I'm currently sorting out what to do about my next board purchase, which means I have to share the wifes 9'8 element. Personally I think the standard issue fins are crap. Has anyone done some experimenting and come up with a good combo.

Going on what I've read I'm leaning towards using a 7" dolphin for the center and the G-XQ for the sides, as they are smallest with 80/20 foil.

Any experiences or info would be appreciated.

Cheers Sam

lacey said...

SammyJ said...

I'm currently sorting out what to do about my next board purchase, which means I have to share the wifes 9'8 element. Personally I think the standard issue fins are crap. Has anyone done some experimenting and come up with a good combo.

Going on what I've read I'm leaning towards using a 7" dolphin for the center and the G-XQ for the sides, as they are smallest with 80/20 foil.

Any experiences or info would be appreciated.

Cheers Sam

hi, i,ve just come in from a surf. i'm in the process of trying to get it right. on my 8 10 i,m using mr side fins and 7 inch futures performance.not everyones cup of tea. i like bigger side fins because i can get move carve action happening. anyway , i changed the centre fin position 4 times. to far back and it paddled badly and couldn't kick turn well, also had trouble kicking of the wave and paddling off. too far forward and the drive part wasn't happening. i think i've zero-ed in on the spot now.it just takes some time. i think there are 3 elements to consider - paddling, handling and surfing. so a board you might try could be a dud if its not setup to your own personal tastes
cheers

WTF?? Did not quite follow that Lacey.


Don't bother with 80/20 foil; flat or vector would be better.

As I said on the phone the other night the weird thing about the 9 8 is that the same fin options that rip on my PSH (FG7 sides and 6.5 centre) feels really bad. The larger side fins seemed to create a lot of drag.The big single seems better.

I would recommend a good 7 to 8 inch single and good small side fins.

Something like this:

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Hey Hilly it's not that I didn't listen to what you said, I'm trying to get a general consecus and narrow it down to a few options for different conditions.

The single you put up is what I've already picked out, they look the goods, it's more about the sides, and yes the G-XQ are the smallest but have foil which looks like the only difference to the G-X pictured. I thought the 80/20 foil could have benefits for SUP, unlike kite or tow board's which have other influences such as kite and jetski.

I checked out what you said about the amount of toe in, seems very excessive compared to others. They must have their reasons but I can't think why.

Cheers again

PS tweaked my back today so I'll take a rain check on demoing the PSH for a few weeks, will be in touch to organise a sesh soon though