looks nice, grab one for me too

JBFletch said...

whats it made of???
is its G10 or carbon???

The fanatic race fin is pretty similar just weighs a tonne.

looks like a good allrounder, pretty different to Jamies Future fins version

Jamies fin design has its heritage in a traditional fin template used on log Longboards for a long time. Fluid Foils themselves have been doing this for years and years.

It looks pretty similar to the fin below released about 5 years ago. Shapers does a 'very similar' version called the Axe.

Almost a fin joke....."Four married guys go surfing and got into this conversation:

First guy: "You have no idea what I had to do to be able to come out surfing this morning. I had to promise my wife that I will paint every room in the house next weekend."

Second guy: "That's nothing, I had to promise my wife that I will build her a new deck for the pool."

Third guy: "Man, you both have it easy! I had to promise my wife that I will remodel the kitchen for her."

The fourth guy just smiles. So they asked him. You haven't said anything about what you had to do to be able to come surfing this weekend. What's the deal?"

Fourth guy: "I just set my alarm for 5:30 am. When it went off, I shut off my alarm, gave the wife a nudge and said, "Surf or Sex" and she said,

"Wear sun-block."
....the joke from surfing san diego forum

laceys lane said...

i've had more success with hatchet type fins. currently using fluid foils 10" and the axe 9"

jm fin is very popular, but i didn't like surfing it'

would like to try danny's fin

there you go for all those smart arses, a fin post to keep all the fin jokes alive

You'd be frothing on this topic Lacey

I once had a fin just like that new Danny Ka-Ching fin and didn't like it.. IMO .. The tip area is the most important part of the fin and the part that's working for you the most.. That fin looks like it would be good for one thing.. Going straight and holding a straight line.. and shed weed.. No wonder he likes it all the way back because moving it forward would do zilch and feel bad.. So for a race board with boxy rails that is made to just go straight that fin would be fine.. I like the look of the two fins that CMC posted.. Less base area allowing the fin to twist and bigger tip area that has curve so it won't catch if it touches.

DJ

This new one from True Ames looks interesting



10.25", details here:

www.trueames.com/products/the-purchase-canvas-christian-wach-surf-fin

HumanCartoon said...

This new one from True Ames looks interesting



10.25", details here:

www.trueames.com/products/the-purchase-canvas-christian-wach-surf-fin

looks too big to me, but i could be wrong again

surf4fun said...

Say I had a very light 12'6 with a bit of a loose tail that feels like it needs to be "anchored" down, what if any of the fins above would work? Or any other suggestions.

I had a girlfriend like that once.

surf4fun said...

Say I had a very light 12'6 with a bit of a loose tail that feels like it needs to be "anchored" down, what if any of the fins above would work? Or any other suggestions.

What in are you using now?

DJ

surf4fun said...

At the moment I am running the G10 26cm (10.2') fin that comes with the Fanatic's as that is the only race fin I have. This feels pretty good but still a little loose. I guess I just want to play around with a few but don't know where to start.

How big would you go Hilly? 10', 13', 15'

That's a pretty big fin already and you shouldn't need to go bigger.. Maybe the shape's not working for you.. IMO if you're having tracking issues with that fin maybe there's something else going on.. Maybe it's where your standing or how you're paddling.. Also I've been thinking about how using G10 for a SUP race board fin is way overkill.. Windsurfing puts huge loads on the fin and using G10 makes sense.. Paddlng puts next to nothing so IMO it's not needed.. The only other fin that I would recommend trying instead of that Fanatic fin is maybe the big 10.5" dolphin shaped fin that comes on the big . It's a good shape with plenty of area in the tip.

DJ