Relatively new to the surf community

Welcome
If you guys are all that new to it. Almost any fin will do. If you lose the side fins a 9 to 10 inch fin. If you want to keep them in, go a little shorter. Post sone pics of the
Board and we could give you better advice.

Have fun out there! Be mindful of others. When yous get a surf in post a story about it.

 

Typically the center fin on a longboard isn't a FCS style fin-box, it is possible though.

Does the center fin-box look like this:


Or this:

 

Why on earth does anyone build a 9 foot board with an FCS thruster setup? I see it in 8 foot funshapes and shake my head like WTF but ok its a funshape who cares. On a 9'3" longboard? Nuts.


OP...get a big FCS fin and throw it in the back. search for:
REPLACEMENT GMB-5 replacement center fin.

It should run about $30. They don't make any thing over 5 inches for that kind of a setup. It'l be fine.

 

Tony. With the age and shape of that board and for what you're doing with it for its intended purpose just enjoy surfing with your kids I'm practicing. As you progress look into finding a board for your particular style or where you want to be later in your surfing career.

 

It it were me, I'd slap any old FCS style fin in there and ride it. If you're just starting to surf, you'll never notice the difference.

 

I concur.

 

Yeah get a G-5 and ride it from the tail. Maybe shuffle a tad but do not go too far towards the nose, the back fins may pop out. I had a 9'0" Serge Rhino Tuff Stiletto that rode like a shortboard on steroids in big clean surf. My wife destroyed it after a Christmas boat parade blow out party, but that's a story for another day. (I live down here in the Dirty Souff too).

Then find ye a log with a fin box and trade that one in. And good luck with the fambiley TonyC, they'll be surfing circles around you soon.

 

man. the 'core has gotten soft

 

#coresurf. Cocoa beach

 

That board would go like greased lightning with one of Roy's BLEF fins.

 

Roy never made a board under 10 k
Ask the shred machine from nj. He was tops at pier shotting and Hindu bangin

 

I don't have my finger on the pulse like I used to but I thought finless was all the rage.

 

Learn to read the buoys. Figure out ling period vs short period ..direction. And which way your beach faces and where the sand bar is and always do sande recon

 

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