One way to comprehend this is to use a Single Fin for our descriptions. Your fin’s shape impacts directly on how your surfboard is going to perform. Now that you’ve got the basics and all the lingo for fins, you need to understand a little more complicated aspects about how fin shape can contribute to the overall surfing performance. The Toe of a surfboard fin above shows the side fins angled towards the stringer.Ĭheck out some of Mick Fanning’s thoughts on thruster vs quad setups as well as why he chooses to change up his FCS II fin sizes.
