Select to expand quoteasea said..chrispy said..asea said...I would get laughed out of burleighchrispy said..asea said...Sure am,hopefully with the new board....
Any breezers going to the share the stoke with the surfing festival in Noosa Heads mid march 
Sign on with narrowneck longboard club this Sunday
Chrispy are you entering the Noosa Comp and i thought you were joining Burleigh
will.stick with the local terrorist deck team. Never thought about entering Noosa,I might now
i believe $120 too much for me
chicken feed ..... you could scoop the cream off that pie mister asea if you entered & duly wiped the touros 
Select to expand quoteasea said..
this forum is getting out of control like when the old Prez went on holidays
Well you're the new Prez 
impose yourself frother
Select to expand quoteNewScotty said..Ted the Kiwi said..
And having beers with Breezers 
For those not familiar, from L-R we have
Chrispy, Pup, Weiry and Doggie
Well we'll well, what a bunch of good looking dudes you fellas are.
Is that dude on the right the famous west Australian Doggie?
Bugger me he is as famous as he is good looking.
And what about Pup. He sure is one hell of a classy poodle.
Thanks for that.
ET.
Select to expand quoteTed the Kiwi said..
And having beers with Breezers
The Godfathers of stoke!
Select to expand quoteNewScotty said..Ted the Kiwi said..
And having beers with Breezers
For those not familiar, from L-R we have
Chrispy, Pup, Weiry and Doggie
I see Mac , no idea ? ,Ted, and Sarge....Thee old ASP surf photographer ???
Stoked? Stoked to see a new fin arrive via courier earlier today. Current (lack of) cash flow means I'm not about to buy another board, but for $52 delivered, this fin will let me have some thruster style fun on my 6'6 egg, my 7'2 midlength and a 666. They are all great as 2 plus 1 boards, but hell, this will be fun to play with all the same.
WhSelect to expand quotewavelength said..
Stoked? Stoked to see a new fin arrive via courier earlier today. Current (lack of) cash flow means I'm not about to buy another board, but for $52 delivered, this fin will let me have some thruster style fun on my 6'6 egg, my 7'2 midlength and a 666. They are all great as 2 plus 1 boards, but hell, this will be fun to play with all the same.
Where from? Are these much bigger than a normal thruster fin? Might be good as a 2+1 for my next comp!
Cheers,
Tom.
From here:
shapers.com.au/box-fins/
Mine's the equivalent of a size 7 in the FCS, but they do them in the equivalent of the size 5 (which is about the size of the average stock thruster fin, i think.) The dimensions are on the website. Good mob to deal with.
Select to expand quoteTeacake said..
Whwavelength said..
Stoked? Stoked to see a new fin arrive via courier earlier today. Current (lack of) cash flow means I'm not about to buy another board, but for $52 delivered, this fin will let me have some thruster style fun on my 6'6 egg, my 7'2 midlength and a 666. They are all great as 2 plus 1 boards, but hell, this will be fun to play with all the same.
Where from? Are these much bigger than a normal thruster fin? Might be good as a 2+1 for my next comp!
Cheers,Tom.
Tom i had shapers fins Ruebin Roxburghs bamboo inlay 5.5'' centre and 4.5'' sides worked a treat i suppose more of a thruster set up.
Select to expand quoteasea said..Teacake said..
Whwavelength said..
Stoked? Stoked to see a new fin arrive via courier earlier today. Current (lack of) cash flow means I'm not about to buy another board, but for $52 delivered, this fin will let me have some thruster style fun on my 6'6 egg, my 7'2 midlength and a 666. They are all great as 2 plus 1 boards, but hell, this will be fun to play with all the same.
Where from? Are these much bigger than a normal thruster fin? Might be good as a 2+1 for my next comp!
Cheers,Tom.
Tom i had shapers fins Ruebin Roxburghs bamboo inlay 5.5'' centre and 4.5'' sides worked a treat i suppose more of a thruster set up.
I am after something that I can turn hard and easily on but also still stay on the nose, as long as I can stretch five and maybe ten... Any ideas?
Tom.
Now Tom lets get one thing straight i am no expert when it comes to fins however i had that set up on a 9'1'' hp board yes i could do a 5 not a 10 because i wasn't quick enough to get back carrying 100kgs i'd nose dive but having said that i could still be with in 10'' from the nose with both feet together ,someone like yourself no probs i suppose it comes down to you having to try out different fins,get sponsored by a fin company as well.
Select to expand quotevanders1 said..Ted the Kiwi said..
And having beers with Breezers
The Godfathers of stoke!
OK enough of this crap
left to right
Makaha. Lacey. Towball with a rug on. boofy.
now just stop pretending you know they are.
Select to expand quoteweiry said..vanders1 said..Ted the Kiwi said..
And having beers with Breezers
The Godfathers of stoke!
OK enough of this crap
left to right
Makaha. Lacey. Towball with a rug on. boofy.
now just stop pretending you know they are.
Fark you weiry, if I was eating corn farkin flakes I would have choked to death with that "rug" comment. 1 year tonight that pic. L-R Simondo, Me, SP and Vanders
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Now Tom lets get one thing straight i am no expert when it comes to fins however i had that set up on a 9'1'' hp board yes i could do a 5 not a 10 because i wasn't quick enough to get back carrying 100kgs i'd nose dive but having said that i could still be with in 10'' from the nose with both feet together ,someone like yourself no probs i suppose it comes down to you having to try out different fins,get sponsored by a fin company as well.
Fair point! I would try a fin company but not sure who to try. Any ideas?
Might try a 7 or an 8 inch dolphin. Haven't decided yet...
Tom.
I am giving up on second guessing you blokes.
Talk about confusing and I am easily confused.
Though, Vanders, if you read this send me a pm I think I know you from the old days.
ET.
Select to expand quoteTeacake said..
Whwavelength said..
Stoked? Stoked to see a new fin arrive via courier earlier today. Current (lack of) cash flow means I'm not about to buy another board, but for $52 delivered, this fin will let me have some thruster style fun on my 6'6 egg, my 7'2 midlength and a 666. They are all great as 2 plus 1 boards, but hell, this will be fun to play with all the same.
Where from? Are these much bigger than a normal thruster fin? Might be good as a 2+1 for my next comp!
Cheers,
Tom.
Just having a cold one and playing around with the 7'2 and the new fin. So far i can't get the new fin to sit down in the finbox without a couple/few mm of the fin's base (the rectangular prism bit in engineering terms ) sitting above the height of where the box meets the board. That's with it screwed in as tight as it wants to go, so if the screw is through the plate (as it seems to be) then there is a problem with the base of the fin in relation to the box. And that's putting a smaller (in every other way) fin in where an 8'' fin sits snug. (yet, when I hold the fins beside each other, the dimensions of the base (the bit that should slot in to the box and sit below the level of the the board, so as to be nice and aqua-dynamic) look similar in the most important ways. I suppose half a mill or so could make all the difference... Shall try it in my 6'6 egg and 666 in the morning, and hopefully do a meatloaf -- "2 outta 3 ain't bad." Otherwise shall spend my Breeze time corresponding with the Shaper's dudes... I know this isn't interesting but it's helping me vent.
Select to expand quotewavelength said...Teacake said..
Whwavelength said..
Stoked? Stoked to see a new fin arrive via courier earlier today. Current (lack of) cash flow means I'm not about to buy another board, but for $52 delivered, this fin will let me have some thruster style fun on my 6'6 egg, my 7'2 midlength and a 666. They are all great as 2 plus 1 boards, but hell, this will be fun to play with all the same.
Where from? Are these much bigger than a normal thruster fin? Might be good as a 2+1 for my next comp!
Cheers,
Tom.
Just having a cold one and playing around with the 7'2 and the new fin. So far i can't get the new fin to sit down in the finbox without a couple/few mm of the fin's base (the rectangular prism bit in engineering terms ) sitting above the height of where the box meets the board. That's with it screwed in as tight as it wants to go, so if the screw is through the plate (as it seems to be) then there is a problem with the base of the fin in relation to the box. And that's putting a smaller (in every other way) fin in where an 8'' fin sits snug. (yet, when I hold the fins beside each other, the dimensions of the base (the bit that should slot in to the box and sit below the level of the the board, so as to be nice and aqua-dynamic) look similar in the most important ways. I suppose half a mill or so could make all the difference... Shall try it in my 6'6 egg and 666 in the morning, and hopefully do a meatloaf -- "2 outta 3 ain't bad." Otherwise shall spend my Breeze time corresponding with the Shaper's dudes... I know this isn't interesting but it's helping me vent.
Well you just killed the share the stoke thread
Could be the bottom of the fin hitting the box, if so Just file a few mm off the bottom... Take less time than it did to type the post. Never had a fin that didn't need a match or stick under it, bit of tape on the sides or to be filed before fitting. Getting one that fits first time would be a miracle.
Select to expand quoteSP said..
Could be the bottom of the fin hitting the box, if so Just file a few mm off the bottom... Take less time than it did to type the post. Never had a fin that didn't need a match or stick under it, bit of tape on the sides or to be filed before fitting. Getting one that fits first time would be a miracle.
Thanks SP. That makes sense. I've done the tape caper a few times over the years. (I am a fast typist but a sh1t filer 
but I will file it's little ass off tomorrow. 
)
Thanks again!
Select to expand quotechrispy said..wavelength said...Teacake said..
Whwavelength said..
Stoked? Stoked to see a new fin arrive via courier earlier today. Current (lack of) cash flow means I'm not about to buy another board, but for $52 delivered, this fin will let me have some thruster style fun on my 6'6 egg, my 7'2 midlength and a 666. They are all great as 2 plus 1 boards, but hell, this will be fun to play with all the same.
Where from? Are these much bigger than a normal thruster fin? Might be good as a 2+1 for my next comp!
Cheers,
Tom.
Just having a cold one and playing around with the 7'2 and the new fin. So far i can't get the new fin to sit down in the finbox without a couple/few mm of the fin's base (the rectangular prism bit in engineering terms ) sitting above the height of where the box meets the board. That's with it screwed in as tight as it wants to go, so if the screw is through the plate (as it seems to be) then there is a problem with the base of the fin in relation to the box. And that's putting a smaller (in every other way) fin in where an 8'' fin sits snug. (yet, when I hold the fins beside each other, the dimensions of the base (the bit that should slot in to the box and sit below the level of the the board, so as to be nice and aqua-dynamic) look similar in the most important ways. I suppose half a mill or so could make all the difference... Shall try it in my 6'6 egg and 666 in the morning, and hopefully do a meatloaf -- "2 outta 3 ain't bad." Otherwise shall spend my Breeze time corresponding with the Shaper's dudes... I know this isn't interesting but it's helping me vent.
Well you just killed the share the stoke thread True that.
But as George Costanza would say "I'm back baby!!" With SP's advice and old mate over the road's file, I am back in biz. And will soon be surfing like the back-foot power-luvvin spawn of Kanga Cairns and Kong again. 
Select to expand quoteSP said..
Could be the bottom of the fin hitting the box, if so Just file a few mm off the bottom... Take less time than it did to type the post. Never had a fin that didn't need a match or stick under it, bit of tape on the sides or to be filed before fitting. Getting one that fits first time would be a miracle.
agree done the same many a time
Select to expand quoteasea said..SP said..
Could be the bottom of the fin hitting the box, if so Just file a few mm off the bottom... Take less time than it did to type the post. Never had a fin that didn't need a match or stick under it, bit of tape on the sides or to be filed before fitting. Getting one that fits first time would be a miracle.
agree done the same many a time
Cheers Asea. I will get this baby so smooth that Lacey will be asking me for fin advice. 
also be very careful when putting things under the fin and tightening the screw to tight as i have seen guys crack the fin box.
Cheers Weiry. Good advice,
Think I will file a little, then test.
And repeat til it's neat.
Ohhh, i made a little poem.
Edit:
Did I mention how STOKED I am?
hopefully the winds at this point of time for the weekend have settled for some fun stoking,smoking sliders
Select to expand quoteweiry said..
i use a dremel like thisits great for sanding fins
weiry thats hi-tech i use a sanding block ,i like you're gadget
Select to expand quoteSP said..
Could be the bottom of the fin hitting the box, if so Just file a few mm off the bottom... Take less time than it did to type the post. Never had a fin that didn't need a match or stick under it, bit of tape on the sides or to be filed before fitting. Getting one that fits first time would be a miracle.
SP i like cutting strips of plastic from ice cream containers to fit under a lose fin
