Have you rented surf fins before?

[UNSTUCK]

I ran across this site the other day and might give it a try: https://finatic.com/

Is it worth doing this to find the right fins for my Neo or is there already the perfect fin out there and I should just buy it? I like the idea of getting two sets and keeping the one I like the most. Then return the other and getting the next set. The winner each week continues on till I'm satisfied.
Maybe it costs me a bit more for a month or two of rental service but I will know I have the best set for me and my board.

Thoughts?

[duffymahoney]

What board are you riding? The new chaos fins are better then all the 2+ dozen futures I own. Just FYI. Contact Nick, he will steer you straight.

[UNSTUCK]

Doomswell neo.

What should I be looking for in fins?

[duffymahoney]

I don't know much about the doomswell. Contact Nick. Nick@chaossurfco.com He will steer you straight even if it's not his board.

[dakota4ce]

Chaos Flare on that board will sing like a canary.

[Chaos]

Unstuck.

So the Neo in generally is very similar to many other aerial oriented boards. In my line up it is most similar to the Contender, Pocket Rocket and Team Pro.

If you ride it as a quad you will find the tail a bit more locked in allowing for harder drives on the rear foot. As a twin it will be looser and may lack some drive especially with some fins.

Loose feels fast/responsive if not twitchy even through you are actually not moving faster.

Depending on your size, I would reccomend either the Chaos Original vector foil wake surf fins or the Flare fins. The Flare fins come in two sizes. All are available as quads or twins.

http://chaossurfco.com/wakesurffins/...-vectored-foil

http://chaossurfco.com/wakesurffins/...-fin-flare-fin

Cheers, Nick

[UNSTUCK]

Thanks for the reccomendations Nick. I'm 180-185 pounds. I pretty much have no luck getting air right now. I really want to focus on that this year. I ride out 360's pretty regularly, but don't care to spin much. I'm hoping fins and a bigger wave will help. Then I can only blame myself.
I ride as a twin, but only because it was hard to spin last year. Do you think I'll have better luck jumping with a quad set up?
Tell me what to buy and we'll call it good.
Thanks!

[BCRider]

I'm going to slide in here on this. Is the Thruster when you have the two large and two small fins? That is the set up I'm using currently and like but would like to try larger fins to help generate some more speed.

[Chaos]

Unstuck.

You will want to get the medium flare fins. These will give you the drive anf speed to pop up off the wake and accelerate your aerial learning curve.
http://chaossurfco.com/wakesurffins/...are-fin-medium

BCRider. A 4 fin set up is usually a quad. However it could be a 'twinzer' depending on fins and placement. A thruster is a 3 fin set up. Two lead fins off the rail about 11+- " up from the tail, with a center fin 3-4+" up from the tail. This is the most common performance set up you fins in surfing (ocean) for good reason. Not as common behind the boat. If the rear fins are behind the lead fins and set inward from rail more than the lead fins it is a quad. The rear fins can be set close to the lead fins giving a tight fin cluster acting essentially like a single fin or widely separated as if the a center fin was split in two.

If there are small fins set above the larger lead fins and towards the rail more then this is a 'twinzer' set up. In general the small canard fins are placed to direct more water into the lead drive fins. Depending on size they can also have some affect on the overall hold, but are often overshadowed by the lead fins.

Cheers, Nick

[duffymahoney]

See, Nick is the man and I doubt many people know as much about boards-fins as he does!