learned a valuable lesson today in CB

What size fin were you using?

 

I ask because I ride a 9'2 with a 8'' Rainbow Rake and the sidebites. Sometimes I use a 9'' Wingnut Cutaway either single or with the sidebites.

 

Gotcha, that is kinda small for a single fin.

 

Definitely too small but you already learned that by how it didn't perform. I believe rule of thumb is 1" for every foot your board is, so at 9'2" you probably want to go with a 9" single or maybe an 8 like Bassplayer has

 

No way... you did the right thing! You never know, right? It could've been epic!

 

I couldn't ride mine with just the 8'' rake, but with the side bites it loosens the board up and is so much fun. The 9'' is for going straight and noseriding. You really have to work hard to get all the way around on a cut back.

 

Yeah definitely depends on the board, I was just saying as a "rule of thumb", I have a 8'1" and it came with a 7" and side bites, I switched to a 8" and dropped the side bites and it loosed it up a lot and it's so much more fun to ride, easier to turn, etc., so just depends I suppose

 

Once, my buddy went out with his 9'2" longoard without a fin and dragged his inside toes. It was really clean but about shoulder to head high, and by God it worked. He then informed me that is how the old Hawaiians did it before they had fins. I was duly impressed, but have never tried it. Anybody else seen this or done it?

BTW, I have a 8" Ames squirrel cutaway on my 9'0" longboard. It is a single fin set up and the board has lots of rocker. It is super loose, and turns and cutbacks real smooth. It handles choppy days up to about shoulder to head high, then it starts to spin out. (But that is when I use one of my shortboards.) On clean days it can handle a couple foot overhead. I just go drop knee on the backside bottom turn and its all good.

 

You must be too young to have seen "North Shore". Nia Peeples, yo

 

Sorry, BBG, but I totally wish I could have seen this. The waves were looking pretty heavy this morning - can't wait to get off so I can ride a few. I might have an old set of side bites laying around incase your friend isn't planning on giving your set back. I know I at least have one, but I can't really remember where the other one is. I'll do some searching around when I get back home.

If you or anyone else is looking for a larger fin, just let me know.
- 9.75" Greenough Stage-6 (Red) - Probably a little too big for your 9'2"
- 9" Wingnut Rainbow Sweep (black with blue trim) - Easily my favorite fin, but my style is forever changing.

I'm also looking to unload a skateboard with Seismic trucks. The trucks are clearly the gem here.

 

I am old, but apparently ignorance has no age limit. I'll have to YouTube Nia Peeples, yo and see. Thanks bro!

Some times the weed makes me faster, most times it makes me slower. But I am faster than the world, faster than the world, faster than the world, I can't slow down!

 

That is ****ing awesome!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK2W9dTksZI

full movie haha