Surfing 6 years and keep breaking my board?

Question

I've been surfing 6 years now and I keep breaking my board. I've been getting better and better at tricks and I've become much more agressive. The board I have right now is made with fiberglassed on fins and the center back fin keeps breaking. It happens after an agressive floater or a cutback usually. I've been thinking about instead of using a shortboard for now on I was gonna move onto a retro-fish, about 5'8-6'1, probobly a quad fin for speed. So, I have a few questions in this one, I was wondering if a quad fin actually speeds up the board and if it will affect my capabilities for tricks also, I've tried one of these boards before in the HB, California. I was wondering if it would work as well in the east coast. Also, I was wondering if there would be any reprocussions on my tricks, I do floaters/cutbacks/barrels (when I see them), and I don't do aerials (I don't like them very much). Thanks yall, just tell me if a retro fish would be good for me... Thanks!

Answer 1

run, lose some weight tubby and then you wont break your board

Answer 2

lil grom, you need to watch North Shore.

Answer 3

You bring up a lot of issues bro. First of all, in 42 years, I have never seen in fin break without impact on something. To exert enough hydrodynamic force to snap a fin is probably against the laws of physics. I don't doubt you are breaking 'em, but are you sure how. I suspect that after tricks (I hate that word, I trained my dog to do tricks) are you grounding you fin(s) in the sand? I lost a whole fin box last summer after a really wild *** turn in a steep beach break in way too shallow water.

I don't know what you are riding with glassed in fins, but you must have really chewed it up by now. It's a b$%ch replacing a glassed in fin. I would sugest that if it is a function of hydrodynamics, that you research a board with a removable fin system with fins that have more flex (Future, FCS etc.).

Fins are designed to add stability to the ride. They function similarly as does the aerfoil quality of an airplane wing. A three fin board has three different shaped fins, the angle of attack is different for the thrusters, and they help hold the board into a turn. However, more fins, more surfsace area = more drag. More drag equals a slower moving board. That is why lots of quad fishes have small fins, less surface area. However, four fins is more drag, you can't disregard physics. I ride a twin fin fish (custom made). With a real wide swallow tail and twin fins, it is capable of tighter turns than I could ever hope to do at my age.So, I do like fish, and I have been riding this one on the east coast for about a year and a half. I suspect that after six years, you can certainly handle a fish, but don't look for an excessive increase in speed if you go for a quad.

Answer 4

haha youre such a kook, go back to your SUP