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Windsurfing profiles on Instagram

August 21, 2016 By Claes Leave a Comment

Windsurfing profiles on Instagram

This is a new series of articles featuring windsurfing profiles on Instagram. Not necessarily PWA pro´s, it could just as well be profiles  that has inspired us with their Instagram shots/stories. Stay tuned for interesting windsurfing profiles and some awesome windsurfing action.

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Filed Under: Instagram Profiles Tagged With: Fins, Freerace, Freeride, instagram, Slalom, Windsurfing, Windsurfing fins

Windsurfing fins – Buyers guide and fin selectors

December 5, 2015 By Claes Leave a Comment

Windsurfing fins – Buyers guide and fin selectors

In previous articles on windsurfing fins we have gone through how to choose the right windsurfing fin and the advantages of going from a one fin windsurfing quiver to add at least one or two extra fins to obtain enhanced performance and control.

Fin producers with consumer friendly approach

One of the biggest challanges when it comes to windsurfing fins is to deside which fin to choose and what sizes you would opt for. Here we will focus on fin brands that not only delivers top of the line fins but also offers consumer friendly information, guides and support to help you with your choice.

Black Project Type R 35 - Windsurfing fins

Starboard Futura 121 – Sailloft Cross 7.0 – Black Project Type R 35

Windsurfing fins – Question & Answers

Are you satisfied with you current stock fin? If so; How do I combine two new fins with the stock fin? If I go for three new fins, which sizes would I opt for considering board size, sail sizes, body weight and sailing conditions?

You will find most of the answers you need on the fin producers website but always check your choice of fins with their customer support. Our experience is that if you give the fin producer info about your windsurfing quiver such as board-brand/model/size, sails-brands/models sizes and your body weight they will deliver a very precise recommendation regarding your choice of fins.

Sonntag Custom Carbon Fins – Specialized on custom fins

Fin selectors and Customer friendly supportFocus: Speed, Slalom and Formula racing
Example of Team riders: Zara Davis – Speed Championship 2015 and Adriaan van Rijsselberghe – Netherlands Slalom Champion 2015

Sonntag Fins is specialized on custom fins that are tuned and customized after the customer’s individual requirements and needs. The proposal form is quite comprehensive and their answer is very detailed, recommending a fin quiver according to your weight, height and your sail and board combo. Their slalom fin SL-P_r3 is developed to provide “easy racing” characteristics as well as hardcore slalom performance. >> Check out Sonntag Custom Fins – About windsurfing fins section.

Black Project Fins – A wide range of premium fins

Windsurfing Black Project Fins

“The Type R and Type RS fins will help to tune your iSonic into a race winning machine. Heaver riders or those who sail with lots of back foot pressure should choose the Type R for more drive and grip. For riders concentrating on pure downwind slalom (or speed) the Type RS has a looser feel and has a higher top end speed. Riders sailing close to the wind and/or on a figure 8 course should choose the Type R. **107, 110, 117 & 130 should use Deep Tuttle bases, however regular Tuttle can be used with longer bolts.”
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Focus: High performance fins regardless windsurfing discipline
Example of Team riders: Jurjen Van Der Noord – Speed 51.26 knots, ranked no 3 in the world and Morgan Noireaux – Winner PWA Aloha Classic 2014 and 2015.

Black Project Fins have customer friendly guides and loads of information on how to choose the right windsurfing fin. We have been on Black Project’s slalom fin Type R for two years now. Take a few moments to read the review on the Black Project Type R here on Boardtests. Just recently Black Project Fins have released their all new down wind slalom fin Sabre GT and their follow up on the awesome Type R slalom fin: Hammer GT. >> Check out Black Project Fins – How to choose the right slalom Fin

 

Select Hydrofoils – The pioneer when it comes to fin selectors

Windsurfing Fin Select HydrofoilsFocus: Wide range of fins built with the most advanced production line on the market.
Select Hydrofoils was one of the pioneers when it comes to customer friendly fin selectors, possibly one of the factors that have established Select Hydrofoils as one of the dominating fin producer on the market. Their V-MAX 3.0 is a full on slalom fin but Select states that the V-MAX is just as suitable for freeride and freerace. >> Check out Select Hydrofoils fin selector.

One or two extra fins in your windsurfing quiver will boost you overall performance

Regardless if you are into freeride, freerace or slalom, one or two extra fins will improve the wind range of your one board quiver massively and at the same time boost your overall performance.

Filed Under: Fin Selector, Windsurfing fins Tagged With: fin selector, Fins, Freerace, Freeride, Slalom, Windsurfing, Windsurfing fins

Windsurfing Fins – How do I choose the right fin-quiver

July 11, 2014 By Claes Leave a Comment

Windsurfing Fins – How do I choose the right fin-quiver

Windsurfing fins – A one fin quiver just won’t do the trick

Black Project Type R Freerace/Slalom fin

Black Project Type R Slalom fin on our Starboard Futura

The average windsurfer tend to have a one board quiver, with other words it’s crucial to o find the golden compromise to get as much hours on the water as possible. The modern freeride and freerace boards are pretty good at handling various conditions and the wind range is far better than it used to be. What many windsurfers forgets is that in order to release the full wind range / potential of a board, a one fin quiver just won’t do the trick.

 

Choose the right fin quiver – Your wind range will improve massively

The fin supplied with your freeride/freerace board is great to start with, however upgrading with one or two extra fins will release the full wind range / potential of your board. The larger fin will give you the extra lift you need for early planning and keeping you planning through wind holes. The smaller fin you can use for maxed out conditions, extra control and improved top-speed. A set of high quality premium-fins will (most probably) give you improved acceleration and top-speed.

Freeride and Freerace fins – Mix and match – easier said than done

Black Project Freeride windsurfing fin

Black Project Freeride fin on our Starboard Futura

It´s important to keep in mind that different brands will differ a lot when it comes to sizes vs performance/characteristics. For example, the Drake fin supplied with Starboard Futura is an excellent freerace fin designed by C3, however to match the Drake fin with a smaller and a larger fin (+/- 2-3 cm) from another brand could be easier said than done.

If the optimal fin-quiver with Drake fins would be 41, 44 and 47 cm the optimal fin-quiver from another brand could might as well be 38, 41 and 44 cm. With that said you realize that if you mix fins from different brands you should study the fin-guides carefully or/and talk to the producer/store to help you out with the right combo. If you don’t do your homework there are a risk that you end up with two fins very close to each other and a “huge” hole in your fin-quiver.

Windsurfing Fin selectors

As we wrote above; to mix and match windsurfing fins is easier said than done. There are surprisingly few fin selectors on the market which is strange since this would be an important marketing channel to any fin brand. However Hawaii based Black Project fins has a great “how to choose the right fin-quiver” guide for different brands (Starboard, Fanatic, Mistral and JP) on their web. Select fins is another brand with a comprehensive fin-selector on their web. Consumer friendly = We like!!

A two or three fin quiver will bring you closer to the sweet spot

A part from tuning your sailing experience with the quick fix of changing the fin you also will be able to match your sails with the optimal fin from start. With two or three fins in your surf bag you will be closer to the sweet spot than you ever have been before. The wind range of your one board quiver will improve massively and at the same time boost your overall performance.

Read more about windsurfing fins: >> Black Project Fins Type R slalom fin on test

Filed Under: Fin Selector, Freerace, Freeride, Slalom, Tuning and Rigging Tagged With: Black Project, fin, fin-selector, Freerace, Freeride, Slalom, Windsurfing, Windsurfing fins

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