FIN KNOWLEDGE

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bishmann started the topic in Monday, 17 Nov 2014 at 5:03pm

Hi All ,
after a bit of your vast wisdom here , got myself a tiny 5'8 fish for small mushy waves , in 78 kgs and currently have fcs g'3 s in it but find them to lack drive and speed anyone have any suggestions on what would be more suitable fins for speed / drive in small waves , old school fcs plugs in the board tri fin .
help would be greatly appreciated .

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Shane Luke Friday, 17 Mar 2023 at 2:35pm
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Hey Shane how much flex is there in the tips of those fins?

heaps in the tips. main fin area is quite stiff in contrast.

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Lance Kenny Friday, 17 Mar 2023 at 2:56pm

The Orange fish with the s-wings is my board and I ride them in nearly all of my boards - constantly impressed with how they deliver - you need to try them, bloody awesome!

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udo Friday, 17 Mar 2023 at 4:14pm
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Shane Luke Friday, 17 Mar 2023 at 7:23pm
I focus wrote:

Hey Shane how much flex is there in the tips of those fins?

there is alot of flex in the tips, the rest of the fin is fairly stiff in comparison.

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Shane Luke Friday, 17 Mar 2023 at 7:24pm

there is alot of flex in the tips, the rest of the fin is fairly stiff in comparison.

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BRAVOsurf Saturday, 18 Mar 2023 at 11:13am

regarding S-WINGS, hit us up at BRAVOsurf website (contact us button) if you have any queries / want to demo a set etc, etc... we are based in Burleigh for any GC queries..

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udo Saturday, 18 Mar 2023 at 11:33am

When will you have the Full Range back in Stock..?

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BRAVOsurf Saturday, 18 Mar 2023 at 12:55pm
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When will you have the Full Range back in Stock..?

Hi Udo. We did a small test run on sales over the past 4 months. Have recently sold out of most styles - so signs of demand in Oz are good. The full S-Wings Range is quite wide so judging what we need in Oz is a challenge.
I am planning a reorder to arrive May/June.
Please let us know directly (via the BRAVOsurf contact button) what you’re chasing and I can ensure it’s in the order. Cheers!

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udo Monday, 20 Mar 2023 at 10:27am

Futures has been making signature fins for John John Florence ever since he was a student at Sunset Beach Elementary and they released his “Super Grom” fin. At The Eddie, we noticed John carrying around something that looked like a Twinzer. “We’ve been messing around with a lot of designs,” Vince explained, “and right now, we’re going with smaller front fins with larger quad rears. It’s the new trend to get boards to track a bit better. The smaller front fins have less rake and more cant angle to help break that track for bottom turning on a big wave.”

“I was at an Outer Reef and felt like I was sliding out,” John John explained. “We started talking about that and getting ideas to hold the tail in better. I surfed it at Waimea last year when it was pretty big and it felt insane. I haven’t tried them on a big left yet.”

We changed the setup for John to bigger fins in the back and going straight up on the sides. After a Waimea session, we were golden for him going frontside. We have some more testing to do at Himalayas to see if we really nailed the original concept, but John’s prototype has been well tested at Waimea and it’s going into production. They should be available fairly soon.”

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Clam Tuesday, 21 Mar 2023 at 2:29pm

I saw john's fins but they did not look like a twinzer. any pictures to support the twinzer story ?

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Clam Tuesday, 21 Mar 2023 at 2:32pm

John's fins seen on eddie comp;
carrying his board with grey color on the bottom,
fins: orange in front and black in the rear .
same board ?

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udo Tuesday, 21 Mar 2023 at 2:57pm
Clam wrote:

I saw john's fins but they did not look like a twinzer. any pictures to support the twinzer story ?

Twinzer = Vince Longo's Words..

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Clam Wednesday, 22 Mar 2023 at 11:10am
udo wrote:
Clam wrote:

I saw john's fins but they did not look like a twinzer. any pictures to support the twinzer story ?

Twinzer = Vince Longo's Words..

hey udo where did you get this (quote) from?, thanks for the reply.

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udo Wednesday, 22 Mar 2023 at 11:22am

Surfline.

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udo Wednesday, 22 Mar 2023 at 11:49am

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udo Friday, 21 Apr 2023 at 8:10am

Nice Work...And some Words from Greg Webber re C-Drives ...

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Craig Friday, 21 Apr 2023 at 8:14am

Interesting Udo.

I surfed the C-drives with the chunkier swell this week, and got to really feel them out on some 4-5ft sets. Jeez they drive like a quad, there were a couple of sections that on my normal fins I knew I wouldn't have made, but these just pushed me through. I have to surf them more.

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udo Friday, 21 Apr 2023 at 8:30am

Dean Cole claims to be C-Drive inventor.

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udo Tuesday, 25 Apr 2023 at 3:28pm
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velocityjohnno Saturday, 20 May 2023 at 3:22pm
udo wrote:

VJ ifocus
https://www.instagram.com/p/CLqKfD9H_fH/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CrOhVYgpnM1/

Yeah Udo that's basically how it happens. That guy is doing the finish run there after doing a roughing run (the 'stepped' appearance).

Gotta say it looks like a few people have been going mental on the 3d fin constructing software, or slipping on the mouse when they are doing the designs lol

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udo Saturday, 20 May 2023 at 3:31pm
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udo Saturday, 20 May 2023 at 6:56pm

A new Snap-In System

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BRAVOsurf Wednesday, 31 May 2023 at 2:22pm
udo wrote:

When will you have the Full Range back in Stock..?

Hi everyone. We received a small S-WINGS topup today due to recent increased interest.. :)
A few new styles in there also. Let me know on the website comment button if you have any queries..
Cheers
https://www.bravosurf.com.au/collections/s-wings-fins

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lostdog Monday, 12 Jun 2023 at 4:55am
BRAVOsurf wrote:
udo wrote:

When will you have the Full Range back in Stock..?

Hi everyone. We received a small S-WINGS topup today due to recent increased interest.. :)
A few new styles in there also. Let me know on the website comment button if you have any queries..
Cheers
https://www.bravosurf.com.au/collections/s-wings-fins

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lostdog Monday, 12 Jun 2023 at 4:57am

Hi Guys, you’ve sent me the wrong fin base ie futures instead of FCS and have emailed with the invoice and pics. Hope you get it

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udo Wednesday, 28 Jun 2023 at 5:49pm

Pushing the Patent Boundarys..?

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udo Thursday, 29 Jun 2023 at 9:32pm

$400 and Sold out...
https://www.surffcs.com.au/products/fcs-ii-nathan-florence-big-wave-quad...(AU)%20(01H4298FMYN923DM5VWC2Z2ZEP)

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udo Friday, 30 Jun 2023 at 3:23pm
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velocityjohnno Friday, 30 Jun 2023 at 3:29pm

$400 for a finset... me likey.
Just wait till they break the $1K barrier...

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udo Monday, 10 Jul 2023 at 5:19pm
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udo Monday, 10 Jul 2023 at 6:23pm

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udo Thursday, 27 Jul 2023 at 1:31pm

Ha saw that...i think the comment i saw with it was - Does not Work.