When Tom Blake took a stabilizing fin off a motorboat and bolted it to the bottom of his hollow surfboard at Waikiki in 1935, he set in motion a fascinating process of development and refinement that ...

Unless you’re an expert in hydrodynamics, you’re probably confused about fins. You might know about flex and rake and drag – if you don’t, here’s a crash course – but do you really understand why ...

While there’s no way to learn about fin configurations that compares with actually riding them, these are just some of the basics on surfboard fins. When looking at surfboard design and performance as ...

When humans started riding surfboard-type vehicles towards the shore, whether it was in Hawaii or Peru, those first wave-riding craft were finless. The boards were simply pointed towards the shoreline ...

Futures fins slide into a single slot, while FCS II fins fit into two grooves within the box. Take note that FCS is an older model of fin and is not compatible with FCS II boxes. LokBox and LibTech ...