i miss glass on fins

back in the day I used to have an Ocean Avenue pin tail and on bigger days it would whistle/hum going down the line. First time I heard it, I was like, WTF was that. I ended up snapping the board and I have never had one do it since.

 

I have a board that hums as I ride it. The faster the louder.
Of course, it would be mo betta if it gave hum jobs, but, I ain't that lucky.....

 

My longboard has a glassed on fin that does that when I turn it really hard. love that it is a glass on though. Can't beat the feeling of that slingshot it gives you off the bottom turn.

 

+1

 

Agree 100% Removable are only good for travel so the airline don't snap of your fin on the way to paradise.

 

Ehh... They're cool. But I just sawed off a glass on yesterday because the board wasn't loose enough for me. Gonna have to sand and reglass. Much more stressful than finding my fcs key.

 

Metard... you say that like glass-ons are a thing of the past. Just ask for glass-ons on your next board. You'll get 'em.

Fin hum/wistle is a bad thing, actually... caused by cavitation that creates speed robbing vibrations in the fin. Inspect the fins for irregularities. Usually the cavitation can be eliminated by sanding the trailing edge, which should not be razor sharp, but have a soft edge without any "bead" of resin along the side of the edge. Same thing with the leading edge. If there is a bead, and you remove it, leaving the edge is too sharp, soften it with some 220 grit sandpaper a little at a time until the hum is gone.

True story... The first time I ever heard it was when I was riding a borrowed board at Marias that had two different rail fins. Somebody broke one off, lost it, and just grabbed another one from another board and glassed it on. This odd fin was clear blue and solid glass. I dropped in on about an 8' wave on my first wave of the session and heard what I thought was somebody hooting for me from down the line. Then it happened again... and again... and every wave after that. Finally I realized there was nobody hooting for me at all... it was my fin, singing a "blue note."

 

Well said.

 

I still got 2 boards with glass on fins.only downside is when u pile 4 boards into the car and u cant take the fins off,it doesn't fit so bueno

 

I want another board with glass on

 

Ask and you shall receive.

 

LBC, clear your PMs.

 

Picked up a fish in the outer banks a handful of years ago. Saw it in the shop and I was like damn, chu look gooood. Flipped her around, and saw the glassed in D's and climaxed.

Still my daily driver... even if she does got horrible delamination.

 

Fix that delam up. It may seem intimidating but it is actually a pretty simple fix.



Wait a second..... I searched the forum to show you a good link on how to fix a delam and it seems we've been through this before. You're still neglecting that stick aren't you?

http://www.swellinfo.com/forum/show...y-Surfboard-is-About-to-Drown&highlight=delam

 

Boom

 

My all time favorite boards had glassed on fins. No hum. I can see the advantage of being able to remove and replace fins easily but the only time I do is when traveling. I see dudes show up with all kinds of different fin sets but I'm way to lazy for that kind of effort. To me there is an ultimate set of fins for a boards shape and size and any other configuration is a step down. I tried surfing my quad a as twin and was not impressed. It was set up as a quad not a twin plain and simple. I'd rather have a twin, thruster and a quad board than multi fin options on one board. The one design that looks totally wonky to me is the short board, like 5'6" or under with 5 fin boxes. Not dissing just kinda confused on what is the thought/science of half the board being full of fins.

 

Im more confused by this then a 5 fin

 

5 fin set up was weird but the first time I rode it was in doh surf.

 

Da Fug is dat?