at the moment i only have a 25cm freestyle fin. im planning on getting a 21cm mfc freestyle pro as well.
ive been interested in cutting down some fins to about 15cm but i just want to try it on a cheap oldie first i think.

After seeing the fin of an accomplished freestyler and comparing it to my standard fin for 16 knots:

www.peconicpuffin.com/the_peconic_puffin/2007/10/freestyle-fins-.html


I made this fin, which works pretty well. Mine is a cutdown of a stock JP fin that I'd dinged a year ago. I've seen people make good freestyle fins with old blade fins, but the best freestyler in our area (who says a good guideline is wrist to middle-finger tip) starts with a weed fin...he likes the rake and I suspect getting some lift a bit forward.

My fin:

www.peconicpuffin.com/the_peconic_puffin/2007/10/freestyle-fin-1.html

don't know about freestyle but the jp freestyle/wave board go heaps better with a smaller fin, i use to run a 23, but it was narrow, could land chop hops sideways in a slide for fun, awesome boards, just started to fill up with water from some where..

so you's reckon id be better off gettin a 20cm or so freestyle fin for my 92L JP freestyle wave when im trying stuff?

There is an 18cm Choco Freestyle fin that looks pretty cool, reckon that would be the go??

No but I have a damaged one that I don't use. Time to attack it with a grinder I think.

the few i have seen AR in G10, not black ones(maybe epoxy)

well it works and although it didn't spin out much more than the usual fin, i lost some ground down wind as you'd expect. It definitely slid around effortlessly. I was using a 5.8 NP Alpha and JP 99 freestyle in about 15 - 18 knots and surprisingly it took no longer to plane than the 23cm fs fin. I was using it in very bumpy chop which didn't help. I reckon on flat water and same wind strength it would be pretty good.

I use a 28 weed fin cut down two an 18 being swept back it comesout of the the water easyier. I prefer it better than my freestlyle fin . I only got a 28 becouse thats all they had at the time so get a bigger one becouse its wider an you can go cut it shorter maybe 15 happy sliding