shin fins

malajusted · Post by **malajusted** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:33 pm

g,day to all, has any body tried shin fins advertised on ebay australia
what are they like for kneeboarding.

thanks to all chris

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 10:06 pm

There's been a thread a few years back on this site; perhaps you can track it down. The consensus, as I recall, is that they don't work. But I would find that thread. I may be remembering it that way because I had a pair and was greatly disappointed in them as a useful tool in kneeboarding.

feralmick · Post by **feralmick** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 10:08 pm

Tried them without success.
The idea of them is to kick relatively straight legged from the hips and thighs, rather than from the knees and ankles(putting strain on the ankles).
I found that i couldn`t get that quick kick for the takeoff.
They were uncomfortable, hard to get on & off, one kept slipping around the side of my leg.
Only tried them twice before giving up and eventually giving them away.
Bought them new for $100.
If strain on the ankles is a problem, normal flippers can be trimmed down with sharp scissors.

Kev · Post by **Kev** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 10:46 pm

feralmick wrote:If strain on the ankles is a problem, normal flippers can be trimmed down with sharp scissors.

I second that

the typical Churchill shape in either the real thing or any of the copies
then chop the long bit for a more symmetrical look
use them on the correct feet
OR swap so the stiff bit is inward and the soft floppy bit is off the rail

now if only we could get these things in a lighter material

Lots of threads here about fins
... lots of favourite fins out there

curlykneelo · Post by **curlykneelo** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 11:08 pm

Getting back to malajusted's original question " what are they like for kneeboarding"
I was a member of the Sydney Kneeboarders a few years back , when one guy arrived with his shin fins . If the aim was to have us rolling around in fits of laughter , they were very successful . But if the aim was to push yourself along in water, they were still a joke !

DYdamo · Post by **DYdamo** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 1:41 am

[quote="curlykneelo"]
I was a member of the Sydney Kneeboarders a few years back quote]

So Mr curly,are you going to make it to garie this weekend.
If we're lucky the swell might stick around.......

But in saying that It'll be 2ft and onshore for sure...

malajusted · Post by **malajusted** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 11:53 pm

thanks for the help guys i will be staying well clear of these fins,
thanks for the tip feral mick of cutting down my fins,ill look out for you at noosa next trip south, i have a problem with the tail of my board being so thin its a parkes square tail with really thin rails and tail
that i get a lot of shatters around the tail, i lenghthend my rail saver but still get a lot of dings and shatters maybe the length of my fins has something to do with it, any ideas

thanks chris

Bintang Bob · Post by **Bintang Bob** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:44 am

I found a cardboard box full of them at Sunset Cliffs Blvd. & Ladera St. one morning....

I kept 12 pair & gave the rest of the box to a guy that taught swimming to the local school kids.... I wore several pair at South Garbage the next morning, upper arms, wrists, thighs & ankles, even one on my head like a shark fin....

everybody stayed well away from me in the line-up, I got all the waves I wanted....

so I thought those things worked great....

rooster · Post by **rooster** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 2:49 pm

Is that the reason you moved to NZ

Bintang Bob · Post by **Bintang Bob** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 3:29 pm

Hey Rooster, I still got 8 pairs if you want to give them a go....

gaz · Post by **gaz** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:29 pm

One of the local guys here had a go at them because he likes to stand sometimes and thought they'd be less of an impediment (than normal fins)getting to his feet.
He found they were too far foward to get any useful push. As previous posters have mentioned, floundering away with these things give everyone else in the lineup something to laugh at but thats about the extent of their usefulness.

rooster · Post by **rooster** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:27 am

Bintang Bob wrote:Hey Rooster, I still got 8 pairs if you want to give them a go....

Naw, I'll give that a pass . I'm still trying to find people who saw you that day.