Surfboard Fins Explained no.15 | Compare Surfboards

Mystified by Fins? This is Surfboard Fins Explained! A tire is to your car as a fin is to your surfboard; instrumental in how that board handles. Most knowledgeable surfboard shapers will tell you that the right or wrong fin and make or break a board. Yet a large number of surfers either don’t understand or don’t pay attention to their surfboard fins.

Hopefully, after watching this video you will have a better idea of the basic elements of a surfboard fin’s design and which fins work best for a given surfboard design and surf conditions.

This is surfboard fins explained at Benny’s Boardroom surfboard reviews.

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Comments

Fletcher Platt says:

11th December 2016 at 11:31 am

Hi Benny was trying to figure out my size for the fcs 2 performer carbon fins, im 68 kg and was wondering if i got the small would that restrict me more than if i got the medium, could i still feel confident using the small on 4-6ft waves knowing the fins would still hold

Cheers Benny

Damien Hellebrandt says:

11th December 2016 at 11:39 am

cthis is very well explained ??. thank you very much for that. could you maybe do a video about a split keel fin setup? In heard about it but i dont understand in what conditions it would be an advantage over a normal quad setup

martysgarden says:

11th December 2016 at 12:02 pm

That was really helpful, we have gone so farm with board design,,maybe fin design is the next future in the new surfboard generation.
Thanks
Marty Ware (Micro Farming Australia)

Chione- chan says:

11th December 2016 at 12:07 pm

thank you so much for this! I'm actually doing research on boay keels/skegs and I know that the fin keel will work best but I didn't find an adequate explanation for the physics involving the geometry of the fim. Do you have any suggestions/precautions regarding applying your explanation to a small 15 foot, flat hull, canoe-like boat?

Simon Zenner says:

11th December 2016 at 12:13 pm

Hi Benny, I read that fins are usually mounted on a surfboard in a 4 to 8 degree angle (except for the centre fin of course). Could you explain how this angle affects your surfing? I'm trying to shape my first board. Anyways, thanks for all the vids, I have learned a lot from you!