Twin Fins

weirdo · Post by **weirdo** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 2:10 pm

Interested to hear peoples thoughts and experiences on twin fin Kneelos.

Beeline2.0 · Post by **Beeline2.0** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 3:46 pm

weirdo · Post by **weirdo** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 4:02 pm

thanks beeline and MM.....

I picked up an old one at a shop for $100...fixed the bottom...and have been riding it ever since. Its 5.6, 22.5' square tail with single flyer and channels. I havent had it slide out on bottom turns...and been surprised how good it is. Maybe I lucked a 'good' one...

Cheers

weirdo

rick carne · Post by **rick carne** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 4:14 pm

I have 5 twin fishes and I still ride them and love them...and Martin what is spinning out on a bottom turn? For me, nothing tracks in a reef barrel like a twin fish!!

ScottMac · Post by **ScottMac** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 4:45 pm

W.G. Facenda · Post by **W.G. Facenda** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 4:54 pm

I rode so many twin fish in the seventies but none rode any where near the Lis did.It is still a fairly poular design 35 yrs later.Spinouts ? You could take that board and surf anything on it! I would say 95% of the twins were crap.They looked like good copies though, Great KNOCKOFFS!.........only they spun out and other various antics and suprises. :shock:Very powerful board though and certain style needed......birdmen need not apply.

jamie · Post by **jamie** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 5:05 pm

hi rick
i think Martin is referring to tail drift as he pushes off the bottom, occurs on singles twins and quads if you push hard enough.
Worst case you end up with tail facing the beach and nose pointing up the face but board is going backwards, not pretty and painful if the lip pitches on you when you thought you were going to get slotted
In Australia twins were spurned by many because they seemed the most likely to do this and limited guys ability to surf top to bottom. The reasons why some of us choose to surf this way while others choose different lines is a whole other thread.
If you like your twin then stay on it, its a bit like being a kneelo in general - your just different - enjoy it and revel in it, if you dare, but expect plenty of others to try to change your ways.

frankfqr · Post by **frankfqr** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 5:21 pm

It's not just your perception Martin. What you describe is the primary reason I shelfed my Lis fish. It's excellent on the steep face but I didn't trust it on the hard bottom crank. I could feel at what point it was going to slide quite predictably. I was always amazed at that considering the shear volume of the Gephart fin. It's got to be a matter of riding style.

rick carne · Post by **rick carne** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 5:50 pm

HEHEHEHEHE! you guys crack me up!! you know I love my Quad fish too! ...Thanks for the Info Martin! see you at the contest!......

W.G. Facenda · Post by **W.G. Facenda** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 6:06 pm

Maybe they spin out on you because the boards 25 inches wide with the fins half way up the board...... :lol:Slide turns look kinda fun though.What is "backside".I thought we were talking about kneeboarding?? I have never heard of a backside in kneeboards.

zorro · Post by **zorro** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 6:19 pm

toofast3 · Post by **toofast3** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 7:15 pm

OK... My 2 cents.. For me, 4 fins are way TOO much. My buddy Beeline mite slap me for this, I`m a guy that up just up until a few months ago was still riding a single fin. Which I still love. The last board I shaped was a twin fin fish (kinda). I LOVE it !!! I have had to to some repairs to it because I cranked a hard bottom turn and broke off one of the tail sections. I just had a board made that is set up for 1 to 5 fins. And you know how its set-up,TWIN fin !!

red · Post by **red** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 7:44 pm

Timely question.
I think some of the best kneeboarding documented has been on twins. Look back at some of the old footage of Nov and Simon. Fast and loose.

I'm looking at building a competition grovel board that is a twin. Faster, looser, more fun in 0'-2' than anything else.

Fin placement will be further back than many modern (Aussie) boards and I'll be heading towards an MR template, rather than a Lis. I think the wings are an important part of the pivot off the inside fin. It'll have a modern bottom, however, not the flat flat vee of old (+ belly channels etc.) but rather vee flat vee.

I'd love to have it in time for Bendy in March and the 'huge' waves we traditionally get there but $ may get in the way (only takes me 2 weeks to get a board once it's designed).

I think twin kneeboards got a bad rap, but I may have to retract this when I return home to glue extra fins onto my twinnie.

ScottMac · Post by **ScottMac** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 7:55 pm

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