Help~ a dumb question~~

by **qtong** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:55 pm

Hi guys. I am going to bring my friend to surf on the weekend. but my other 6'10 board broke with the left side fin. I am thinking Can i take off the right side fin as well so make a single fin surfboard? is it surfable?
Thanks

by **pat42** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 12:36 am

Why not put the left side fin back on

by **qtong** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 1:10 am

pat42 wrote:Why not put the left side fin back on

It broke~

. and i dont' have time to take it to the repair shop to fix it.
so is ok to surf with only one fin in the middle?

by **NewbJake** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 2:23 am

ooo, should have gotten a board with FCS....But yeah, it should be ridable. Its a 6'10"? It might make it a little harder to surf, but not too much.

by **qtong** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 2:46 am

NewbJake wrote:ooo, should have gotten a board with FCS....But yeah, it should be ridable. Its a 6'10"? It might make it a little harder to surf, but not too much.

Thanks~ i will give a try on the weekend. hope it won't be that difficult because this is the first time surf for my friend~ hehe

by **Dec** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 4:47 am

ooh. That's going to make it feel like your ice skating with racing slick tires!!

It will be difficult but probably surfable..ish!

by **drowningbitbybit** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 8:59 am

Surfable... in a straight line... or a circle... :wink:

by **Driftingalong** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 2:28 pm

What fin system are you using? Did just the fin break (not the plug, i.e. no board damage)?

Surfing it as a single fin won't be bad if you can put in a bigger fin, but I think it would totally suck with a small thruster cluster sized fin!

by **Dec** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 2:31 pm

I went out with my 6'6 with no fins on..lmfao.

Just as you paddle for the wave you spin around and end up poping up backwards! Its great fun, but you needs crazy balance

by **CheeZee** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 3:55 pm

i spent the whole of my first summer on a board with only the back fin .. guess that didnt help my learning curve .. i soldiered on untill matt came to my rescue with a link for new fins :wink:

oh p.s .. it sucked worse than a granny with no teeth eating a pot noodle :evil: