fins (for your feet) or NOT!!!!

Joel5150Photo · Post by **Joel5150Photo** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 5:12 pm

javascript:emoticon('8)')greetings joel5150 here,who is wearing what brand of surfing fin or NOT...and why. i wore duck feet sinse 1970's,good fins ltsa power, comfortable,good for rocky point entry (Hags,Indos.etc)i tried Churchill,(junk) even the Makipu (junk!) redleys,Blunt cut,etc... than i met fred simpson one day at the wedge,he told me he makes flippers designed and tested at The WEDGE!!,i saw lots being worn by all teh body surfers, buggers,the were catching waves and holding station on some verry steep faces,Fred explained how his fin gripped the face because ot the verry stiff blade on finDrain hole for sand,neoprene in foot pocket, i told him i was a kneeboarder, he tookmy adress and mailed me a pair the next day,i used them and they BLUE AWAY , the duck foot brand,i got a job at secret spot surf shop and dive and surf. and have sold...500 pairs easy...so with all this teck avaiable why do some kneelos go finless??? please advise. thanks J5150 photo.

griz · Post by **griz** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 9:47 pm

Going finless has zero to do with fin quality

albert · Post by **albert** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 12:32 pm

going finless is the best thing I could have ever done for my surfing….

Headwax. · Post by **Headwax.** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 6:22 pm

so with all this teck avaiable why do some kneelos go finless???

it's to attract the chicks - don't let anyone tell you anything else

waka · Post by **waka** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 9:28 pm

Chick's love a man with big flippers

Lee loving his duck feet and Blast at Ulu's recently

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Lefty · Post by **Lefty** » Fri Nov 01, 2013 6:00 pm

albert wrote:going finless is the best thing I could have ever done for my surfing….

well, the results speak for themselves... that is some fine surfing!
curious to know why no fins made such a difference?

K-man · Post by **K-man** » Sun Nov 03, 2013 5:29 pm

Fins/flippers?Took mine off yrs ago;and a good move.Surfing went up a notch.Why?No idea,I'm not that analytical....Different strokes for different folks.

WAKA=it's to attract the chicks - don't let anyone tell you anything else.... makes sense...

Headwax. · Post by **Headwax.** » Sun Nov 03, 2013 10:36 pm

seems like we pissed off the original poster who went and made a ' serious' thread

note to self, more wax in duck feathers from now on

I wear fins because I surf by myself 95 percent of the time. I figure it might save me from drowning again - as it has before.

Apart from that, I can' turn my board as well while riding without flippers/ fins. They give me a large lever advantage by increasing the length of the lever from the fulcrum.

In addition, when I am paddling out and I am getting dragged back after duck diving I can dig them in and hold my GPS cords in the water better.

I ride a 5'8 but I also wear gloves. I need every advantage I can get when paddling for a wave.

Disadvantages -

sometimes they drag in the water.
They are one more item to carry down to the beach.
Increase my weight while riding.
It makes it hard to go for a jog while carrying my board - as they kind of put me off balance.
The number of chicks that chase me when on the beach means that my water time is restricted.

I wear Hydrofins because they have a nice ridge o n the side to stiffen them up. I also wear that American brand that esky lid riders used to wear because my wife gave me a set a few years ago.