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Other Watersports. More Topics Tow Vehicles. Waterfront Property. Non-Wake Items. Just my 2 cents. The judges LOVE steeze for sure If you sagg your pants a little it gives you more style! Trust me I'm a freestyle skier. Posted: Aug 28, am Post subject:. I took mine off very shortly after getting my board. I figured that my fins were so short that they had no effect anyhow, so I took them off. I was then able to do surface s with no issues and the board felt just as solid.
Ofcourse, I had tiny fins. I am sure it would make a huge difference if you were use to longer fins. I would def recommend takin them fins out and giving it a shot. I did about a month ago and I love it without them. I feel so much better out on the water. Took a set or two to get use to maybe even 3 but well worth it. I had to slow the boat down a little bit haha. It feels real slippery at first but u will get it. Posted: Aug 28, pm Post subject:.
Just like ssuter said I'd take them off. Also NICE lookin board.. I really like the look. Most new wakeboards will come with a set of fins that make sense for the board. For example:. Alternately, a rider may have gotten a board with fins, but they decide they want a different set to give the board slightly different ride characteristics. For these riders, wakeboard companies sell fins separately. The main thing to be aware of when buying is what the hole setup is like on your board.
This modern style features multiple holes and therefore multiple screws. I will always recommend trying to visit a local boardshop if you can. Just make sure the the fins you purchase actually will fit on your board! One style may never require fins and the other you may never want to ride without them! Both board styles have their merits and no one style is correct for everyone.
Both styles of board will probably have pre-drilled holes for wakeboard fins to be mounted. The board will ride fine without them. You will see these style of boards most often. I have grouped them in to a single category because they generally are the same when it comes to whether or not someone will want to ride them with fins.
Flat-base wakeboards are exactly as they sound. The bases are completely flat without any structure to them. Although older wakeboards often feature flat bases, many modern boards still do too. Slingshot brand boards for example often feature flat bases. This style of board is pretty common in modern wakeboards. These flat bottom wakeboards are the style that benefits most from using fins. While fins are not required, without them the board can slide pretty freely.
Fin holes on these boards are often in the middle on each end of the board for a single fin. In fact, flat-base boards the only style you could find! Since wakeboards came from a long history of water skis, they carried over a lot of traits from skis, including the flat bottom.
As the sport diverged a bit more, wakeboards began to see radical changes that truly made them unique. At some point, wakeboard designers started to get creative, and developed an entirely different type of board that lives on to this day! Molded-in fin wakeboards have fins built directly in to the board itself. Usually, you will find these molded-in fins located towards the edges of the board, not the center. This is because when a rider edges, the sides of the board have the most water flowing over them.
Therefore, the fins can be their most effective. Most of these boards still come with pre-drilled holes for center-mounted fins. This is completely optional, and a fin only needs to be added if the rider prefers to have one.
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