When Tom Blake took a stabilizing fin off a motorboat and bolted it to the bottom of his hollow surfboard at Waikiki in 1935, he set in motion a fascinating process of development and refinement that ...

Two Australian surfing mates who spent almost 40 years researching and producing a new design of surfboard fin believe they are set to revolutionise the world of surfing. Glenn Miller and Wayne ...

While there’s no way to learn about fin configurations that compares with actually riding them, these are just some of the basics on surfboard fins. When looking at surfboard design and performance as ...

According to Gerhard Tevini from Krunk Surfing in Austria, surfers know the scenario all too well – the fins of your surfboard have to be screwed off when traveling or on the way to the waves. You ...

Fins to the surfer are like footwear to the footballer. Sure they mightn't matter much to those just starting out but for the more experienced, different designs can deliver the added stability and ...

A few days ago I got an email asking me when they first started putting fins on surfboards and who was the first person to do that. So I thought it would be fun to take a little look at the evolution ...

“When FCS mentioned to me there’s a possibility that we could do a signature fin, I think as a surfer that’s one of the things you dream of,” said Mason Ho, who soaks up surf lore and knowledge like a ...

When humans started riding surfboard-type vehicles towards the shore, whether it was in Hawaii or Peru, those first wave-riding craft were finless. The boards were simply pointed towards the shoreline ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sultans, te arena for day one of the Four Seasons Maldives Surfing Champions Trophy. Photo: Jon Frank (Photo: Jon ...