Ep 29 - Surfboard Design Elements - Fin Placement and Fins

In this episode, Luke Howarth from Howie shapes and I discuss fin placements and fins. Fins can seem like a simple aspect of a board to some and extremely complex to others. We both love fins and learning about them, but we are not fin experts.

I would suggest many shapers have concentrated more on their designs over the last couple of decades since the introduction of fin systems. The good old days of purchasing a board with the fins selected by the shaper to work best with the board would simply be glassed on. There was no second purchase to enable the board to be surfed and there was no excessive lists of fins in catalogues.

For a while it seemed like the most important aspect of fins was their colour or the team rider associated with that fin. I heard people describe fin companies as arrogant and greedy due to their lack of support for the majority of the surfboard industry, only looking to jump on 'HOT' selling brands to ensure their sales.

There is more to fins than that and so I sat down with Howie to chat all things fins. From single fins to quad fins, where we place our fins on boards, what our experiences have been with different fin set ups. We talk about what adjustment to fin cant or toe we have tried to try to improve a boards performance.

It was a great conversation, and I really hope everybody will get something out of it. I cannot stress enough we do not claim to be fin experts and look forward to the feedback from the dust up community about wat they do with their fin placement and fins.

I hope you enjoy our chat about fins...

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