Any of ya'll surfed a finless board before. I've seen a few for cheap (250.00 new) recently and was curious how surfable they are.
I was specifically looking at The Seaglass project tuna and the albabcore fiberglass boards. My boys are totally hooked on bodyboarding Hawkheart.
please dont let them become like the skimmer d-bags of delaware (not all skimmers in delaware are d-bags, but a lot are)
I think they were a really hard sell and even harder to ride (standing up) hence the cheap price. Shops that I frequent were looking to get rid of them ASAP. Bet you could get one even cheaper than you thought if you offered less than marked price. One of those beater style boards (catchsurf?) seem a better value and more fun for everyone in the fam IMHO.
I had a Tom Morey Y board that I would ride finless a bunch of times... It's totally different and the feeling when you actually lined up and rode the wave correctly is priceless- so different. It's hard tho... And not much shredding or even bottom turns. You gotta take off at an angle. If you kinda bored and want to try something new- check it out! I obviously didn't get hooked- cause I put the fin back in and since forgot - till this thread
I think those look rad, I've been thinking of getting one and stashing it away for when my kid is old enough for it.
haha. I'm doing my best to get them surfing without being a D-bag. They are reading the waves and getting real comfortable in the water. They already know surf etiquette. I'm hoping we can all paddle out together one day soon.
took my fins off my 8 foot soft top and rode a beater a handful of times. just take off at an angle and set your rail asap. once you have your momentum down the line you should me able to experiment with spins and all of that fun stuff.
yo dudes ya gotta check out this video the whole website is pretty cool too. http://whatyouth.com/19664/proportional-harmonics-by-jack-coleman-and-mollusk-surf-shop/ definitely takes some skill to ride a finless. and yea taking your fins off a standard hpsb isn't gona work. it's all rail and tail. their boards have deep caves and fat fish tails to dig into the water. they've got fins that aren't fins. the fin on your surfboard just captures the lateral energy of the wave pushing into the land while your rail propels that energy into your drive down the line. it's the battle of both these forces that enables us to feel that "response" . so to ride finless takes a different mindset, carrying the same speed and direction but still rotating is more than difficult. however riding finless unleashes the full potential of the energy that the wave provides in the face. and disables all of the underwater energy the fin uses. so that's why they make divets in the bottom near the rail so when you dig in there's a lil something more to catch the water. try wake surfing on a board without fins to get a feel for it. it's super fun!!! the deeper the single concave you got the better, double concaves don't work too well for this. sorry I said so much, this $hit is just interesting to me. Derek Hynd is the man.
I just picked up that board brand new for $75, except I got the one with fin boxes. I'm hoping to tackle some shorebreak with it in summer hurricane swells.
seaglass project albacore --- I picked one up for my 6 yr. old, thinking it would be perfect because without fins, he wouldn't have to go to the surf beach to use it. it's less stable than I expected and not easy for him to paddle, much less try to stand on. maybe it's just too big a leap for a little kid. another finless option is the beaters someone else mentioned. they're much more substantial and can still be used to stand on, rather than just for spongers. the price isn't too bad either, from what I recall.
i would NOT buy that for 220.. That was made with some cheapy crappy foam back in 2011 when they first came out with the board. You gotta get the 2013-2014 versions or they're gonna bend/be impossible to ride. I MIGHT buy that for maybe $50-$100
