Using Fin Placement To Prevent Spinout

Using Fin Placement To Prevent Spinout

Post by Will Est » Fri, 30 Jul 1993 06:00:19


I'm starting to sail a shorter board now (Bic Hip-Hop, 8'4") in
anything 5.0 and below.  I have had some really *** problems with
spinout, and almost every sailor I have talked to about the Hip-Hop
has made the same remark: the board does spin out a lot.  I bought
an Ian Boyd bump-and-jump, and while this doesn't stop the spinout,
it at least makes it very easy to correct and get back on course.

My question: what can I do with fin placement on this board to
decrease the tendency to spin out?  Do smaller boards in general
tend to spin out more, and what is the reason for that?

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Using Fin Placement To Prevent Spinout

Post by Kirk Lindstr » Mon, 02 Aug 1993 16:05:37

Quote:
>My question: what can I do with fin placement on this board to
>decrease the tendency to spin out?  Do smaller boards in general
>tend to spin out more, and what is the reason for that?
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My experience is I spin-out every time I drop a board size for the
first time untiI get used to it.  Smaller boards are more sensitive
to everything and take greater skills.  One trick Rhonda Smith told
me to do was NOT put my back foot in the strap so I wouldn't
overload the fin.  This wasn't with a smaller board, but in big
Maui inside swells/waves where I was losing board speed coming
over the backside of waves and spinning out.  This technique taught
me to transfer my weight to my forward leg before I'd spinout.  On
my 'big' board, I can get thru lulls with loads of backfoot pressure
but not on a shorter board.

Kirk out