherman
Let’s see them against your beloved Shapers set!Tried it in lightblender
It's actually the opposite. I've run that board with large carbon twins with gxq's as trailers and it felt like there wasn't enough fin in the back. This set up feels perfect. The Hanaleia hatchets have a funky inside foil and are flexy in the blades.
Tried it in lightblender
These look nice.
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Sharp Eye Thruster (L)
The Sharp Eye thruster, designed by shaper Marcio Zouvi, is a large size neutral template. Featuring a balanced flex pattern, this fin incorporates a wider base and a refined tip for great all-round performance in a variety of conditions. The large size template has been tested extensively by...
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you seem to switch up templates quite a bit if I'm not mistaken. I wonder how everyone else is? I tend to stick with one or two templates and they fall within the same category (neutral). I tend to dislike rake fins and I haven't really felt the need to try pivot fins on my boards in the last few to several years.
do you switch up fin template types in the same board or are there certain bpards you like rake fins in and boards that like neutral, etc?
do you switch up fin template types in the same board or are there certain bpards you like rake fins in and boards that like neutral, etc?
For thrusters I mostly go raked templates. DHD is my go to. Jordy's if I feel like I need a little more fin like in a wider tailed board. I think I just like the drive and hold of more raked templates. Sometimes, in certain boards, I feel like I should probably be on something more neutral though. The new Stamps 6-6 for instance I think might be good with a more upright/neutral template since it has plenty of drive and hold built in.
My go-to for step ups used to be the TP1's which are a Pivot template but always felt pretty balanced to me. I don't have the TP1's anymore, they were in my previous Stamps 6-6 that got stolen. I never really liked the old colorway on those fins but I think I like the new ones even less.
Super upright pivot fins like the p8's can be fun in certain boards/conditions but I feel like they are inconsistent for me. I'm either shredding the tightest turns of my life or sliding out and kooking it.
For quad fins I'm all about the uprights though.
Timmy Patterson Tri - Futures Compatible (Hexcore)
( 3 Fin Set ) Futures Compatible: Close base-to-height ratio and moderate rake. An all time favorite. A great fin for your all-around shortboard.
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Mostly conditions-dependent. Most of the time Duval County's problem is it's sort of flat-faced and soft. So I mostly use an assload of rake like the Jordy or the CI. Gets and holds speed. More distance per pump, holds speed in a bottom turn around a section or a roundhouse. I use big keels in sh!t like Bean Bags, GG G10 keel, or the NVS Stampy, sometimes with little side bitey quad trailers. Goes fast and projects in logmush.
If it's a little steeper I use the F8 or Pyzel. Sometimes when I'm riding a small-average wave shortboard with 0 fear of redlining it, on the small side of the board's sweet spot, I'll use the Roberts Large. Lots of sweep but a little undersized, so it's more responsive and tight radius than Jordy but projects a better than the F8.
Some boards (Baby Buggy) the bigger swept fins don't really make it any faster down the line, just less responsive/quick. Sub Driver and Puddle Jumper HP go fast and carve great with swept fins and get snappier with upright fins.
GG thruster/quad set have gone good in every board but seem to like clean conditions vs very stop/start surfing hopping around the chop.
Have you tried the TA version? They are quite a bit bigger than the Futures.Timmy Patterson Tri - Futures Compatible (Hexcore)
( 3 Fin Set ) Futures Compatible: Close base-to-height ratio and moderate rake. An all time favorite. A great fin for your all-around shortboard.
HEIGHT: 4.625" / 117 mm
BASE: 4.50" / 114 mm
AREA: 16.20"² / 104.5 cm²
Futures version are only 15.27" of area.
I found some True Ames KC in my giant box of fins. Going to try them in the 6-6 next. I used to like them when I was like 15 lbs. lighter...
These side bites are the TP template. Shhhhh…..
True Ames Surf Fins
Buy high quality surfboard fins online. Based in Santa Barbara, California. Established in 1979. Single Fins, Twin Fins, Tri-Fins, Quad Fins, and more.
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i used the smallest ones in my padillc.
I can send them to you if you want. i think they are the smallest but could be the mids.
@Duffy LaCoronilla thanks man. I already have more fins than I know what to do with.
Its started storming again and im such a fuggin junky that when I cant surf i just nerd out on fins and various other surf related paraphernalia.
Its started storming again and im such a fuggin junky that when I cant surf i just nerd out on fins and various other surf related paraphernalia.
Come on, man. I need to make space for another set of fins for a board that I’m going to buy as soon as I see one I want!!!!