Fins for Flirt of Fluid

Fins for Flirt of Fluid 18 years 4 weeks ago #15545

tcheky Topic Author Offline New Member Posts: 4 Thank you received: 0	Hi there, Would like to known if someone who´s got a Flirt Kayak has try fins on it and please tell me what kind of fins ( I think fins of wake board will result no? ) I want to adapted fins on my kayak to see the diference on sea wave and if it´s really result......thanks for informations Good waves;)
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Re:Fins for Flirt of Fluid 18 years 4 weeks ago #15547

paddlerzone Offline New Member Posts: 1 Thank you received: 0	Hi I have the large flirt and puttigs on fins on a big wave is very cool makes it carve like nothing else and yes standerd wake fins fit i used small ones Lofty
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Re:Fins for Flirt of Fluid 18 years 4 weeks ago #15549

chud Offline Premium Member Posts: 59 Thank you received: 0	Which of the fins off these sites link link would be best to start with? Id be using them for ocean surf on a flirt M, Im about 75 kg if that makes any difference. The cabrinha surf fins say they fit standard mountings but the picture looks different.
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Re:Fins for Flirt of Fluid 18 years 4 weeks ago #15553

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Hey Chud, it all depends on what you want to do in the ocean - larger fins will allow you to hold the rail better and thus a harder and faster carve but you'll sacrifice a number of the regular freestyle moves, these would be ideal for big powerful waves where you're not going to worry about freestyle moves.
Smaller fins still make the boat carve well but at less expense to your ability to throw moves.
Hope this helps a bit

Scotty R

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Re:Fins for Flirt of Fluid 18 years 4 weeks ago #15568

Urge Offline Platinum Member Posts: 760 Thank you received: 0	Dude get something around 3 inche mark I can still spin etc my surf boat with 4.5 in fins no problems, just got to wait for my new reflex to arrive now 8 weeks and counting:)
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Re:Fins for Flirt of Fluid 18 years 4 weeks ago #15577

tcheky Topic Author Offline New Member Posts: 4 Thank you received: 0	scottyr......That´s what I pretend fins to surf \"better\" the wave (ocean) but still possible to do freestyle moves with them.....
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Re:Fins for Flirt of Fluid 18 years 3 weeks ago #15702

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It could be worth getting a few sets and playing around to find out what you most like. My riot for example came with 4 2inche fins that worked ok still let you do spin based moves, my surf boat came with 3.5inche fins and again spins were fine but with the added advantage of being able to carve better, I have bigger fins for big days or my normal set up is 3.5inch sides with a 5.5inche cutback centre to give drive but still can do all spin based moves.

Even the 1 inche fins will do something but you may find that you cant hold the boat on a carve as easily as they may slide out Ie you slide sideways down the wave into the trough.

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