Mr Boyd in OG knows a thing or 2 about Quads and I am sure he would help out.

Definitely worth a call me thinks

Phill

Yes he has,

He also converted a couple of other SUPS to quad and from what I hear they go pretty well.

Its not that big a decision really just leave the fin box the you have:

Thruster, Quad and 2 + 1 options

I wonder whether you have enough room on the tail for them though???

No idea really

Phill

OG SUP said...

Yes he has,

He also converted a couple of other SUPS to quad and from what I hear they go pretty well.

Its not that big a decision really just leave the fin box the you have:

Thruster, Quad and 2 + 1 options

I wonder whether you have enough room on the tail for them though???

No idea really

Phill

yeah, from what i can make out, there is 2 styles of quads- the type simon anderson does which has the fins out more to rail producing a looser type quad. then there is mr burtons type which has a more narrower throat producing a more driven feel. looking at the tail, i would say a more throatier setup. the naish 9'6' is the most radical version of this i have seen.the latest thing in quads is round/rounded pin tails it does worry me the tail, mainly because the side fins are back a bit already.

mybrosweeper said...

Gday lacey,
Quads are sick.My last 2x SUP's are quads.After palying around with thruster set-ups,I found that the quad was the go for me.My 9'4" has quad plugs+fin box.Is that a paddleboard or a shorty?
Robbo

7'2" starboard sup, i've tried quads on shorties and sups, wasn't a huge fan, but something tells me this could be good on this board.
cheers

mybrosweeper said...

lacey said...

mybrosweeper said...

Gday lacey,
Quads are sick.My last 2x SUP's are quads.After palying around with thruster set-ups,I found that the quad was the go for me.My 9'4" has quad plugs+fin box.Is that a paddleboard or a shorty?
Robbo

7'2" starboard sup, i've tried quads on shorties and sups, wasn't a huge fan, but my something tells me this could be good on this board.
cheers

I was riding 5'10 fish with 9" wide swallow and massive keel fins before I got into SUP,and the quad seems to surf the same for me anyway.Guess youll just have to give it a crack.If you were down this way you could have a go on my new 8'5" its a quad and so far is great for me,
Robbo

thx's. this board is really just an try out for a shorter custom at some stage

I converted a SB 8'5 from quad to thruster, and prefer it. They basically do different things so no one is "better" than the other. If you are looking for stability on thruster, moving center fin back and going larger is the way, this will also make board more drivey but less loose (7'2 should be pretty loose as is).

The quad wont make the board more stable unless you stick in really big fins in allround. This will cause more drag

Fin placement and fin choice is ultimately more important in my view. Quads are more difficult to set up so if you don't have adjustable boxes (4wfs) or a very clued up shaper (and guy doing what he is told when installing) then you are more likely to get it wrong than a thruster.

I will try and post a pic when I can

well i saw mr burton, told him what i hoped to achieve and he did some measurements. took the board to polsie and here is the result

back fins 51/2 inch from the tail with a narrow throat and decided on sa large quad set.
i hurt my knee a week ago, but couldn't resist having a go. i had a few rides on my 8 10 and the knee is a bit unstable and had a few wobbles in the onshore waves.anyway, i went in and took the sb out.didn't gain much stability i was hoping for with the narrow throat, but it paddled better than the sunny setup. it's not easy to stay on at the best of times, so the onshore/rips was making it tough. i have to keep a good posture with shoulders set down and back or it's good night nurse.now the surfing part, my first impressions- a hell of a lot faster and looser than it was as two plus one or thruster. i was very pleased with the speed gain considering the rocker in the board. easily the closest to a shortboard i have been on
cheers

Hey Lacey,

I have tried one of Dales early quads and I liked it a lot. It was in the old days when we were still all on 10-11' boards but I do remember that board well.

I ride a 5 fin shortboard most of the time and my next custom SUP will definately also be a 5 fin. It gives you the speed of a quad but the turns of a thruster. I have had 3 custom made already and we have worked out the fin placement nicely on them.

Dale has even made me a few 7 fin shortboards, for experimentation. The first one only lasted me 2 surfs, unfortunately, as I broke it at P-Pass on a bomb. The new one had a different fin placement and I am still working out the best fin combination for it. Small fins all round seems to work best.

The point of all of this is that if you get a 5 fin SUP made you have many options to play with. I know 5 fins works well but you can always go back down to 4, 3, 2 or 1 fin setups. Changin fin type and sizes also adds to the possibilities.

So many options, so little time.

Catch you on Sunday at the SUPSA club round. I will bring down a few boards to show you what we have come up with.

Mike

nice work in butchering the liitle beast lacey

mega rocker on it makes it nearly impossible to nose dive

i surfed one onceand had a blast in 1ft waves but clean

you can ram 6 turns in the space you could do 2 on my 9'3

was the first time i pulled a reverse on a sup

but since then ive pulled a few but not as effortless as on that thing

geeez i fell off it 1000 times in a 2 hr surf with my 95kg i was pushing it to the bottom of the ocean floor paddlin it around

classic stuff

rockon

dogman

Goodonyalace,
Bout time you got the quad under ya

Robbr00000

PS: watch out for the whales mate lol

Yeah I'll bite , go the Quads mate you love chopping up you boards but the results seem pretty good .Those rear fins seem close but that seems to be the trend these days.

Piros