...always look on the bright side of life

Agree weird

So you saw Chuck Norris out surfing and decided to run him down (extreme but in light of the Taranaki video... justified)... the results were not what you expected.....rookie error!

That will buff out.

How did you get the frank before the beans

Here's my effort this week. Didn't hit anything except a nice gust.

Gmitton what did you hit- a mooring?

Reef

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gmitton said..

Impressive! At least you didn't loose the fin.

What I see as most interesting is the Center US box fin broke at the front tab, the slot box fin looks intact , Barr red paint on the tip, and some superficial damage. The slot box looks ok, screws ...?.

Must have been a shallow area, rider error in depth calculations perhaps

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forceten said..
What I see as most interesting is the Center US box fin broke at the front tab, the slot box fin looks intact , Barr red paint on the tip, and some superficial damage. The slot box looks ok, screws ...?.

Must have been a shallow area, rider error in depth calculations perhaps

think the screw have ripped out of the top section of the side fin, that fact that its stuck into the board is a slight worry. Snapped a few centre fins off at the tab.

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forceten said..
What I see as most interesting is the Center US box fin broke at the front tab, the slot box fin looks intact , Barr red paint on the tip, and some superficial damage. The slot box looks ok, screws ...?.

Must have been a shallow area, rider error in depth calculations perhaps

Yes its at least the one advantage to the weakest fin ever made.
The MFC change from G10 to under-resined black glass was a legendary failure, that base is moulded-on and many cracked just tightening the screw. The improved version after all the warranty returns was better, but still delaminates near the tip with the tiniest reef hit.

First time I've seen it be an advantage though lol

I'm with Rider - good save


Interested in BSN101's now - WTF?!!! No hit and a crack like that?

Correct detectives!

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gmitton said..
Reef

Holy crap, I wonder what the reef looks like?

It reminds me of this ~

For US Box fins get a bunch of these from K4: www.k4fins.com/product/k4fin-us-bolt-plate/
Fin plate with brass inserted into plastic. When you hit something it simply rips the the insert out of the plastic plate. Very little damage to the fin. And definitely no damage to the board... that is unless you have the fin so far back it get's rammed into the board.

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Mastbender said..
It reminds me of this ~

Love it. Twice the repair work

Nothing weird about sailing into the reef Geoff.