Fins VS Finless

--Sharp-- · Outlaw Joined: 28 Feb 2006 Posts: 113 City: Two-mountains

i would like to know the purpose of fins and what there used for and what they do etc. I have to fins that i can screw on my wakeboard but i dont know the purpose of them is. the only thing i found was it was alot harder to move around with them on, so i took em off and continued finless. Need some help ppl thanks

--Sharp-- · Outlaw Joined: 28 Feb 2006 Posts: 113 City: Two-mountains

nothing no one has anything to say?

chavez · RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006

--Sharp--, fins are there to stabilize the board - to help it track. Most boards now have molded in fins, and even if the board does not, fins are still not necessary.

So I guess what I am saying is fins are there to tweak the ride of your board. Put them on, take them off, get longer, shorter, etc. - whatever makes you feel more comfortable out there.

drdubie · Outlaw Joined: 18 Dec 2005 Posts: 161 City: Lucedale, MS

If you can control your board well without fins more power to you. You must be a snowboarder. They seem to like a looser feal.

chavez · RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006

drdubie, if your board has molded in fins, you really shouldn't need additional fins to edge and track properly.

That said, if you are more comfortable with them, use them.

I haven't used fins in years. I have a bag full of them that I keep around in case someone else needs them on the boat.

FWIW, I ski, not snowboard. I can snowboard, but I prefer to ski. One would think that my ski preference would lend to a fin-preferred ride style, but one would be wrong. Wink

Donkey_Wakeboarder17 · Criminal Joined: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 61 City: Okay

typeRider · Criminal Joined: 02 Jun 2003 Posts: 99 City: austin

heres what i break it down to... most boards now come with molded side fins and removable center. you'll get the perfect board. most people ride finless and only on the molded then when you get some nasty water thrown at you or a choppy day you throw on the fins and rip. how bout them apples. all they do is stabilize. if you had a perfectly flat board they'd keep you straight but now days most boards are shaped so well that you don't need them at all.