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 .

bish

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lostdoggy Tuesday, 5 Mar 2024 at 9:14pm

Anyone ridden these in a standard shorty?
Good price.

https://sideways.com.au/products/machado-pivot-blkstx-3-0?variant=422996...

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Supafreak Tuesday, 5 Mar 2024 at 9:41pm
lostdoggy wrote:

Anyone ridden these in a standard shorty?
Good price.

https://sideways.com.au/products/machado-pivot-blkstx-3-0?variant=422996...

Can’t say I have but reckon that’s a bargain.

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lostdoggy Tuesday, 5 Mar 2024 at 9:47pm

Yeh, and if you are close enough to any of the stores can select free pickup and save the $16.99 shipping fee.

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seeds Tuesday, 5 Mar 2024 at 9:51pm

I’ve bought fins and boards from sideways. No probs with fins unless you hate discount prices. No probs with boards either even when you take into account differing quality. 500 give or take for a board that lasts a few years. No local shaper etc I know but sometimes rest of life expenses take precedence

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udo Tuesday, 5 Mar 2024 at 10:28pm

Sideways - Leggies and Surf Hats gd Price Atm

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lostdoggy Tuesday, 5 Mar 2024 at 10:36pm
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AlfredWallace Wednesday, 6 Mar 2024 at 9:10am
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Thread derail but bought a couple of these at $20 a pop
https://modomsurf.com/collections/traction/products/cs-ii-denim
https://modomsurf.com/collections/traction/products/cs-ii-stone

And a key lock half price
https://modomsurf.com/collections/accessories/products/key-lock

Lostdoggy. Hi. I always buy Modom pads and accessories. Good prices.

When you think about it, we are all or have been guilty of being blinded by the light, all the very over priced manufacturers and vendors are getting their shit made in exactly the same place as Modom, so why prop up those so called big names just for the glory of having’their’ moniker on ‘your’ board, doesn’t make cents at all. AW

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quadzilla Wednesday, 6 Mar 2024 at 2:02pm
AlfredWallace wrote:
lostdoggy wrote:

Thread derail but bought a couple of these at $20 a pop
https://modomsurf.com/collections/traction/products/cs-ii-denim
https://modomsurf.com/collections/traction/products/cs-ii-stone

Keylock is ok, if ya use them...but that tail pad is worth ten bucks...

For around 70 bucks on a slow boat from China,buys a SUP replacement grip...the end with heel pad fits most boards, but may have to trim slightly on a very narrow tail.

The rest of the SUP grip can be cut to size, probably do 5+ boards if you are only doing tails....I do half a board.

And a key lock half price
https://modomsurf.com/collections/accessories/products/key-lock

Lostdoggy. Hi. I always buy Modom pads and accessories. Good prices.

When you think about it, we are all or have been guilty of being blinded by the light, all the very over priced manufacturers and vendors are getting their shit made in exactly the same place as Modom, so why prop up those so called big names just for the glory of having’their’ moniker on ‘your’ board, doesn’t make cents at all. AW

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udo Wednesday, 17 Apr 2024 at 7:13pm

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quadzilla Saturday, 20 Apr 2024 at 11:00am

These will be interesting, I have two sets(different sizes) of the old 3/2 series...they go well.... these following along from FCS H4.

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seaslug Saturday, 20 Apr 2024 at 5:12pm

Be keen to try them, those H4's are excellent in critical overhead waves although I don't have many boards with FC2 boxes

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udo Sunday, 2 Jun 2024 at 5:22pm

New Power Base Fins on Ebay .

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udo Tuesday, 18 Jun 2024 at 5:26pm

Good thinking with the Twinzer Plugs Cory . . .

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udo Friday, 12 Jul 2024 at 8:37am

No Machining out of the Bases - No need... no Real Weight Savings
Just Extra CNC Time

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udo Sunday, 21 Jul 2024 at 8:48am

Fin Cluster - Illusion ?

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lostdoggy Sunday, 21 Jul 2024 at 9:08am

Nah that’s weird.

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udo Saturday, 3 Aug 2024 at 8:26am

That was Painfull.

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udo Wednesday, 7 Aug 2024 at 11:51am

Wild Gun - Wild Fin Placement

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Clam Wednesday, 7 Aug 2024 at 1:57pm

That board 74 litres 10ft long, my 8"6 is same litreage, I am finding it easier to surf big waves by making the board more stubby, fat & wide , feels new again anyways

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udo Thursday, 29 Aug 2024 at 12:36pm

MCKEE’s look in detail at the NITTY GRITTY of quad fin technicalities.

https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fmckeesur...

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stunet Thursday, 29 Aug 2024 at 1:09pm
udo wrote:

MCKEE’s look in detail at the NITTY GRITTY of quad fin technicalities.

https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fmckeesur...

Lot to chew on there.

Good find.

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velocityjohnno Thursday, 29 Aug 2024 at 2:34pm

How do you do it udo? Quantum search engine?

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udo Thursday, 29 Aug 2024 at 3:13pm

McKee Fin placement into Uncle Google Took me to it
Had been thinking about Greg Trotters Powerbase Boxes ....the ones with nearly an inch of Adjustment ...Which are still Available just not shown on his Website - To Play around with the Cluster
https://www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Surfing/Shortboards/Powerbase-Fins-a...

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velocityjohnno Thursday, 29 Aug 2024 at 7:24pm

Yep a sliding plug/mini box of sorts would be really good to fine tune

What struck me was that with the quad you really fine tune it for a particular rider and a particular board - with so many variables, this is an example where 'just changing one thing' over multiple boards and multiple locations/cants/fin types could lead to absolute awesomeness

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