FIN PERFORMANCE A surfboards performance can be tweaked by altering your fin configuration and fin type.  Fins have three basic objectives, those being drive, lift and hold. What is drive? Drive refers to acceleration. Put simply, fins help a surfer turn and come out of a turn with speed. How? Well when a surfer is making a turn, in the middle...

OVERVIEW A surfboards overall shape is determined by the boards dimensions.  It’s length, width and thickness will affect the boards buoyancy where rocker or the board curve will affect the way it paddles and reacts on the waves face. A surfboards dimension uses the following 6 measurements:  Length: the measurement from the nose to the tai...