A surfboard fin or skeg is a hydrofoil mounted at the tail of a surfboard or similar board to improve directional stability and control through foot-steering...
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more fins (skegs) on the bottom rear of the board to improve directional stability, and numerous improvements in materials and shape. Modern surfboards are...
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underwater diver Surfboard fins provide surfers with means to maneuver and control their boards. Contemporary surfboards often have a centre fin and two cambered...
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Surfboard wax (also known as surfwax) is a formulation of natural and/or synthetic wax for application to the deck of a surfboard, bodyboard, or skimboard...
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George Greenough (category Surfboard shapers)
known during the 1960s and 1970s for his work in film, and in surfboard design, fin characteristics, and other creations for the aquatic medium. The...
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Look up Fin, fin, fín, FIN, Fín, Fin., fiń., Fins, or fins in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A fin is an appendage used to produce lift and thrust or...
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Hawaii. His mother is Filipino, while his father is American and a surfboard fin maker. Mock was homeschooled. Growing up, he aspired to be a professional...
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Surfboard fin The surfboard fin, or keel, is the part of the back of a surfboard that enters the water. Similar to a rudder on a boat the surfboard fin...
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Sean Mattison (section Surfboard design)
Nubster", a fifth surfboard fin. Mattison is also the designer of his own alternative high performance surfboards and surfboard fins named Von-Sol. In...
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A surfboard shaper is someone who designs and builds surfboards. The process of surfboard shaping has evolved over the years, and the shaper often tailors...
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attached to a surfboard. The FCS style can be used as the traditional tri-fin placement (thruster), a two fin (twin), a four fin (quad), or a five fin set up...
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in single unit to propel the ROV, AUV or UUV Thruster (surfing) is a surfboard fin design Shkadov thruster, hypothetical megascale reaction for moving...
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heavy redwood surfboards in the 1940s and 1950s. At age 19, Clark worked for Tom Blake, a legendary figure who invented the surfboard fin. To help pay...
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Special epoxy is strong enough to withstand the forces between a surfboard fin and the fin mount. This epoxy is waterproof and capable of curing underwater...
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his signature 32 snowboarding boot and signature model surfboard fin designs with Captain Fin and FCS. For the 2010 film Grey Whale Sessions, Chris joins...
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years, the name has been used for a fin on a surfboard which improves directional stability and to a movable fin on a kayak which adjusts the boat's centre...
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early 1950s, after the surfboard fin had grown big enough to really anchor the tail." According to most surfing historians, the fin was invented by Tom Blake...
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Simon Anderson (category Surfboard shapers)
Australian competitive surfer, surfboard shaper, and writer. He is credited with the 1980 invention of a three-fin surfboard design, called the "thruster"...
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Glossary of surfing (redirect from Surfboard quiver)
in the hottest or best part of the wave Fins-free snap (or "fins out"): A sharp turn where the surfboard's fins slide off the top of the wave[f] Floater:...
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A tunnel fin is a type of surfboard fin used on surfboards, especially heavy longboards and longboard guns. The weight and length of these boards make...
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Surfing (redirect from Surfboarding)
length, are reminiscent of the earliest surfboards, but now benefit from modern innovations in surfboard shaping and fin design. Competitive longboard surfers...
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NACA airfoil Propeller Sail (aerodynamics) Skeg Spoiler (automotive) Surfboard fin Wing "...the effect of the wing is to give the air stream a downward...
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descriptions of redirect targets Supersonic flow over a flat plate Surfboard fin – part of a surfboardPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback Surface...
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race sails up to 15 m2. Associated Equipment Mast Boom Fin (similar shape to a surfboard fin but is usually stronger for windsurfing) Universal joint...
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balances on, similar to a surfboard but typically much shorter, with two foot-straps that prevent falling off the board and three fins positioned on the bottom...
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part of the surfboard, such as the leash plug or center fin box slot. Alternately, some locking devices clamp or strap around the surfboard. Once the board...
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Skip Frye (category Surfboard shapers)
and have been printed on clothing and surfboards. Frye is also known for his innovation with foiled surfboard fins. After a surfing trip to Australia in...
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Olo board (redirect from Olo surfboard)
Olo board or Olo surfboard (pronounced: IPA: [Oulou], Hawaiian: Hawaiian pronunciation: [O'lo]) is a traditional long Hawaiian surfboard that was used by...
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a sharks fin/skeg. The alaia's roots span back a thousand years. Lala is the Hawaiian word describing the action of riding an alaia surfboard. Lala is...
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Tom Blake (surfer) (section Surfing and surfboards)
experiment with making better surfboards, revolutionizing board design in the process with lightweight materials and the fin; he was the first to build a...
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