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- Thu Apr 18, 2024 5:42 am
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Just general surfing stuff
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Re: Just general surfing stuff
I remember NC years ago saying in a fin discussion here, that plain old fibreglass fins were the best. Any other rigid construction that cost more was a waste of money. There are two variations of fibreglass fins, the original layered fibreglass, that gets cut from a template and foiled, and the fi...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 6:36 pm
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Just general surfing stuff
- Replies: 11627
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Re: Just general surfing stuff
I have. Had a beautiful custom 6'9" Peter MCabe step-up. Came with cheap plastic FCS fins. I'll never forget the day I swapped those out for a stiff pair of fibreglass fins of the same template. It literally was like going from driving on bald tyres in the rain to feeling like I was in a Porsche wi...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 5:13 pm
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Just general surfing stuff
- Replies: 11627
- Views: 6443930
Re: Just general surfing stuff
yep. Total fin area is easy to feel. Different materials easier to feel. Confirmation bias, moite. I’m certain that in properly blinded testing you wouldn’t be able to pick up any differences Indeed. Fin size and template variations are definitely noticeable to most, but separating the nuances betw...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 7:36 am
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Just general surfing stuff
- Replies: 11627
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Re: Just general surfing stuff
FCS bringing out a few more classic templates (like MF, AM) in fibreglass and marketing it like it’s a new breakthrough after years of telling everyone how good honeycomb, carbon, and hollow fins are. Most punters wouldn't notice much difference between the different technologies, performance wise.
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 8:34 pm
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Injuries Blog
- Replies: 130
- Views: 32071
Re: Injuries Blog
Any failed roof jumper there ?
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 2:06 pm
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Where did you surf today ?
- Replies: 30082
- Views: 11342211
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 3:43 pm
- Forum: Shortboarders only!
- Topic: Twin fins as go-to boards
- Replies: 457
- Views: 320168
Re: Twin fins as go-to boards
one of his Nigel Beckham copies ?steve shearer wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 2:35 pmWould love to try one of these, sized right.
I know they go good on your backhand.
https://www.nealpurchasedesigns.com/sto ... 34-x-2-916
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 1:42 pm
- Forum: Shortboarders only!
- Topic: Twin fins as go-to boards
- Replies: 457
- Views: 320168
Re: Twin fins as go-to boards
Is he still making boards Yuke? Yeah, but he moved out of his factory in South Tweed when the landlord doubled the rent late last year ... he's in Burleigh somewhere now. Makes a nice board. I was surfing with the shaper of SWS (Stone Wild Surfboards) last week, down on the Coffs coast, he's not sh...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 10:02 am
- Forum: Shortboarders only!
- Topic: Twin fins as go-to boards
- Replies: 457
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Re: Twin fins as go-to boards
I been surfing MR twins with the stabiliser in my 5'10" Mick Roach Spooky Point ... soooo good !
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 11:00 am
- Forum: Travel & Health
- Topic: Hernias
- Replies: 17
- Views: 975
Re: Hernias
You should still be able to surf with a hernia (maybe a little discomfort). In 2016 I went under the knife to repair not one, but three hernias, and I took a couple of weeks off just prior to the procedure to go and surf my brains out, seeing as there can be a lengthy wait afterwards.
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 9:24 am
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Where did you surf today ?
- Replies: 30082
- Views: 11342211
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 6:50 am
- Forum: Travel & Health
- Topic: Hernias
- Replies: 17
- Views: 975
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 6:20 pm
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Just general surfing stuff
- Replies: 11627
- Views: 6443930
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 10:35 am
- Forum: Shortboarders only!
- Topic: Twin fins as go-to boards
- Replies: 457
- Views: 320168
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:07 pm
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Ebay Bargains thread
- Replies: 1819
- Views: 706662
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:04 am
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Ebay Bargains thread
- Replies: 1819
- Views: 706662
Re: Ebay Bargains thread
It would appear that the Dunning-Kruger effect has moved house from the twin-fin thread to the ebay bargains thread.
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 2:41 pm
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Ebay Bargains thread
- Replies: 1819
- Views: 706662
Re: Ebay Bargains thread
As in misaligned or not in the right position ?
The misalignment is probably a photographic illusion ... and the positioning looks okay.
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 12:06 pm
- Forum: Shortboarders only!
- Topic: Twin fins as go-to boards
- Replies: 457
- Views: 320168
Re: Twin fins as go-to boards
Volume isn't just an outcome, sometimes it's a driver of those decisions. In this case I mean displacement. Volume might be a "driver" ... but it's still the outcome of all the other aspects of shaping. Otherwise you could end up with a 33.5lt cube of foam and fibreglass ... and theres ya problem, ...