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Ed the Shred sed:
> > Anyone have suggestions on what fin to use with that board? I'm currently
> > using a 10.5" HotDog on loan from ASD, but it seems a little on the small
I've had my 8'8" Enduro for a solid year now, and i'm about the same size
as you, 140lbs. I use a True Ames Race Foil 11", probably ground down
1/2" by now, as my "standard" fin. It goes with 4.7-5.3. When I rig the
5.9, I put a Rainbow 14" blade on, also a bit shorter than new. Last
summer I got an 11" Weed Race from the Gorge fin Connection, and even
though everyone gives it funny looks, I really like it. It looks like
a blade raked at 45degrees, and feels like the tail on a kite - it is
very stabilizing. It just will not spin out (the 14" blade is very
sensitive to spinout) even when jibing fast in rough water.
and the crissy report:
monday was good, I was on a 5.3 till sunset
tuesday looked good, and it was, for a half hour. suddenly everyone was
standing around out there, except those windwing dudes with the big race
sails on 9'6 mike slabs, they just stayed out.
wednesday I bumped up to the 5.9. it was great in the middle, light
around the edges. I had to swim in the last 50 yards.
thursday was great! I rigged the 4.7 and went out to the Great Boil
to hit big air on the 4' swells and surf them too. Wind kept picking up,
I coulda been on the 4.2. Dinged my nose again - time to buy a bra...
and get the 8'2 back from those slackers at ASD. 8^)
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