fins or no fins

Grouch · Kickflip Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 3146 City: The OC

Fins on your feet for paddling into those gnarly swells, bro!

nick · Posted: Jul 07, 2004 7:09 pm Post subject:

boogie boarding gay... surf like a real man Cool

Frye · Guest Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 3337

i ride finless but only because when i bought my board from the local store i didnt have enough money so they said if i gave them the fins the would sell me the board for the amount of money i had and i said ok. so i have never really tried with fins. except on a wakeboard. but wakeskating finless made me take my wakeboard fins off. it gives you better board control and makes you a better rider. because its all you. you are not aided by anything but the peice of wood under your feet.

liquid · Posted: Jul 08, 2004 11:31 pm Post subject:

i am withche blanc, on this one.

crackerjack · Pop Shuvit Joined: 21 Sep 2003 Posts: 124 City: Salisbury

OK...the comment about cheating was made about how I felt about my finless riding. I guess you can't "cheat" in the traditional sense, since there are no rules but I felt like I was cheating myself. I don't call it a grab if I only slap the board, either. As I said, I used to ride finless all the time. 2 seasons worth. I totally agree that it makes you learn to ride on the rails and improves your carving abilities. I just decided that since I didn't want to be all sloppy anymore, I may aswell put my fins on and force myself to pop and stick my tricks instead of being able to land with the board in any position as long as I was upright and over my board. It's still all personal preference and I couldn't care less how anyone else rides. I know how I like wakeskating to look and how I want my riding to look and thats the way I'll ride.

nick · Posted: Jul 10, 2004 1:05 pm Post subject:

i just got my new kampus and it feels alot better when i ride with those little fins they come with on the front and back. just tiny little fins for tracking, but not where they mess up lipslides or nuthin

kushmaster · Posted: Jul 11, 2004 11:34 am Post subject:

all of you little wakesaters that ride with no fins are a bunch of water dancers, when have you ever seen a skateboarder with no trucks and wheels. become a real skater and put fins on your boards and then try to claim half the tricks that you water dancers on here claim you do.

Vance Collins · Guest

kushmaster,

Bring me two fins and ill stick any trick i can "water dance" as you say. ill go w2w with fins, 360 shuvits with fins, fs bigspins with fins. I'm not far away either 30 minutes. Bring your camera to. then ill become a "real skater".

liquid · Posted: Jul 11, 2004 12:05 pm Post subject:

i know really i know wance is better than you think!

numb · Posted: Jul 11, 2004 12:45 pm Post subject:

People can ride anyway they want, but fins do make it more like a real skateboard and make you alot cleaner and pop stuff higher in the end,,and fins dont really ever mess up slides unless there like 2 inches or something

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

kushmaster · Posted: Jul 11, 2004 3:59 pm Post subject:

because on a skateboard you cant slide a shuvit or a big spin or do rediculous surface spins that require no skill whatsoever. with fins on you actually have to pop first like a skateboard .Stop water dancing and use fins.

JankyZep · Frontside 180 Joined: 30 May 2004 Posts: 414

Why he does have a point. Smash

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

I see your point, I just thougt it wasn't a good comparison because a skateboard is not functional without trucks and wheels where as a wakeskate is perfectly fine without fins.

Some may like that they can get away with not popping when riding finless, but there or others like me that will pop every trick with or without fins and prefer a finless feel.

So to generalize everyone as "waterdancers" that ride without fins is really unfair. But the term "waterdancer" is pretty funny.

Vance Collins · Guest

JankyZep · Frontside 180 Joined: 30 May 2004 Posts: 414

I feel way too sketchy without fins, but I like to have real small ones.

danny ryan · Ollie Joined: 12 Jun 2004 Posts: 57 City: baton rouge

um.. wakeskating is not skateboarding. its a different sport. trucks have nothing to do with wakeskating.. sorry.

kushmaster · Posted: Jul 12, 2004 11:00 am Post subject:

wakeskating is not skateboarding.....hmmm think about that answer.....you must not ride with fins or skateboard at all.......waterdancers are gay

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

kushmaster,
Why is it so important to you that everyone feels the same way as you do about riding without fins? It is possible that others have a different opinion. It would be better in your mind if everyone did the exact same tricks, rode the exact same boards, had the exact same style? Isn't this sport about expressing yourself? Oh wait, it is about us expressing how you think it should be.....lame!

"Waterdancer" was funny the first 150 times you used it, but now it is old news.....

liquid · Posted: Jul 12, 2004 11:29 am Post subject:

for real!!!! oh by the way do yall like the kampus k-39? thay have a sale on them at evosport.com check it out and tell what you think of them