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the best high perfo.....

PostPosted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 5:50 pm
by bluesnowcone
im looking for the best high performance longboard fin that doesnt look like 3 shortboard fins, anyone know of any?

PostPosted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 5:59 pm
by Phil
so you want the best high performance signle fin? for a board that doesnt use side biters?

PostPosted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 6:35 pm
by bluesnowcone
no, iv got side biters, i just want the best hi perfromace fin thats not a shortboard fin with a box conversion

PostPosted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:00 pm
by Phil
do you want it for nose riding or so it makes the board looser so you can throw it around alot more?

PostPosted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:04 pm
by bluesnowcone
i should of been more percific, i want it so i can do re-entrys vertical top turns, and all of that, but i want it as a big fin so i can still get slightly foward when i need a tad more speed and im pumping like mad(i dont want to do any noes riding when im using this fin).

also im riding a 9' bic classic all-rounder

PostPosted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:05 pm
by Phil
if you want the board to be more manovable so you can throw it around alot get one of these


if you want an all round fin then get a 8" McTavish fin

PostPosted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:06 pm
by Phil
id go for the nineplus cutaway then

PostPosted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:06 pm
by bluesnowcone
cheers, i was loking at that fin, and i didnt know if there was anything better

PostPosted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:16 pm
by Phil
ive never used one but ive seen people rip with them at saunton and quite a few rate them on magic seaweed plus you cant go wrong for £35, most longboard fins are £50 +

PostPosted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:38 pm
by bluesnowcone
cool, so where abouts to you surf, cas if ur a saunton local im envyos :evil:

PostPosted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:41 pm
by Phil
yup im a saunton local well i live a fair way away but i surf it pretty much all the time its on

PostPosted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:44 pm
by bluesnowcone
grrr :evil: :evil: :evil: , well hopefully when i leave school im gunu get an aprentiship in heavy veichal machenics and then go work somehwere down there. i would love to be a local there

PostPosted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:59 pm
by bluesnowcone
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Maisch-Longboard- ... dZViewItem

what about this fin, its got a small base and its small all the way through the fin, but the tip looks like you could use it to noes ride??

PostPosted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 3:09 pm
by Phil
it would lack drive but would make a good nose riding fin so long as you didnt use the side biters

PostPosted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 5:05 pm
by bluesnowcone
kk, so i would be beter off sticking with a cut away fin

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K%3A1&rd=1

im low on cash, this is a cut away, but its a big cut away, would it still improve performance quite abit or is it to big

PostPosted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 5:10 pm
by Phil
the bigger the fin the more drive it will have but will allso be harder to throw around, its hard to say really depends what you want from the board

PostPosted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 5:19 pm
by bluesnowcone
well at the moment all i want is a longboard that i can turn realy easy and fast

PostPosted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 5:23 pm
by Phil
what size board you riding?

PostPosted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 5:49 pm
by bluesnowcone
its a 9' bic classic, its got chipped rails so its easy to turn, and its got side biters.

PostPosted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 5:50 pm
by bluesnowcone
Phil wrote:the bigger the fin the more drive it will have but will allso be harder to throw around, its hard to say really depends what you want from the board


where you say drive, do you meen speed and thrust