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*** Official Fin Thread ***
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I like the H4 rears. They are fairly upright and 80/20 foil. I've ran them with Accel M's, H4 L's and Mayhem L's. I generally prefer upright fins for quads so I'd probably give the nod to the Mayhems but they all felt pretty good.just scooped a set of Large H4 thrusters for $30 off, couldn't resist. now looking at a set of Medium MFeb's (Captain Fin) for my Future's board. anyone have experience with either template?
i'd like to put in a good word for the FCS2 Accelerators in PCC. the Medium set worked great until i knocked the center fin out. and it was screwed inno idea how that happened. any advice on quad rears that would work well on both the Accelerators and the H4s?
If you want a more upright, pivotal feeling go Reactor M rears.
No experience with the MFeb's.
I have those. I’ve used them in boards for smaller surf. They work.Anyone try these? I like riding a big gun in OH waves for the rail drive, and I thought these might loosen it up.
NPJ Quartet Quad - Brown - Single Tab
The Neal Purchase Jr. Quartet is a solid fiberglass layup that's part of our Limited La Especial Collection. This template was developed by NPJ for maximum speed and control. "I was riding ‘70s twin fins and decided to add two stabilizers to add drive and make a quad. Took a quarter inch off the...captainfin.com
Typical surf article with minimal real info, but a few interesting tid bits. I thought the approach JJF is taking with smaller, canted fronts on his quad was an interesting idea:
Sharpeye L's maiden voyage went very well. Noticeably tighter turning than the DHD's. Nothing drastic but I could feel it from my first bottom turn they just came around a little quicker. Didnt hurt that the waves were clean and bowly and well suited to the Disco. 
Color coordination adds +1 to shred factor.
Gerr has been hyping up these fins. I've never really thought of wood fins being high performance, but he's claiming otherwise. They'd def be nice on the eye with the right board. Yacht aesthetics.
His handle ending in 69 gives it extra points.
His handle ending in 69 gives it extra points.
Rode the superbuzz as a twin and twin + trailer (NVS Nautilus) in head to waist conditions over a 5 day span and was really impressed. Fast, loose, sk8ee and my favorite fin
config to date. If it’s overhead and steep I’d opt for a quad with AM2s and the S1 rears.
config to date. If it’s overhead and steep I’d opt for a quad with AM2s and the S1 rears.
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Do you think Stretch would be offended if someone asked him for smaller logos?
No but last bord I went to OG stretch laminate and you can just go "S" or never tried but I bet you could go blank
anyone try the machado pivot fins?
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Machado Pivot
The Machado Pivot, designed by style guru Rob Machado, is a large sized thruster in the Pivot template category. This set is designed around the idea of a thruster incorporating the drive and response of a twin keel. The combination of the extended base and reduced rake of the template pair...
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yeah I have a set. to me they don't feel as strange as you'd maybe expect just looking at them. a pretty pivotal, speed generating ride. I mostly ran them in a SMTH Drive Thru which is kind of a white diamond/rocket style board. for small/med waves they go well. a good balance of drive and pivot. best suited to low rocker boards I think. compared to P8's they are a little less pivotal feeling so if you are looking for more pivot I'd look at those since they are making them in blackstix now too.anyone try the machado pivot fins?
Machado Pivot
The Machado Pivot, designed by style guru Rob Machado, is a large sized thruster in the Pivot template category. This set is designed around the idea of a thruster incorporating the drive and response of a twin keel. The combination of the extended base and reduced rake of the template pair...
to be clear, i don't ride them that often because i generally prefer more raked, flat foil fins but as far as a pivot fin with inside foil I like these more than for instance the HS1's.
TBH they always looked kinda dumb to me but now I’m kinda curious. I do love that other Machado blackstix thruster set with the V2 foil. Maybe on Pyzalien2 or Insanity?
No experience with P2 but i liked upright fins in my Insanity. Board is kind of meant for juice though so I dunno. Id probably lean towards honeycomb flat foil kine like P8s or TP1.
I haven’t surfed Insanity yet, but yeah, I got it for decent-good swell (for SoCal).
In P2, I’ve liked the JJF large with JJF medium center. No real need to experiment, but will try that other Muchacho V2 blackstix set at some point, maybe on the lower end of the range
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JJF larges w/ med center is a great setup. Kind of an elitist combo though like yeah just buy a set of meds and toss the side fins in the trash.
I just wish I was man enough to run the entire L set.
I don't think so. I've seen some of his boards with the wrong model lams on them