Must be heaps of fins that could do the job

mfchawaii.com/windsurf/fins/

www.essentialstore.nl/en/windsurf-fins/

Think the forst gen(Red) ones were crap - very fragile, but nice performing fins. The newest black & white version is supposedly stronger. That said I would go G10 if you expect any impact again...

The G10 are expensive but do they perform well compared to the k4? They are sold out in a lot of places but can still get from a few spots in Europe. The posts have certainly helped give me a couple of paths thx...

Mark _australia said..
K4 too bendy, yuk.

G10 all the wayyy......

Nothing wrong with bendy.

Big Al said..
New K4's are actually really good IMHO. The early ones did feel reeeeeally spongey but the new ones are the schizzle.
Ezzy sides and a stubby rear on a thruster are a great match. The fin saver tabs that come with the fins are also a great idea.
I have seen (and fixed) Stehseglers G10 fins and it looks like he drags his board on the road from his house - K4's...... no such problem.

AB...

I'm with Mark YUK! plus that fat foil make them slow, But they seem to go upwind well

I still can't imagine a 18cm centre fin made out of plastic like 1980's Bombora fins. Short fins maybe, but 18cm of plastic...?

The MFC site lists the centre fin and sidies as separate so should be able to but just the main fin. https://mfchawaii.com/catalog/windsurf/windsurf-fins/tf-rtm-thruster/

I've been able to get get fins direct from them previously

Geoff

im using the K4s that come on this years RRDs and can highly rate them. Take a closer look next time you carry my board down to the beach!!

Thats great - but for those who are really hard to convince how about some numbers?

Like tip deflection at say 20kg load, compared to G-10

Or time to cycle back to centre when load is removed (reflex response)?


Sorry but I can't see any thermoplastic will compare, and "better than the previous material" is not same as "good as G-10 or carbon"
Pretty subjective review...
50% of winners in PWA slalom or race....?

Mark _australia said..
Thats great - but for those who are really hard to convince how about some numbers?

Good point!

For what it's worth I tried out one of the K4 fins about 2 years ago and wasn't too impressed when compared to G10.

After killing the G10 centre fin on my Tri-Wave 106 (it cracked along the base) I looked at Black Project Fins as well as MFCs. The Black Project Fins looked awesome but I wanted to try different sizes as well as shapes. After adding up the cost of getting 3 centre fins and a couple of sides I quickly abandoned the idea. It would have cost me nearly a grand all up.

Big Al mentioned that the K4 fins weren't as soft as they used to be. I ended up ordering a stack of K4 fins from them in different sizes and shapes for about $250. Are they better then the once I tried a couple of years ago? I'd say yes. Are as good as G10 fins? I don't know but given their price I don't really care.

I don't have a fin sponsor and so usually pay full price for fins. Given the number of G10 fins I have sacrificed to rocks, reefs and sea turtles I think I'll probably stick with the cheaper options for now.

How much did that fin set you back? I bought a set of Fanatic / Choco fins for a quad a while back from a retailer that's no longer around. They only reluctantly sold them to me... from memory it cost me $390 for a set of 4 fins.

Checked the Makani fins... $360 for a Thruster setup isn't exactly cheap.

SSD fins ? any more info in the web ? thanks in advance

So many options! I am too boring. Sticking to what works for me at the moment... Wish I could be a fin tester but our conditions are not consistent enough here for that...

Not really sure that is worth the money there Rider as from pure observations they:
1. Tend to make YOUR pointing ability crap,
2. They make YOU fall off on ALL your tack attempts
3. They seem to make YOU stand on the beach waaaaay longer than being out on (sorry, IN) the water.

Or are we not talking about fins anymore....?


AB.....