The Surfboard Guide

What are your thoughts on fixed fins, specifically wooden keels like these here?
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I had some a few years back in a very similar board, but really struggled with them - felt like they jumped out of the water when pushed, and the whole time I had the board I’d wished I’d got fox boxes so I could try different fins in them
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These here feel different and have a much more high performance feel to what they look!
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Frothing to get this .shapes.aus review out as I’ve been frothing on this board, and keen to chat more about these fins…

I found this old quiver shot from many many moons ago, long before kids and life got really serious… 😂
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I think this is an MTF-Altered, Fred Stubble, Flyer-F, and a Bunny Chow, all around 28L, and all by
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While I still love these shapes (especially the MTF), it’s funny how your interest in boards and shapes changes very naturally as you get older…
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Loving riding more alternate and longer/bigger boards, but at heart I’ll always be a shortboard guy, and need to make sure I never lose the ability to be able to surf high-performance craft like the 4 here (but don’t think I’ll be getting back down to 28L boards 😂)

We put out our Atelier review a few moons ago, and it’s got me thinking about the comparisons between it and the Modern Quad
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Both somewhat oversized, but both designed to be easy to surf, but also perform
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While there are similarities, they both demand their own type of surfing, and I’m keen to break them both down together so someone looking for an easy to surf performer can work out what’s right for them… ✌️
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I’ve always been a fan of and been keen to check out one of his shakes, so I was psyched to finally get my hands on this Sub-Twin
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5’10 x 20 1/4 x 2 1/2 - 32.5L
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Feels good on the water and pretty drivey with the channels out the tail - surfed it with the Power Twins by but might need to look at something a little smaller as this feels a little tight with this big twin and the channels
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Psyched to get more time in the water and get the Initial Thoughts clip out shortly ✌️
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Have you ridden a mini-simmons, and did you like it?
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Before this Bar of Soap here from .shapes.aus I’d only had one, but as a shortboarder I couldn’t really gel with it as it didn’t like moving and doing much
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This seems to have all the characteristics you want from a mini-simmons (flow, trim, ease to surf), but also a little more shortboard friendly maybe due to some bottom curves and concave etc…
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And the marine ply twin keels, are they a thing of art? 😗
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