check out this twin fin i found in swaylocks....the fins are wayyyyyyyyyy back
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would this thing ride?
- Thread starter dk
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Hey DK
Notice also the thick, squash tail with lots of surface area, and the size of the fins.
Your backfoot placement was only about 10" from the tail of those '70's era twins, so fins had to be bigger and farther back.
They actually worked pretty well, as that one would be for medium sized waves based on the fin size, and not small beachbreaks.
Fin sizes on those boards ranged from 4.75" for small waves up to 8" for bigger, stronger, faster waves.
Cool board, blocky, blunt, caveman style.
Notice also the thick, squash tail with lots of surface area, and the size of the fins.
Your backfoot placement was only about 10" from the tail of those '70's era twins, so fins had to be bigger and farther back.
They actually worked pretty well, as that one would be for medium sized waves based on the fin size, and not small beachbreaks.
Fin sizes on those boards ranged from 4.75" for small waves up to 8" for bigger, stronger, faster waves.
Cool board, blocky, blunt, caveman style.
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by friscodisco:
<strong>That thing has it's own kickstand!!!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="images/icons/shocked.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />
<img src="http://www.electric-bikes.com/cruizer10.jpg" alt=" - " /></strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">CLASSIC!!!!!!
<strong>That thing has it's own kickstand!!!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="images/icons/shocked.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />
<img src="http://www.electric-bikes.com/cruizer10.jpg" alt=" - " /></strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">CLASSIC!!!!!!
Hey
Probably a surfboard. Reason?
Notice fin placement waay on the tail, and big fins. Notice that kneeboarders ride with a centered body placement, and have little desire to scoot back or forwards. If it was a kneeboard, fin placement would be well forwards, or they would copy a version of Greenough's boards, with forward placed fins, and flexi deck.
But, that board is a solid deck, fins back. Not good for turning if you are on your knees.
Besides, I made over 20 of those shaped twin fins with about the same fin placement, one inch to 3" longer fins, all under 5'8"..down to 5', and none of the guys ever kneeboarded them.
Profile would help determine also, as surfboards that shape need to be at least 2.75 thick (in the early '70's), and kneeboards would be about 1.5" thick and SWALLOWTAILED!
Probably a surfboard. Reason?
Notice fin placement waay on the tail, and big fins. Notice that kneeboarders ride with a centered body placement, and have little desire to scoot back or forwards. If it was a kneeboard, fin placement would be well forwards, or they would copy a version of Greenough's boards, with forward placed fins, and flexi deck.
But, that board is a solid deck, fins back. Not good for turning if you are on your knees.
Besides, I made over 20 of those shaped twin fins with about the same fin placement, one inch to 3" longer fins, all under 5'8"..down to 5', and none of the guys ever kneeboarded them.
Profile would help determine also, as surfboards that shape need to be at least 2.75 thick (in the early '70's), and kneeboards would be about 1.5" thick and SWALLOWTAILED!
There was another very brief “twin fin” era right about 1970. Corky Carroll and Brad McCall were riding boards as pictured. These twin fins had square tails, with the fins set right on the tail, and ultra thick right on the tail. I had a couple of them. They worked, but not very well in real waves. This was before most of us were aware of the “fish” design that came out of the Sunset Cliffs area a little later, (at least as far as the people outside of Newbreak were concerned) and well before the Mark Richards inspired twin fin era.
Hey GWS
You are absolutlely correct!
I was shaping twins with the thick tails, and fins averaging around 7.5" tall, for our faster moving swells. For Santa Cruz, we'd drop fin size to around 6", and frontside could go down to 4.75".
'70, I moved down to Cal Western (Newb's) and saw all the hoopla over "bunker" boards and fish's with fins forward.
Bunker I understood, but fish never. I was mostly an Abb's surfer and also Chasm's, and mostly rode twins for small surf, and singles for bigger.
Made plenty of bunker style turned down railed, 3" thick, flat decked single, twin, and 3 fin boards back home by '71.
You are absolutlely correct!
I was shaping twins with the thick tails, and fins averaging around 7.5" tall, for our faster moving swells. For Santa Cruz, we'd drop fin size to around 6", and frontside could go down to 4.75".
'70, I moved down to Cal Western (Newb's) and saw all the hoopla over "bunker" boards and fish's with fins forward.
Bunker I understood, but fish never. I was mostly an Abb's surfer and also Chasm's, and mostly rode twins for small surf, and singles for bigger.
Made plenty of bunker style turned down railed, 3" thick, flat decked single, twin, and 3 fin boards back home by '71.
My friend had a board similar to that one (a 5'8" Rich Parr Surfboard) and I wouldnt think of touching it. Then one day on a whim, I paddled it out at my favorite break. Man that thing was a barrel of fun. We were all into sleek 7 foot diamond or pintails, but this thing was a mind machine. It was definitely for smaller waves and just think where you wanted it to go and it was there...
Hey DK---how about some dimensions on that board? I am still thinking, kneeboard or bellyboard. There is so much wax on the board and I had a bellyboard,way back when, that looked similar with fins placed waaaaaaay back like this.
sorry bud, don't remember seeing any demensions.
funny that i said that though....yesterday saw some show on tv, when a guy was riding a similar board. on some sports channel, with soem hawaiian movie. had nothing to do with usrfing, but showed it. the guy was standing up riding it, looked super tiny., like he easily couldve put a foot hanging off each side... this board looked thick!
as for surfing or knee boarding, i'd now say it's surfable, but it might work well for knee boarding also.
dk
funny that i said that though....yesterday saw some show on tv, when a guy was riding a similar board. on some sports channel, with soem hawaiian movie. had nothing to do with usrfing, but showed it. the guy was standing up riding it, looked super tiny., like he easily couldve put a foot hanging off each side... this board looked thick!
as for surfing or knee boarding, i'd now say it's surfable, but it might work well for knee boarding also.
dk
Hey
AB and DK, they used to ride about a 5' multi finned standup in Hanalei, and most of the Kaui breaks, up to really big, like 12', back in my days of shaping.
Boards averaged 4" thick, maybe slightly thicker (but not 5", like Joey Cabell's 9'6" guns), and could be put anywhere in the pocket of those tropical hollow waves.
Yes, we tried them also, but no one could get enough waves on any given day, so we gave up. We suck, of course. That and OB SF on bigger daze.
AB and DK, they used to ride about a 5' multi finned standup in Hanalei, and most of the Kaui breaks, up to really big, like 12', back in my days of shaping.
Boards averaged 4" thick, maybe slightly thicker (but not 5", like Joey Cabell's 9'6" guns), and could be put anywhere in the pocket of those tropical hollow waves.
Yes, we tried them also, but no one could get enough waves on any given day, so we gave up. We suck, of course. That and OB SF on bigger daze.