An exaggerated wide round tail and wing to break up the hold of a wide outline, a single concave running through almost the entire bottom, and a sharp, crisp channel; make this twin fin a complex design with quite a few extras.
Additionally, I decided to shape a step deck into the top of the board, while allowing the choice of a medium or thick rail.
After testing the options myself, I found that I prefer a medium rail. Why? It drops in on good waves more efficiently and, frankly, I am truly a rail to rail surfer.
WHERE: Old Man’s, fat tide Windansea, Simmons, San Miguel, inside Avalanche, and the Boil; and this is just a short list
WHAT and WHO:
This is another San Diego developed concept, this twin fin is fast, smooth, fairly forgiving for such a wide flat board in the turning department and has held late drops AT A COUPLE OF SPOTS AT LOWER TIDES IN MEXICO THAT SHOCKED ME. It almost felt like a step up in the pit when I drove down the line in the trough of the wave at a good right rock point in northern Baja.
It maxed out at ten-foot faces but beware – you’re gonna need to switch from a keel to an Aipa, MR, or a modern futures twin template for that size surf.
If you like to push the envelope on fatter boards – this may cross over into that winter realm in our region’s waves for you. Go stringerless with a kevlar or carbon/KEVLAR bottom strip for an even more flexy responsive feel.
Round unmatched lift and seamless rail to rail transitions are what you get from this design – I snuck in a beak nose too!