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Firewire Quad fin

Postby Spiman » Mon Jan 21, 2008 7:24 pm

im goin to get a quad fin board :D now the only problem is that i keep hearin two sides of the story some people say to get it an inch or 2 smaller that my normal short board. i ride a 6'0 im like 5'9 like 150. i was lookin to gettin the 6'2 just in case of the waves are little and was also thinking that if they get big i'll have the bigger board to get the bigger waves. lol im not sure this whole quad fin thing scares me and also im soo amped to ride it from the things that i heard about it. just wondering if i should go with....or if i should just scrap the whole idea and just get an alternator. :? anyways if someone knows a better idea or better quad if or whatever that would be sweet.
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Re: Firewire Quad fin

Postby drowningbitbybit » Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:36 pm

Spiman wrote: now the only problem is that i keep hearin two sides of the story some people say to get it an inch or 2 smaller that my normal short board.


I reckon its cos of the quad evolution thats happening... (this is how it seems to me anyway)... Quads re-emerged recently and were quickly taken up on fishy type boards, so you'd want that quite a bit shorter than your normal shortboard.
But now they're becoming a standard shortboard set up too, and those you'd probably want a similar length to a thruster.

I've got a 6'3 shortboard quad - its quite fat in the tail (but not fishy fat) so, yes, its an inch or two shorter than my shortboards.
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Postby Phil » Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:41 pm

think we could start seeing more 5 fin bonzer type setups soon as well
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Postby drowningbitbybit » Tue Jan 22, 2008 1:36 am

Phil wrote:think we could start seeing more 5 fin bonzer type setups soon as well


I think its all a ploy by FCS and Futures.... :wink:
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Postby Spiman » Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:01 am

so do you think that i should go with a 5'11? i just dont want to go to short and waste the money... :?
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Postby crepuscular » Tue Jan 22, 2008 8:29 am

Phil wrote:think we could start seeing more 5 fin bonzer type setups soon as well


I saw a chic using one of those type of board last weekend, but her configuration was set to two fins on the two outer fin plugs, but can use up to 5 fins max... could be a custom made board, because all the 5-fin boards i've seen before all have glasses on outter fins, her one was all removable fin plugs. I would be interested in getting one of those board since you can switch from single fin to 5-fin setup.

just wondering, how different does qaud fin boards compare to other fin setups?
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Postby ANZAC » Sat Jan 26, 2008 1:28 pm

Quads rip! Got a mate who owns PHD Surfboards here in the Gong and he wont go back to a thruster. Im tempted, but having too good a run at the moment to make such a change. Ill be sticking with thrusters for now.
The five fin set up gives you quad, twin, thruster, single options and the good set-ups are getting fairly popular.
Phil Byrne (Byrne Surfboards) pumps out quite a few now and theres always a few performance shapes with the 5 fin boxes, on the racks.
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