Bonzers
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2019 10:04 am
Has anyone had any experience with 5 fin bonzers?
I am quite surprised with mine. It feels quite different to what I expected. Singles, twins, thrusters and quads all have a unique feeling and so does my 5 fin Bonzer. It's a totally loose drivy feeling that I really like.
It accelerates fast and smoothly, and is easy to turn. In total it has more fin area than other designs. With a lot of fin area at the back, and also forward.
The rear side fins are set at about where the front thruster/quad are but have a significantly longer base, the font sides are then even further up, with a super hard edge rail also further forward.
These effect of these design features can be felt straight away.
No one else seems to be experimenting with these long low aspect fins set well forward of the standard thruster/quad front fins.
I do have a fair bit of single fin experience. I had just one board, a 6'1 single fin, that I rode for a year in Bali in the 80s. This Bonzer is nothing like a single.
I also had two single Terry Fitz driftas (6'2 & 6'8) with a low profile 'D' shaped sides that I rode in Bali and sizable Gragagan. But these where also nothing like this Bonzer.
I am quite surprised with mine. It feels quite different to what I expected. Singles, twins, thrusters and quads all have a unique feeling and so does my 5 fin Bonzer. It's a totally loose drivy feeling that I really like.
It accelerates fast and smoothly, and is easy to turn. In total it has more fin area than other designs. With a lot of fin area at the back, and also forward.
The rear side fins are set at about where the front thruster/quad are but have a significantly longer base, the font sides are then even further up, with a super hard edge rail also further forward.
These effect of these design features can be felt straight away.
No one else seems to be experimenting with these long low aspect fins set well forward of the standard thruster/quad front fins.
I do have a fair bit of single fin experience. I had just one board, a 6'1 single fin, that I rode for a year in Bali in the 80s. This Bonzer is nothing like a single.
I also had two single Terry Fitz driftas (6'2 & 6'8) with a low profile 'D' shaped sides that I rode in Bali and sizable Gragagan. But these where also nothing like this Bonzer.