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New Fin on the Market - Wave Wing SUP Fin

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Imoutthere > 9 months ago, 2 May 2016

Imoutthere

181 posts

2 May 2016 10:14am

I just found this on Facebook. It might be too new but has anyone tried or seen them?www.facebook.com/Wave-Wing-SUP-Fin-132959330424959/

It caught my eye after that Kai Lenny foil video I guess.

subber

78 posts

2 May 2016 10:46am

Hmmm...looks like the Starfin by Cheyne Horan,
except with an interesting lockdown mechanism.

husq2100

QLD

2031 posts

2 May 2016 5:30pm

I thought it was George Greenough and the tuna fish responsible for the basic surf fin as we know it. Prior to that mostly D fins??

Smash1

NSW

826 posts

2 May 2016 5:50pm

Grandchild of Professor Julius Sumner Miller? Why Is It So?

bobajob

QLD

1535 posts

2 May 2016 6:26pm

Why wasn't the wave wing demoed in the surf, hmmmmmm

The explanation video is so full of bovine excrements it is actually quite funny.
Any lift from the winglets will provide drag. The design of the starfin is made for crafts rolling to the side (sailboats, then surfboards) so that a winglet becomes vertical and compensates the tendency of the single fin (or sailboat keel) to "slip" with roll angle.

Note I had a Starfin on my 6'6" SUP nearly 5 years ago... (pic below)
The issue with it is that, depending on the tail rocker, the winglets would induce extreme drag if not properly aligned with the water flow. But with the proper angle, it is quite fun, you get a single fin that keep its bite in turns. Alas the vertical, "spitfire" shape is quite twitchy in turns...

Johndesu

NSW

566 posts

3 May 2016 12:29pm

I agree with Colas as I also have an old star fin that I have used on surfboards in the past but now I am testing on wave sups :-)

SRrat

240 posts

5 May 2016 8:26pm

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Piros said..
That is Cheyne Horans Star Fin which he designed with Ben Lexan after we won the Americas cup. What ever benefit you get from it you will loose in drag from that black knuckle behind the fin in drag. Plus he is comparing it to a down wind fin. That was the most ridiculous explanation of Cheynes fin , I just don’t get it . WTF does the rocking fin do to improve performance ? You surf with your back foot over the fin not 12” in front of it , what meth induced computer model did you get that from (6.53 in your video) Sorry I can’t hold back that was a load of rubbish.

Cheyne is a mate of mine and I have forwarded this to him and this is the worst representation of his fin I have ever seen , it’s just a load of bullsh!t.
The Star Fin has merit on a performance Sup and if you want to try one go here and not from kook.com:-

www.cheynehoran.com.au/starfin/

Apologies for the rant but please send me a personal email if you are offended rp@vonpiros.com

All good points, um but I think your starfin is in back to front

subber

78 posts

6 May 2016 2:47am

Yup, screw is in the back - most vertical edge is the front
(which is why they call it a Spitfire).

For me, it is hugely responsive like other pivot fins; however,
not too twitchy, more in control, I think because of the winglets.

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