Single fin, myth or not?

[bro]

I have heard a lot about a single fin smoothing out a surfers style if they ride one for a period of time. So given that I try to improve my surfing where I can I thought I might ride one for the next few months, exclusively.

But only if this is true. I don't want to waste my time otherwise.

Can anyone shed some light on this for me??

Thanks

PS is there a good single fin out there to ride in the 6'2 range????

[scot]

If your getting a new one i'd go for the MR 1979 retro model.

They are sold by ...lost in the US but i'm sure MR has them available from his shop.

http://www.lostenterprises.com/prod/new ... php?ID=927
http://www.lostenterprises.com/prod/06MRboards.php

[longbum]

bit of a myth unless you have good waves all the time imo.........
But the hippies on here will disagree.

Best way to smooth out your style is to go to Indo or somewhere and surf good clean waves consistently.....
Not everyone can do that tho. :?

[g_u_m_b_y]

i ride one sometimes...
seems to help like anything...
they make your normal board seem a lot more responsive.
however, might put your timing out, as you need to start things earlier on a single fin.
well, at my size anyway.

[channels]

I find that I appreciate the thruster more after having a few sessions on a singly. For me make sure the waves have a bit of length in them so you can get the flow going and not just one turn closeouts. I find that my technique improves after being on a single, I stay lower to the board and tend to surf in the pocket more rather than racing away down the line.

As for finding one, theres a shop on Pittwater road in Manly (can't remember the name) just up from Aloha that sells heaps of MR models.

[BA]

As for finding one, theres a shop on Pittwater road in Manly (can't remember the name) just up from Aloha that sells heaps of MR models.

The Quikky shop I think.

[bro]

Hey longbum, just spent the last two weeks surfing snapper, the pass and cabarita point and it was so nice to have some time and wall, even in that short time I felt my surfing got better, marginally, or I just had better surfs

I saw your bro out at little snapper pushing his son into a few waves, nearly paddled over to ask him to make me a quad, wish I did now

[ric_vidal]

knock the sides fins off your fav thruster, bro or just. I don’t know, pretend

let us know how you go

[Natho]

I think its a bit of a myth.

To be honest retro singles suck.

But they are much better than a silly twinny or retro fish.

So there you go.

Put that in yer pipe and smoke it hippies.

[ric_vidal]

To be honest retro singles suck.

He didn’t say retro keep on the farkin’ ball, Natho.

Modern singles suck too hybrid twin fins rule!

[Natho]

Nah but scot suggested one of those silly retro MR things.

Im sure he was only pulling our leg but I thought Id better set the record straight in case bro went and wasted good money on one

[cambo]

Myth?

Yeth, of course, but surfing is full of myth and legend

[ric_vidal]

Nah but scot suggested one of those silly retro MR things.

Im sure he was only pulling our leg but I thought Id better set the record straight in case bro went and wasted good money on one

True, but between me and you Natho I think Bro is a serial board buyer like yourself

[bro]

and being a serial board buyer comes being a serial board seller

I have some loverlies up for sale right now thrusters, quads you name it I give you special price.......

[g_u_m_b_y]

i rode a twinny the other day,,,,wayyy too loose.
i did two 360s on the same wave
on a 5'11 and im a leprachaun!

[Hano]

Someone recently stuck up a black and white pic on our notice board of a work mates oldman slicing apart a wave on a single fin, its absolute silk.
Reckon you might be onto something bro.

I'll grab the pic from work 2morro and try and post it.

[dreweboni]

Get a supertwin farkin, you will surf heaps fully sick bro. Me cousin in Kingswood sells em heaps cheap. Like half price like.

[AlbyAl]

Welll,
As an old fart who grew up on singles, then went to twins in the wake of MR and then back to singles and then to thrusters - I reckon (scratching me wrinkled forhead with me gnarled fingers) that the call to spend a bit of time back on singlies is about yer BACK FOOT.

It started as twinnies got going and blokes started sliding out too much, or doing spinnies etc. The slogan was about getting back to drive and focusing on back-foot heel-toe pushing. The engine was the back fin, and any front-foot pressure was not rewarded. It got you focused back on doing drive first, and other fancy shit second. Bottom turn - forehand - use yer toes, then unweight up the face and heel for a snap or heel slightly less for an arc. Basics.

It also demands you use the rail of the board more (no side fins), and, therefore, puts you in touch with volume, and using the bouyancy under the front foot to set up the back foot pressure. Push in the rail, let it popout late in the turn, backfoot again, next rail etc.