Question about finless riding!

[thedocta]

Hey everyone here's the deal, this is my first year on the water and I progressed alot, most of the year I rode my obrien custom 135 with 2 removable fins. The fins were real big and other than the 2 removeable ones there is no other fins. Recently I had an injury to my chest from sliders so I couldn't do big jumps. The only way I could ride was take out my fins and do surface stuff. I got so use to riding finless that when I started jumping again I never put them back in. After riding 3-4 weeks finless I can almost land a tantrum behind my little tiny wake as well as land as big of d ups as my boat drives. My season only has about 2 pulls left since I'm in MI but for next year, I'll be getting probably the LF team 134. Should I ride that finless? With the 4 outer fins in? Or get use to riding with all fins?

[ballywho]

Someone's sig on here is "Ride without fins; so when you put them in you'll be able to cut like OJ" or something like that. It's a bit crude but you get the idea, if you ride without fins your edging techniques will get better.
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[LFADAM]

thedocta, that board would be INSANELY loose with zero fins...maybe just take the middle 2 out or if you want it really loose, take them all out and replace the outer 4 with smaller ones.

[K-dub]

I dont know...I rode the Roam for a good chunk of my season this year (which wasn't much)...when I got back on my Militant, I found that I had become really used to having an extemely loose board. Even the Militant with no center fin felt like it edged too hard for what I had become used to. Not to mention, the Roam was very light compared to he GB...
Riding with no fins at all is a blast. It does teach you how to use your edge, that's for sure.
I say ride it how you like it to feel...fins or no fins.

[thedocta]

My board currently has no fins at all and it's real fun to ride. I;m thinking for next year maybe just the outer 4 because they are the cupped ones and ride differently

[Kento911]

thedocta, I would swap to the smallest cupped fins and lose the center if you've been riding a custom finless long enough to get used to it. . thats just my thoughts

[super4011]

i have a 2005 fish, are does 1 good without fins?

[sequitur]

i ride without the center fin as well, but i've got two molded fins that are probably about .7 - .9... i kinda like the loose feeling.. in fact i feel that my riding has improved after removing the center fin..

really a personal preference.


as for the LF team... all its fins are removable.. i suggest leaving the cupped fins on, or else it'll be really really loose. the feeling is probably different.. personally i'd prefer a board with two molded side fins, and i'll ride without the center fin.

[matt1808]

ballywho, I don't think that was meant that way. I am guessing you don't like football though.

[ballywho]

matt1808, what? Football? Is that an OJ reference? I watch football every once in a while but I don't play.
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[matt1808]

ballywho, yea OJ was a awesome running back. I think the OJ reference in that quote was about his football playing, it could be about both his trial and football though.

[KyleT]

as soon as i removed the fins on my LF trip, i was able to cut alot better and build line tension alot better and pop much better. i have not put the fins back on, it is fun without them.

[arof]

definately a murder reference ... how would it be about his football? He was charged with brutally slicing the stuff out of two people .. "cut like OJ" ???

[DJew Jake]

matt1808, The cut refers to him slicing that person lol?

[Ian_82]

[junior]

i think its hard to wakeboard finless but you get used to it really quick

[matt1808]

arof, read what Ian_82 posted, thats how.

Ian_82, better example would be J. Jones

[K-dub]