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Created by laceys lane laceys lane  > 9 months ago, 11 Dec 2013
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laceys lane
laceys lane

QLD

19804 posts

11 Dec 2013 3:43pm




62mac
62mac

WA

24860 posts

11 Dec 2013 1:51pm
Lacey I know your bored without the cricket,stop cutting an inch off your fin every day
Ted the Kiwi
Ted the Kiwi

NSW

14256 posts

11 Dec 2013 5:20pm
No thanks LL - but thanks for offering
WA71
WA71

WA

1382 posts

11 Dec 2013 2:27pm
Weed fin?
laceys lane
laceys lane

QLD

19804 posts

11 Dec 2013 4:37pm
this type of fin is the latest thing being played around with on 12'6 666 race boards. hatchet fins being cut down to 6 inches.

mine is a laird 9 inch. it has a big base so i cut it down to 5 inches. because i didn't mark it out in the board the cut off angle looks wrong now with the lead front seeming to be higher than the back. but i'm not going to change it

very loose with a feeling of little drag and lets you go right up the beach. very addictive and a scream dw ing

foiling a fin after you just about cut it in half was interesting

weiry
weiry

QLD

5396 posts

11 Dec 2013 7:30pm
LL is that the same fin Kai lenny has.
MickPC
MickPC

8266 posts

11 Dec 2013 5:38pm
Wouldn't you lose speed having to change paddle sides more often though?
laceys lane
laceys lane

QLD

19804 posts

11 Dec 2013 7:45pm
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MickPC said..

Wouldn't you lose speed having to change paddle sides more often though?



no, not at all. first up my board is very full in the bottom rail and hard edged out the tail. so i kinda don't need a big fin for direction.



and with that it still steers from under foot really well too - a area neglected or unknown by novice to intermediate paddlers
MickPC
MickPC

8266 posts

11 Dec 2013 5:51pm
^Sweet, I have a spare fin I was considering cutting down for shallow reef & sand banks. Might havta give it a go coz I've had some trouble with a shallow beachie lately...don't worry Pup, not sacrificing the one you gave me
chrispy
chrispy

WA

9675 posts

11 Dec 2013 5:53pm
finless is the way to go
laceys lane
laceys lane

QLD

19804 posts

11 Dec 2013 7:59pm
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chrispy said..

finless is the way to go



very well could be
chrispy
chrispy

WA

9675 posts

11 Dec 2013 6:05pm
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laceys lane said..

chrispy said..

finless is the way to go



very well could be


was serious. as you were talking about the rails and bottom contour,i was just thinking with a big board it would be doable...couldnt it?
thePup
thePup

13831 posts

11 Dec 2013 6:09pm
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laceys lane said..







Yeah I want a fin
laceys lane
laceys lane

QLD

19804 posts

11 Dec 2013 8:11pm
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chrispy said..

i
laceys lane said..

chrispy said..

finless is the way to go



very well could be


was serious. as you were talking about the rails and bottom contour,i was just thinking with a big board it would be doable...couldnt it?



i was thinking of a decent rib type thingie that was part of the board shape . like on a boat. maybe a foot and a half long????
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