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Shorter back fin

Postby swell » Thu Aug 25, 2011 5:42 pm

What exactly does a shorter back fin (speaking about trifin raceboards) bring?
More loose back feet? Better upwind? More (?) control downwind?
And how much shorter should (if) it be, 2-4cm shorter than the frontfins?

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Re: Shorter back fin

Postby rjb » Thu Aug 25, 2011 7:13 pm

if the frontfins are bigger they keep your nose down
the board gets less nervous and bites more for upwind

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Re: Shorter back fin

Postby damian » Fri Aug 26, 2011 1:22 am

rjb wrote:if the frontfins are bigger they keep your nose down
the board gets less nervous and bites more for upwind


So how does that work then??

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Re: Shorter back fin

Postby rjb » Mon Aug 29, 2011 11:15 pm

basically a shorter backfin keeps the board in line and have less drag means the board is faster with a short back fin but the main work is done by the longer trusterfins

how long they have to be in comparison to the backfin u have to try that out
there are a lot of influences like wind strength/ waterconditions/ kitesize which kind of kite u are using/ board length and of course your technique and your weight


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