Fins?

Morphine · Backside 180 Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Posts: 1207 City: 706omg

One last question, do you guys use fins? In most of the videos it seems like you guys are turning it on the water effortlessly and I'm wondering whether I should use em or not.

rukusrider103 · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Feb 2004 Posts: 961

i ride finless.

eighteenvisions · Ollie Joined: 06 May 2004 Posts: 94

if you use fins shave them down

rukusrider103 · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Feb 2004 Posts: 961

yea for sure

Morphine · Backside 180 Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Posts: 1207 City: 706omg

The board I'm getting comes with 1.25 in. fins, should I shave them down more or just not use them?

Michael Manzer · Posted: Jun 05, 2004 10:30 pm Post subject:

dude....just ride with them and then ride w/out them. see what you like, it's your choice: some people ride better with them and some better without.

Cubby The Shiz · Pop Shuvit Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 169

i think i balance better on the lip with them its weird i dont really like finless its too squirmy for me, but you have a lot more control for like surface 180's and all that mumbo jumbo

seven11dmd · Posted: Jun 06, 2004 12:28 am Post subject:

i think you should just learn to ride finless....i started without them and at first yeah it felt like i was on ice...but now it feels great and u can edge real well on the edge...yes.

xboard32x · Posted: Jun 06, 2004 12:53 am Post subject:

take your back or front fin out and leave the back and just switch it around when you fall and try each. You will see what you like better.

ty540 · Posted: Jun 06, 2004 2:57 am Post subject:

I go back and forth, although I've decided to ride with my fins (1in.) for a little while. The board isn't quite as loose, but with small fins I think you can snap it around just as well on shuvits and whatnot, and it just makes landings more solid, especially on wake to wake stuff. If gives you a little more margin for error.

Slyder · Posted: Jun 06, 2004 8:58 am Post subject:

Does anyone know what the advantage is to riding with one fin. I think it's Hampson who rides with only the back fin and i was just wondering how that is compared to both fins or finless.

tribal · Posted: Jun 06, 2004 9:44 am Post subject:

I'm with ty540.I used to ride finless but now ride 1" fins.It still seems loose enough but gives you the little extra bite that really helps with w2w.

Muskoka Rider · Faceplant Joined: 11 May 2004 Posts: 20 City: Gravenhurst

it's whaterver you like. I cut some fins down so they don't get in the way on rails, but still have control for w2w.

robmack · Faceplant Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Posts: 14 City: Clark-vegas

i personally ride finless, i just like it better. i really like the looseness and all around freedom that you don't have on a skateboard. sometimes you think maybe i would of gotten that with fins but then you get it or you try it with fins and it holds you back. it's all personal preference. hey morphine wheres that lake you told me about? do you live close or somethin?

PhishBait · Faceplant Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Posts: 28 City: Beantown

I tried riding finless for the first time at a cable park, and it's a totally different feel. It's all personal preference. How do you guys shave down your fins though?

Dave Barousse · Faceplant Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 5

I ride with one fin. For me, it gives me a little extra tracking when I want it, but I can have that loose feeling when I have the finless end in the back. It is kind of like having the best of both worlds, but you still have a lot looser feeling ride overall.

Slyder · Posted: Jun 06, 2004 2:05 pm Post subject:

Yeah, I just got in from riding today and tried one fin. It's wierd because after you do a shuvit or whatever it's almost like you're riding a different board.

alex · Pop Shuvit Joined: 01 Oct 2003 Posts: 153

i just cut my fins down so that on the water it feels finless for tricks on the lips and out in the flats, but whne i edge in a i can still have that fin to help cut and land. so just cut fins way down. its the way to go.

Morphine · Backside 180 Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Posts: 1207 City: 706omg

If you mean close to the lake, yeah I'm 5 mins away from it. Close to you, not so much, about 2 and a half hours if you're near chattanooga I'm guessing. I'll be out 8 hours a day all week if you decide to come out though. It's supposed to be pretty smooth. It's West Point Lake, near Lagrange, GA. In case you drive down.

nick · Posted: Jun 07, 2004 9:07 am Post subject:

i ride finless. ive never rodewith fins but il try shavin them down like yall sed. do you use sand paper?