riding without fins

[nick]

xXxcaliwakeskaterxXx, People used to use it when making fun of what my hair used to look like

[PIRATE]

TODAY is going to be my first day riding with fins in my life......

[warlock]

PIRATE, *coughbullshitcough*

[PIRATE]

warlock, I swear. I got a new board yesterday and i'm just going to run em.

[warlock]

PIRATE, drill a hole about middle down on each one.. your spray on the slash will go higher than high.. like supahi

[narc-p thug]

its all about personal preferance but i like one fin for stability.

[DirtyCracker]

i dont think me burning wakeboarding has anything to do with progression. when im the one out riding all the time wanting to progress more and more

[Bad Luck]

DirtyCracker, you didnt "burn" anything.

[Mr. Top Hat]

DirtyCracker, progression involves more than just doing tricks...

[mattttt60]

warlock, thats a big ass fin

[PIRATE]

[DirtyCracker]

DirtyCracker wrote:
cause if i wanted fins i would ride a wakeboard


this is the mindset that will set wakeskating back a couple years.

maybe i just didnt understand what you meant by the above? Wakeskating is already in a forward motion at such a great speed.

[-LoGiK-]

Mr. Top Hat, I dig the sig

[NaRC-P rider]

kento911, mmmm i do agree that your mindset is all that makes you pop better, but i disagree that all fins are good for is edging harder. the main thing that's great about fins to me is not slipping out. w2w back180s and other stuff landing switch toeside it is SO nice to have that fin in there just to lock ya in.

they also DO help make your tricks cleaner, mostly because of what i said above (less slip out factor). like, when you land something and then turn sideways and just start sliding it just looks ugly, it's all about STICKIN it, ya know? and that's what fins help with. for example, go watch some of lemon's stuff in such is life. definitely coulda used a fin or two (or three or four) there.

but for some reason people think that it is ONLY possible to pop tricks or land clean WITH fins, and that is not true at all. i'm just saying it helps and i've experienced so many people go through the transistion of riding finless to riding with fins and they love it (even advanced riders).

in the end...it's preference. saying riding finless is "less legit" is like saying that skateboarding with loose trucks is less legit than skating with tight trucks. and no body says that, so...yeah.

peace.

[xXxcaliwakeskaterxXx]

che blanc, yeaa i had my hair REALLY long for a time too. just about her length because only blondes look good with long hair

i <3 emoticons

[Rock City Ryda]

NaRC-P rider, preach it brotha. i agree totally

[electricsnow]

yeah, the truck commentary is strange (like if anyone would ever say that in skating). The thing is, trucks will effect how you turn (and some dudes will also loosen and tighten trucks, based on what they're riding), but the wheels are what give you traction. A fin pretty much has to act as both...a fin (as kento said) will effect how you turn, but then as you said, it will also provide traction (and yes, will help you clean up some of your mess). It's funny like that...someone made the analogy of wheels being like fins, in that wheels on a skateboard are what give you that traction to keep it steady. It's just to keep it clean is all...

So anyway, obviously hard wheels (and loose trucks?) are less legit because they're harder and therefore, they make it easier to revert your tricks.

Just kidding. God.

But seriously...I want to make some sort about schwenking it, but I don't have a good one. I guess i"m too tired.

Anyway Narc-P rider, nice post.

[PIRATE]

ARE WE talking real fins or fins that people cut down here, I meen honestly ive sen some fins that are just redic.........

NaRC-P rider, do you run full fins or cut down ones ?

[-LoGiK-]

PIRATE, were talking fake fins....where have you been

[gorath112]

man law, dont ride finless, cause its sloppy, do i have a second on that motion