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Single Fins
- Thread starter bluengreen
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Getting ready to replace my current 6'8" single fin .... debating on whether to order the new one with channels. Do they make enough of a difference to make it worth it?
I would say so. Gives a little more grip and push. Singles w/o channels tend to be a little passive. IMHO
Never thought about that. i just go with what fin looks right for the board. Once the board works well not mess with it.
Dave Parmenter suggested 6.5 for my 6'7, and that sounds a little small, so maybe so
Interesting - i'm running a 7.5 Greenough 4A in my 6'8" but have it set all the way forward in the fin box.Never thought about that. i just go with what fin looks right for the board. Once the board works well not mess with it.
Dave Parmenter suggested 6.5 for my 6'7, and that sounds a little small, so maybe so
"Gives a little more grip and push"
Maybe a little more than that ;-)
Maybe a little more than that ;-)
I remember right long gone my 6'9" pintail I rode a 7.5"(7"(?) Ca classic from 2' to DOH reef barrelsNever thought about that. i just go with what fin looks right for the board. Once the board works well not mess with it.
Dave Parmenter suggested 6.5 for my 6'7, and that sounds a little small, so maybe so
best swish knife board I ever owned.
He said(paraphrase)everything is designed around where the center of the fin box is: channels, tail, what happens with the rail.
so 6.5 Bonzer fin, centered.
One surf the fin slide back a bit and the board didn’t work well. Jammed it all the way forward, unintentionally, and the board didn’t work at all.
I'm pretty stocked on my Manny mini single-ish fin quiver.
It's two boards I'd take on every Baja trip.
7'0" Stubby
8'4" Clandestino
It's two boards I'd take on every Baja trip.
7'0" Stubby
8'4" Clandestino
How would you know ?Worst markings for single fin placement, ever.
I would have expected better.
I have a Barry Snyder 6'8" WPF (yes - he did work with Brewer). I think it is my favorite board of all-time.
I snapped mine a while back and had it repaired ....
Definitely added some weight up front ... board has gotten a lot of mileage. I took it out this morning - Surfline was calling it HH - DOH ... MagicSeaweed had it at 7' for those using the Hawaiian metric system. It's been big for 4 or 5 days now. The board still goes blazingly fast - I took it out to a spot this morning that can handle size .... basically a sand bottom point type of wave ... i was dropping from the peak and doing a hand stall through the bottom turn and then hitting the gas as it walled up and flying through sections - the board is so much fun. As a contrast ... there were a couple of local rippers out on short boards ... they were both pumping like crazy through their bottom turns just trying to make it through the first section. I was having a pretty good session until i got smoked by a 10' cleanup set - had to bail and took 4 on the head - rag dolled etc. I'm ordering another WPF - this time no side bites just a single fin box with channels ... talked to Barry ... told me the WPF with channels is money. Not planning on doing anything too extreme with the channels either. BTW - Barry's description of the board on his website is pretty much spot on.
I snapped mine a while back and had it repaired ....
Definitely added some weight up front ... board has gotten a lot of mileage. I took it out this morning - Surfline was calling it HH - DOH ... MagicSeaweed had it at 7' for those using the Hawaiian metric system. It's been big for 4 or 5 days now. The board still goes blazingly fast - I took it out to a spot this morning that can handle size .... basically a sand bottom point type of wave ... i was dropping from the peak and doing a hand stall through the bottom turn and then hitting the gas as it walled up and flying through sections - the board is so much fun. As a contrast ... there were a couple of local rippers out on short boards ... they were both pumping like crazy through their bottom turns just trying to make it through the first section. I was having a pretty good session until i got smoked by a 10' cleanup set - had to bail and took 4 on the head - rag dolled etc. I'm ordering another WPF - this time no side bites just a single fin box with channels ... talked to Barry ... told me the WPF with channels is money. Not planning on doing anything too extreme with the channels either. BTW - Barry's description of the board on his website is pretty much spot on.
1972 single fin surfing
Nothing to do with front foot - ripping turns from the tail !
Check the speed he is traveling at
Nothing to do with front foot - ripping turns from the tail !
Check the speed he is traveling at
does it now? proctor sales lagging are they...
This is correct :
which also gives the tail a nice free brakes are off feeling instead of the sticky backfoot feel that can be common in traditional single to double concaves.
I transitioned from riding quads to twins and now to this. I 1st wanted to ride a sbsf a few years ago but I didn't want to order one and pay top $ because I may not have liked it. I was wrong. I 1st found an almost new Hobie deadly flying glove, 6'6"x 21" x 2 5/8 and I loved it. It was a little larger then most of my other boards but the speed this thing had....and the way it surfed...like butter. Then I saw the same model used but it is a 6'0x20"x2.5", which is the one pictured. I can't get enough of it. 
