As a novice, I love it! I am new to the sport and found that I was having difficulty paddling in a straight line. My old fin wasn’t much smaller, 8-9″. This fin was the largest I could find for a reasonable price so I took a chance. Before I was getting 3-4 strokes per side and with this fin I was immediately getting 5-7 stokes before having to switch hands. I haven’t noticed the increase in drag, but again I am a newbie to the sport. It makes U-turns noticeably more difficult but that is a small price to pay. The…
I am a novice to SUP — my son and I managed to ground the fin on a borrowed Yoga board, and when we returned from the island we had paddled to, we noticed it was missing. In rural coastal Maine the nearest surf shop was quite a drive. I searched for a replacement and luckily found this fin here at a very reasonable price. Since our fin was missing along with all the hardware, I was glad to see the mounting screw included. I ordered on faith, hoping it would fit since I couldn’t find the…
Perfect replacement for my Jimmy Styx SUP. They are solid and seem much better quality than the original ones I got with my boards. Strong enough that I was able to use them as weapons in shark infested water. Saved my life they did. I was able to paddle my way through a school of 16 great whites, I aimed for the largest and cut it in half… in half I tell you. I strapped its dead body to my board like some kind of Acanthaspis petax, the rest of the sharks left me alone. I owe it all to…
As a novice, I love it! I am new to the sport and found that I was having difficulty paddling in a straight line. My old fin wasn’t much smaller, 8-9″. This fin was the largest I could find for a reasonable price so I took a chance. Before I was getting 3-4 strokes per side and with this fin I was immediately getting 5-7 stokes before having to switch hands. I haven’t noticed the increase in drag, but again I am a newbie to the sport. It makes U-turns noticeably more difficult but that is a small price to pay. The…
I am a novice to SUP — my son and I managed to ground the fin on a borrowed Yoga board, and when we returned from the island we had paddled to, we noticed it was missing. In rural coastal Maine the nearest surf shop was quite a drive. I searched for a replacement and luckily found this fin here at a very reasonable price. Since our fin was missing along with all the hardware, I was glad to see the mounting screw included. I ordered on faith, hoping it would fit since I couldn’t find the…
Perfect replacement for my Jimmy Styx SUP. They are solid and seem much better quality than the original ones I got with my boards. Strong enough that I was able to use them as weapons in shark infested water. Saved my life they did. I was able to paddle my way through a school of 16 great whites, I aimed for the largest and cut it in half… in half I tell you. I strapped its dead body to my board like some kind of Acanthaspis petax, the rest of the sharks left me alone. I owe it all to…