why do we put fins on the tail of a surfboard?

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Re: why do we put fins on the tail of a surfboard?

Post by surfresearch » Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:12 am

"Down here," following intensive and extensive research and development in the mid-1980s by Shaun, Dolly and Blackie (local top shapers, great surfers and all-round nice guys), "we" always have the fin/s put on the nose- then we ride the board backwards.

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