What board do you ride, post pics....?

by **Tex** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 9:48 pm

So far my bro has 2 Oak Foils boards right now and he says they do exactly what they were designed to do....they work

Not sure how the hipster label works in your comment M but whatever.

by **Tex** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 3:27 pm

Saw the board in person last night. The pictures dont do it justice. I think it will be in the water this week some time.

by **SlimVest** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 4:51 pm

Fins look like a gimmick to me. More drag than anything. How many fish do you see with slotted fins? I'm talking living ocean creatures, not surfboards. Zero to none?

by **smithgrind** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 6:23 pm

That board would be a sh*t ton cooler if I was really baked...DSOTM graphic makes me want to reach for my bong.

by **erzats** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 6:57 pm

SlimVest wrote:Fins look like a gimmick to me. More drag than anything. How many fish do you see with slotted fins? I'm talking living ocean creatures, not surfboards. Zero to none?

That's what I was thinking too. Seems like a lot of drag to me. On the upside, after browsing the guy's blog, he seems to make some really nice, functional looking boards. I guess a review will be needed when the thing is done.

by **Quad Head** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 8:09 pm

Be a total hot rod if it were a quad.

by **Gazsurf** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 9:20 pm

I wanna ride it.

by **Tex** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 10:42 pm

So I guess they have tried this on the fins before.... way back in the day.

My sense is that if it worked really well back then, (late 70's early 80's) it might have been more ingrained in future fin design.

Wayne says it will just give the fins more flex...we will see.

by **Tex** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 10:45 pm

Oh and Slim...how many fish do you see with glassed fins...just curious.

by **erzats** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 2:28 am

I think the idea is for trailing edge flex, which is very salmon like now that I think of it. If the flex works, it would help reduce cavitation around the fins giving more positive fin engagement through turms.

Ideally, slots would be replaced by fiberglass fin trailing to some kind of thin, flexible plastic. That would be very natural... greenough flex fins for the twin/quad/thruster. now we're talkin'

by **holddown** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 9:31 pm

6'10" x 20" x 2 7/8" North Pacific round pin thruster:

by **smithgrind** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 10:21 pm

Nice, HD.

Which futures fins are you running on that?

by **holddown** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 11:12 pm

Art put VFJC1 460 fins on it. Even though I've only ridden it a couple of times, it seems a bit tight, so I'll probably go to something a little smaller.

by **erzats** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 3:04 am

holddown wrote:Art put VFJC1 460 fins on it. Even though I've only ridden it a couple of times, it seems a bit tight, so I'll probably go to something a little smaller.

Did you really just reiterate VFJC1 460 like we would give a f@#K? I hoope that's a joke.

by **holddown** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 10:43 am

erzats wrote:Did you really just reiterate VFJC1 460 like we would give a f@#K? I hoope that's a joke.

Man, you're belligerent for 2am on a weekday. It wasn't reiterated, or even iterated for that matter, just a simple question asked and answered

What board do you ride, post pics....?

Fins on the Oak board

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