FIN WEEK: SAD, SILLY AND STUPID MOMENTS IN FIN HISTORY
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Robert Merson09/28/2014 01:27 PM
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Here's another one that you can file under sad, silly or stupid. In Matt Warshaw's excellent book "Photo/Stoner" about the life of legendary surf photographer Ron Stoner, Warshaw says, "At the age of 15, not long after he began surfing, Stoner took a handsaw and cut a surfboard fin out of the mahogany headboard of an antique four-poster bed he found in the garage." There is no mention of how the fin worked or what the conversation was like at the dinner table that night. More at thefinbox.com
Raph09/28/2014 11:51 AM
Why doesn't it matter (-or does it?) that a fin can sit an 1/8 of an inch or so out of the fin box? On some boards, the fin is showing its base edge sticking out above the profile of the fin box. I can't imaging this doesn't produce a lot of drag. And doesn't a fin box itself produce a lot of drag (more so than a glass on fin)?
Alan Souza09/28/2014 08:12 AM
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Back about 1967 Doug Haut made me an amazing modle A type board. You could grab the end of the fin and bend it over and it would slowly come back. One day at Refugio on a small day we kept spinning out, so, I went in and hld it over for about 4 minutes until it stayed. It worked great on those small hollow waves after that. What ever happened to that kind of fin/ resign?
ace mckellog09/28/2014 01:44 AM
What would happen if the inside (flat side) of the front two thruster fins, or the side-bites of the 2 + 1s, or the front fins of a quad, were concave instead of flat?
Alana Spencer09/27/2014 11:15 PM
Love these weekly insights! Are you guys interested in featuring a Hawaii fin maker? My dad Steve Mock (Island Fin Design) has been hand crafting surfboard fins on the North Shore of Oahu since the late 60's. Would love to connect! Have a great weekend!
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EY09/27/2014 09:41 PM
Was looking forward to uncommon fin set ups. Got this instead.
Drew F09/27/2014 09:29 PM
When it comes to barrel riding, is their evidence proving one fin setup over another? Ie: quad vs. thruster, single fin vs. 2+1
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Robert Merson 09/28/2014 01:27 PM * PREMIUM MEMBER - Real Name
Raph 09/28/2014 11:51 AM
Alan Souza 09/28/2014 08:12 AM * PREMIUM MEMBER - Real Name
ace mckellog 09/28/2014 01:44 AM
Alana Spencer 09/27/2014 11:15 PM
EY 09/27/2014 09:41 PM
Drew F 09/27/2014 09:29 PM
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