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roosterjuicerZ28
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 Posted: Jul 11, 2008 8:33 am Post subject: New to wakeboarding, big fin question |
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Hi Ya'll,
I just started wakeboarding about 3 weeks ago and i love it. I bought a hyperlite 141 (i dunno what model) from a buddy of mine for 50$ and it had some pretty big fins on it. The board was cutting nicely but i felt that they got in the way more than anything so i took them off and im loving it so far.
is this an appropriate way to ride or am i missing out on something by not having the fins on there? What is the point of them? What advantage would the fins give me?
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DMBeer41
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City: Stamford
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| Posted: Jul 11, 2008 8:59 am Post subject: Re: New to wakeboarding, big fin question |
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| roosterjuicerZ28 wrote: | Hi Ya'll,
I just started wakeboarding about 3 weeks ago and i love it. I bought a hyperlite 141 (i dunno what model) from a buddy of mine for 50$ and it had some pretty big fins on it. The board was cutting nicely but i felt that they got in the way more than anything so i took them off and im loving it so far.
is this an appropriate way to ride or am i missing out on something by not having the fins on there? What is the point of them? What advantage would the fins give me?
thanks |
I'm fairly new here, but i've been doing some reading around here about fins. This is what i've learned.
1) it's really a matter of preference
2) riding without the fins teaches you how to edge better because you likely just have some small molded fins on the board. Without the fins you learn to use your edges better and it will help you progress more and eventually get a better pop off the wake (because your progressive edge is likely to be good)
3) Fins help with tracking through the water and give you a bit more grip on the landing of wake to wake jumps (but if you learn to edge properly you'll have plenty of board control to land just fine).
4) No fins makes surface tricks a hell of a lot easier.
I just recently took my fins off my Hyperlite Motive and I LOVE it. It's a lot looser of a feel, and feels (to me) a bit more like a snowboard on the water 'cause it slides easily.
Hope this helps some. Can't get into many details 'cause i just don't know them  |
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roosterjuicerZ28
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| Posted: Jul 11, 2008 9:08 am Post subject: |
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Thats kind of what im thinking too. I was a pretty good snowboarder back late in grade school and through high school so i took to wakeboarding pretty easily but i feel a lot better without fins.
My board seems pretty much flat on the bottom, no molded fins but there are a few depressions (like dimples) and thats about it.
What do you mean by edge? is that just turning and stuff using the edge of your board? |
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DMBeer41
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| Posted: Jul 11, 2008 9:53 am Post subject: |
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| roosterjuicerZ28 wrote: | Thats kind of what im thinking too. I was a pretty good snowboarder back late in grade school and through high school so i took to wakeboarding pretty easily but i feel a lot better without fins.
My board seems pretty much flat on the bottom, no molded fins but there are a few depressions (like dimples) and thats about it.
What do you mean by edge? is that just turning and stuff using the edge of your board? |
Yea, when you carve. Just like on a snowboard, you get up on your edges to turn you dig your heels in, or your toes in. With the fins, you don't need to use your edges as much because the fins hold you to the water. without fins you use more edge to get out into the flats. |
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