Hi all,
Overall I'm super happy with my recently acquired 2009 nobile shinn twintip. The flat rocker is taking me some getting used to in bumpy conditions but it's already pushed my riding to a new level (still not that high) in the flatter stuff.
I have two questions.
1) Has anyone tried the shinn or 666 (similarly flat rocker and squareish tips) from 2008 or 2009 with smaller than stock fins? The 55mm fins feel unnecessarily big and I'm thinking of trying something smaller to loosen the board up.
2) The pads and straps, though firm are pretty comfy for my feet but I do find my feet come out a bit too easily especially when it's windier and bumpier. Any tips for increasing the grippiness of the pad's surface? Roughening it, putting something on it?
All tips appreciated,
Dojo
The pads do wear in a bit and get a bit gripyer over time you could posibly try to rougth them up but this may start a snow ball afect and cause the pad to start and wearing quickly. I think KiteNut has a set of the new 2010 pads he doesnt like that he might sell you cheap.
The 55m fins are definatly way to big for the schinn IMO i would order in a set of the nobile 35mm fins should loosen the board up a bit. Im going to try the 35s on my NHP tomorow.
One last thing i found with the pads you have, if you off set the velcro you can achieve a bit better hold down on your toes which may help keep the board on easyer. Muck around with that a bit you shoulde be able to work out what i mean. Would do a Pic but just sold the last 08,09 nobile board i had.
Hey Waxy, where can you get the 35mm fins from?
I've been riding the 55's since i got my '09 NHP and have just learnt to deal with them. They're a bit of a handful if your trying to slip the board around, but i've been glad i've had them a couple of times as they're sensational at helping you hold down silly amounts of power.
I like the 55mm fins , they do take some sime to get use to, but they do force you to be more accurate with your landings, but I also find that they force you to pop to spin your board as opposed to just sliding it around, this means you improve your pop both ways as well as toeside pop
cheers for replys.
hi harry potter, i appreciate the discipline of accurate landings but i pop just fine heel to toe and back again on both tacks, and it's not that i want to be a lazy "oh, hell, popping's too hard i'll just slide it around" kind of guy. i enjoy being able to pop accurately and at speed both ways and making transitions an aesthetically important part of my kiting. it's as much in a straight line as in slidy tricks that i suspect some looseness would help. i'm a good enough rider to balance the board and keep it tracking without needing big fins, and i just want a bit more slipperiness.
emailed nobile australia but yet to hear back. will other brand fins fit in tewrms of hole size, spacing and rocker? maybe a dumb question but i've not switched fins between boards before.
maybe the underground 35 or 40 mm fins?
cheers, dojo
best bet to get the smaller fins, the ones that come on the 50 fifty 35mm, would be to contact the store you purchased the board form or any store that sells nobile boards and get them to order some in. I am fairly sure that the Slingshot fins are a direct fit and they come in a lot of different hights and profiles, like the lunacy ones are still fairly deep but not as long, or the misfit ones are similar profile to the nobile 35mm ones.
just had my first session with nobile 35mm fins on the shinn twin. they work a treat, it was just the change of feel i was after.
it was 20-24 knots at altona, and low tide so i spent most of my time in the little waves and chop out the back (flat water is great but i want more than six inches of it if i'm going to go for anything). even in the bumpy stuff the 35s gave me plenty of grip when i wanted to track and let me slide the board when i wanted. i also got a bit less spray, much of which comes from the front heelside fin hitting chop.
as for the pads, i'm getting used to them, and the straps are softening up a bit, but the arch on the pads is a bit much for my flattish feet. might take a sharp blade and slice a mm or two off.
I got a nobile Shinn 132 and have had the same problem as djdjo...
The board kicks up heaps of spray and the fins feel s**thouse. Is there a big difference on the fin change? I mean I have only just got the board and it is supersoft for landings but I find it slides a little too much.
Doesn't anybody demo boards before buying them?!
I really don't understand that if the board doesn't feel right to you, why did you buy it in the first place. Reviews are great to read but even the most unbiased review is from the point of view of the rider.
yeah DJDOJO nice....
My shin is the black and silver one. I love the look, feel and lightness of the board. I have had about 2 hrs on it and yes it takes a fair bit of getting used to. I was riding a LF concept custom 135 with heaps of rocker. Big difference in the boards as the shinn is a flatter intermediate/advanced board. I can say I'm happy with it appart from the excess spray. Now I know about the fins I'll give some smaller ones a whirl. As for the straps.. They are average but I guess I'll get used to them also.
