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 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 ...

Posted: September 13, 2025 | Last updated: September 14, 2025 The number of fins in a surfboard has a dramatic influence on how a board responds and the style of surfing that is best suited to it.

I have a new 10′ Infinity epoxy noserider, and I am having trouble with my technique riding the nose (all the way) and controlling the edge. (Note: My board has what is called a “Cluster V”, meaning ...

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 ...

A few days ago I got an email asking me when they first started putting fins on surfboards and who was the first person to do that. So I thought it would be fun to take a little look at the evolution ...

Australian surfer and shaper Neal Purchase Jr. has combined the best parts of a single-fin and a twin-fin in a new surfboard design he calls the Duo. Neal Purchase Jr. (NPJ) is an Australian ...

“When FCS mentioned to me there’s a possibility that we could do a signature fin, I think as a surfer that’s one of the things you dream of,” said Mason Ho, who soaks up surf lore and knowledge like a ...