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- From: dbrown@newssun.med.miami.edu (Daniel Brown)
- Newsgroups: rec.windsurfing
- Subject: Re: Fins
- Keywords: fin,blade,ninja
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.200724.27681@newssun.med.miami.edu>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 20:07:24 GMT
- References: <1993Jan25.211358.15699@vitsemi.com>
- Organization: University of Miami, School Of Medicine
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- In article <1993Jan25.211358.15699@vitsemi.com> hedges@vitsemi.com (Dave Hedges) writes:
- >Here is my limited spinout characterization of 3 fins
- >(all pointers) including a blade fin.
- >
- > H3: I can't say this is any more resistant to starting
- > to spinout than the stock Bic, but instead of a sudden
- > dump I get a long mushy sideways slide. Once this starts
- > I haven't been too successful recovering from it. It's
- > so frustrating that I think I prefer the Bic's "short,
- > sharp shock". This fin did teach me to shock absorb
- > the chop to keep it in the water, to steer around, and
- > to bear off, bear off, bear off.
-
- This sounds exactly like my experience with an H-2. I'm trying out
- a couple of Ultra fins that are supposed to hold better.
-
- Dan
-