Until yesterday I used an older style JP Weed 33 and struggled to get up and planing or going upwind.
Then I tried the Select Antiweed 39 and got such a nice response from it...
Faster to plane. A great feel for the foot steering. Easy to go up-wind...liked it instantly.
I was keen to buy it when I heard a loud crack...
So I'm keen on a new fin now. I'm a bit concerned over another Select, I haven't hit anything when it broke. Also the Antiweed doesn't seem available any more.
So I'm loking for an equivalent fin.
Should I still get the Select "Weed Eliminator" or go to Choco or Jp...
The fin is for a 115 FSW board with a 7.5m sail.
Any advice from experience sailors would be appreciated.
The JP (G10's) 31cm and 36cm's are great all-round weedies.
Having fixed a few Select weedies they all seem to have a small (about 5-7mm thick by memory
) tab on the bottom of the fin which is then molded into the base
I suspect the Select worked better purely because it was bigger.
I don't have enough experience with fins to understand why it worked better. You are probably correct. Have a look at my other fin. What do you think?
Re-box it & it will probably be the same size as the JP Weed, then you can do a proper comparison.
Is it be cost effective? How to about it?
JP (G10's) 31cm and 36cm's are great all-round weedies.
Having fixed a few Select weedies they all seem to have a small (about 5-7mm thick by memory) tab on the bottom of the fin which is then molded into the base
My JP is not G10. It's an older style plastic. I can imagine it flexes a lot.
Here is my other fin - next to the broken Select.
The old fin didn't work as well, is because it's go no where near enough area in the tip due to it being so worn.
IMHO any fin will perform light years better than that old JP thing.
Any new weedy will work ok. i would steer clear of the selects as they are not G10 and will wear out quicker and are not so flash.
Brands you can get in WA that are great straight off the shelf are
Choco
JP
Flying objects
Check out the weed fins from Vector Maui Fins here www.vectorfins.com/?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=35&Itemid=53&TreeId=7
Great fins
well the select fins are plastic which isnt a bad thing as it makes it very cheap but only good for say up to 25 cm of fin, a 42cm plastic fin isnt stiff enough
Have a look at these, A G10 wave fin for under $150 delivered to your door. Mine should arrive this week with any luck..Maui has had a postal strike which has delayed shipping. I'll let you know what they are like when it lands in the post box.
www.makanifins.com/
I've ordered the freewave one:
But they have a freeride version as well:
Not sure how they will perform but worths a try.
They look nice. Looking forward to hearing how they performed.
Contrary to all the good advice (however only as a temporary measure) I purchased the same Select fin.
Reason 1: The fin I broke was not mine, and although I offered a compensation for it, and it was generously refused, I'll give it back once I get a better fin.
Reason 2: the fin actually worked for me.
This is a temporary measure, and I'll be looking for a carbon fin as well.
Keep us posted.
Obelix, They do look sweet and the efforts they have gone through to ship the fin to me was awesome. As I said the postal service is on strike, they could have waited for it to be over before they shipped it but they took the fin with then to a demo they were doing at the Hood river in the US and shipped it from there. Don't think you'll find much better service then that.
I like the fin size calculator that they have it made picking the right size weedy very easy, I hope they're good as I've got a few more picked out.
Just got to convince them to make fins for my Thruster now!
By the JH2703 we are working on quads and tri fin packages and they will be available in 2012 ... also weed ones for quads
Got my makani 26cm weed/wave fin in the mail today and I'm very happy with it's build quality. I got to take it for a quick spin in lake Illawarra this afternoon and first impressions are good. I was very underpowered on a 6.7 and 112L FSW but still managed to get on the plain and test it out. It responds very well to foot steering, I would go as far as saying it's more responsive then the stock JP fin. Upwind performance was outstanding, in marginal conditions I normally loose lots of ground trying to stay plainning, this fin just wants to scream upwind. The first time I pointed it upwind caught me off guard...Very impressed!
I didn't have enough power to test it out in the gybes but it turned well and had plenty of grip, can't wait to test it out at full speed. The 26cm feel right for the 6.7, I think I'll need a smaller one for my 6.2...anyways first impressions are good.
Yeah Jh2703 ! I am glad the fin made it fast and you could try it soon. Thanks for the good feedbacks .. indeed the mano tracks really well and it keeps your board alive too unlike many other weed fins !
had a look a jase's fin today and the first impressions were
dam its a power box bumma and i dont have a board it will fit
what i did notice about the fin is it has a eva foam tab at the front base, im not sure if it's the norm for the forward boxed fins but its a brilliant idea, and looking at the fin for the price it looks gr8
The idea of moving the fin forward in front of the box is to keep the center of effort as close as a regular fin so you dont feel you need to change your body position and that is why many people are keeping the MANO's as their regular fin. The water line also on the board remains close to a regular straight forward fin. Fins that are not moved in front with a rake of 40 degrees or more displaces the center of effort back and that keeps the board lower in the water with more resistance and boards with rocker like FSW really suffer from that. (notice the water line when you are planning with your reg weed fin and your regular fin... with reg weed fins it will move closer to your front straps) This is waht we want to prevetn with the NAIA (freemove weed), Mano (wave weed) and the HALALUA (blade weed)
If you are using a US BOX with a weed fin place your fin as far in front as you can in the box. The only problem is that now board makers are making the us box so small you cant even move your reg fin more then a few cm ! They really dont think of all of us who ride in weedy areas. The US box dont allow us to make the fin going over the board like the TUTTLE and POWER boxes.
I hope this is clear ... first language is french .. if you have any questions dont hesitate to contact us at sales@makanifins.com
Bonjour makani !!
I ordered a 36 auku trhough Laurent here in New Cal, did you receive his order ?
Just asking cause if you didn't I'll order directly to you so I can get my Tee shirt !!!!!!
Hey Sean ! we are having problems with customs with Laurent order he should have them soon ! Thank you for your support in Austalia guys its great ! I hope shops will be interested in carrying our brand soon so we can serve you better .. we are working on new innovative ones for 2012 .. will keep you posted as well ! We will have weed wave twins for wave twins and quads !
My fins arrived today 7 days from Canada to Tasmania !!!!!
Super fast delivery. They look fantastic all I need now is some wind.
Tee Shirts are cool as well.
I will do a review after I have used them the HAHALLA 28 looks like a super fast fin!!!!!!!
Russ
gee !! that was fast.... I ordered mine on the 25th of may, still waiting for it !!!
Not makani's fault though, local dealer.......
Hi Sean,
I will ship to Laurent next week DHL air so it should be there fast ! Keep us updated cause we are already working on Version 2 of the slalom fins with all the feedbacks we get and the more we have the better the next one will be.
Thanx
JR
Thanks JR
Will be waiting impatiently, looking forward to try it.
Will give you feed back asap. (positive hopefully !! )
sean
