Side fins on a wakeskate?

Ramus · Posted: Feb 13, 2003 3:31 am Post subject: Side fins on a wakeskate?

Anyone thought of adding small side fins on a homemade wakeskate? Feedback on positives/negatives would be appreciated. Putting griptape on my homemade concave this weekend, will post pics when done.

STPHNSN23 · Guest

i think extra fins will just make it harder to do tech tricks. i mean it's just another thing to catch

suckmywake · Posted: Feb 14, 2003 7:07 am Post subject:

I saw an article I think somewhere on WakeWorld where someone put Trip side fins on a skate. It's got instructions and all that, not like you really need them though.

Ryan W · Posted: Feb 14, 2003 11:06 am Post subject:

If the fins are on the side you wouldnt be able to boardslide with it.

w$r az style · Soul Rider Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 384 City: Arizona

ya you would........most wakeboards now have double fins set up and they can board slid...maybe you misundersto

d the question...or i did. lata

pooser · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 4738

what size/type of fins would you get i think a four fin set-up would work really well on a skate cause you could slide it out easier since you would be using smaller fins but still hold edge really well. maybe even angle them a little like the parks board.

STPHNSN23 · Guest

i'd go as as small as possible. i'm not for sure on any fin names tho. u just need something to give a little bite while edging

w$r az style · Soul Rider Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 384 City: Arizona

does grubb use fins on is board when i watch movies with him it looks like there is nothin on the bottom?

Butta Seeka · Posted: Feb 20, 2003 7:53 pm Post subject:

nope grubb never uses fins i think but if u prefer w2w tricks then thats fine but if u prefer slides and more tech tricks like shuv-its and crap like that then its just another thing to get in ur way so its up to u but it would help on w2w tricks i think

Ramus · Posted: Feb 21, 2003 3:53 pm Post subject:

found some small cupped side fins ( .6" high ) like the trip side fins with a UK fin manufacturer, so reckon i'll give them a shot. being a beginner i need something for w2w, but the larger fins i have now do catch too much.

Elevation · Posted: Feb 10, 2004 8:01 pm Post subject:

with side fins ud be able to 5050

TL · Newbie Joined: 15 Dec 2003 Posts: 19 City: Christchurch

I have

TL · Newbie Joined: 15 Dec 2003 Posts: 19 City: Christchurch

Tested this board last night for first time. Works awesome, bites real hard when on edge but slippery as anything when flattened off. Found that it worked best when you exaggerate your turns (dig harder on the edge than normal). I never ride with fins so found I could cut in at the wake much harder, more like when wakeboarding, and therefore get more air off the wake. My little brother had a crack and found he could cut harder than on his board which has 1.0” double up fins. When he was cutting hard away from the wake only the very back edge was in the water, the nose was a good foot and a half out of the water (no BS, at least 2 times higher than with his other board). More of a wake to wake board really, I prefer riding my concave deck (this ones a flat deck) for skatestyle stuff.

pooser · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 4738

TL, is that a new wakeskate? it looks like the company behind it totally stole the byerly flo -thru channels. Didn't they patent that?

TL · Newbie Joined: 15 Dec 2003 Posts: 19 City: Christchurch

The Headless Chicken, I made it myself, ya I based it on the Byerly wakeboard. No wakeskates around seemed to have them so thought bugger it. After test driving mine I would highly recommend that Hyperlite bring out a board with them (I'm sure they've already been testing them since they brought out the wakeboard).