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May 30th, 2013 by
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Image courtesy of Dave White.
Congrats to team ripper Sam Latham for taking the amateur win in Brandon Bay Ireland. Perhaps better known for his slalom, Sam has shown he can rip it up too and is now leading the 2013 championship.
“First time to Ireland and I loved it. The forecast wasn’t amazing but we definitely made the most of it with some surfing and SUP’ing with dolphins. The contest saw cross to cross onshore starboard tack conditions pretty similar to my home spot Shoreham. I was using 2013 North Heros with my only wave board a 2013 79l Fanatic TriWave. This board fits my whole range of sails from 3.7 / 5.3 perfectly. After discussing my board and fin options with Steve I have tried to even up the thruster with the main center fin. I now use two 12cm Ezzy asymmetric (+1) with a 16cm Stubby in the rear. This has made my board incredible for grip but I love that its lose enough for me to push it out in onshore conditions to add some style to my top turns. Really allows me to make the most of small powerless waves. I was worried about its performance in down the line conditions but even in logo high waves in Northern Ireland the board copes with everything I throw at it. I’m going to struggle to find a better set up! ”
For more on Sam check him out on https://www.facebook.com/K15.Sam.Latham
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May 28th, 2013 by
admin
We’d like to welcome another K4fins team ripper. Sam has been using the fins this winter in South Africa and loving them, he’s now officially on the team, here’s a little about his set up..
Name: Sam Neal
Favourite spot: Cape Town
Regular spot: Rhosneigr
Weight: 86kg
Board & Sizes used: Goya quads. 78 and 84
Sails used: Goya eclipse mono pro
Fins used: 16s flex for my twin and 14s stubbys and 8s ezzy for quad
Tips on fin set up: Try differnt set ups like twin and quad to get the best out of your fins.
What do K4fins bring to the table for you? I know my fins are going do what I tell them so I can focus on the wave and not on the crashing!
Posted
May 25th, 2013 by
admin
Check out this glowing test from French online windsurfing magazine U-ride.
“In short, you will understand, we were won over by this setup Stubby / Ezzy Asymmetrics that offers the many benefits of plastic molded fins for K4 (flexibility, weight, slides) associated with fronts profiles that provide a more real term stability and support in the bottom turn.”
Full test on the U-ride site..
U-Ride EZZY ASY FIN TEST
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May 10th, 2013 by
admin
We’d like to welcome Californian ripper Arnout Ter Schure to the team and let you know a bit about him.
Name: Arnout “Arnie” Ter Schure
Favourite spot: Hookipa, Hawaii
Regular spot: Waddell Creek and Davenport, CA
Weight: 215 lbs (95Kg)
Board & Sizes used: Quatro 84L LS Quad & Quatro 102L LS Thruster
Sails used: Goya Sails Banzai 5.7, 5.3, 4.7, 4.2
Fins used: Quad; 8 & 10 Ezzy’s in the front, 14 Stubbies in the back. Thruster; 12 Ezzy’s in the front, 18 Stubby in the back.
Tips on fin set up: Smaller fins in the front for windy/onshore/small waves. Larger fins in the front for lighter winds/sideshore/larger waves
What do K4fins bring to the table for you? Controlled powerful slice & dice turns with a smooth feeling.
Happy ripping Arnie
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April 30th, 2013 by
admin
Loving this, great stuff Al..
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April 23rd, 2013 by
admin
We had a think about how we could improve the humble US fin bolt, both in terms of performance and cost, and this is what we came up with..
The screws are A4 stainless steal, the plates are a brass insert moulded into tough Nylon. They are HALF the weight of the existing ones, which may not sound a lot but is a 20g saving in a quad. Add this to a set of K4 quad fins and there’s a saving of 0.15kg over a standard g10 set up -not insubstantial for the fins alone!
Strength wise these are more than sufficient. A vice/lump hammer test showed the first failure was to shear the lugs off the back of the fin(!). Eventually with a good swing of the hammer the plate shattered destroying the brass insert along with it, but this was at a far greater load than you’d want to subject your board too even if you were hitting rocks.
I think we have a winner with these, and will be supplying them FOC with our fins from now on.
Posted
April 8th, 2013 by
admin
Great to hear from our young Italian ripper Riccardo Marca.
“Nice trip to Sardinia, on the little island of Sant’antioco. Strong wind, flat water and friends is the perfect mix! I learned a lot of new moves. In June I’ll go there again for 3 months!”
photos @salvatore selis
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Riccardo Marca courtesy of @salvatore selis
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Riccardo Marca courtesy of @salvatore selis
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Riccardo Marca courtesy of @salvatore selis
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Riccardo Marca courtesy of @salvatore selis
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Riccardo Marca courtesy of @salvatore selis
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Riccardo Marca courtesy of @salvatore selis
Posted
March 5th, 2013 by
admin
To say we’re chuffed with this would be an understatement..
Posted
December 6th, 2012 by
admin
Check out this epic review of our Bubble Freestyle fin in this weeks Boardseeker mag..
www.boardseekermag.com
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November 21st, 2012 by
admin
K4fins rider Lewis Merrony and the South Wales crew have just scored an epic day in deepest Welsh territory (down a lot of slow roads!), check the report here..
http://welshwaves.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/good-as-it-gets.html
EPIC!
If you’re wondering where the K4 asymmetrics are, well they’re just around the corner, not long now. In the meantime here’s a more simple guide to measuring your boards boxes ‘toe angle’ with this quick table…
Difference in span between the ends of your front boxes in ‘mm’ and the angle of toe your boxes have (taking a 10cm box length)
DIFF 0, TOE 0
DIFF 1.75, TOE 0.5
DIFF 3.5, TOE 1.0
DIFF 5.25, TOE 1.5
DIFF 7.5, TOE 2.0
I’ll put this up along with more tuning tips in the ‘tuning guide’ when the fins are ready.
