I am about to order a new board for an OS trip later this year that will be mainly hollow reef breaks. I will be looking for something that will get in early, get down the line with plenty of hold and then get out without any damage.

I will obviously discus with the shaper when the time comes but I see a lot of the bigger wave boards have a quad fin set up which I believe provides more speed, less manoeuvrability and I'm not sure about hold.

I actually don't have a single fin longboard (all are thrusters) but I would have thought a single with side bites and a rounded pin tail would give the most hold of any fin set up.

Can someone explain what differences I can expect between a quad setup and a single (with sides).

Ta

paint came out so good. Think i might polish the nose where there will be no wax. Love this one. 9'1" x 23" x 2 7/8. Its Petes "short board bottom" model. Nose concave half way down to double concave and a vee out the back.