Different Fins for shallow white water

[terrygar]

Hello Do the white water SUP riders modify their fins so they don't scrap the bottom and rocks? They can't leave them long.
I want to take my Naish air 11 on a river and want to understand the fin dynamics?
Terry

[capobeachboy]

What is this fin system on this board & give us more info about the whitewater you'll be paddling.  I checked the Naish site but it has no images of the bottom - only a photo of a 10" slide-in fin.  If that's all you have I'd suggest trying it out finless and/or buying a replacement fin slide-in fin and cutting it down with a long rake so it doesn't get hung up on rocks. 

[daswusup]

You dont relly need fins for whitewater, esp if its shallow. If you are just going down rivers, its mostly just spinning and making little moves. If you are flatwater paddling and eddie hopping upstream then a fin goes a long way. Corran was making a semi floppy rubber one that worked ok. I rigged a windsurfing dagger board on the back of my plastic river sup and it worked great bc everytime i would hit a rock it would just fold up.

[XLR8]

I run fcs flex fins on my Badfish MVP or no fins at all as has been mentioned.  Even these can give the board quite a jarring bump with the right hit from a shallow rock.  In shallower sections with speed and slide where I still wanted fins I have run side bites alone.  Have fun...

[madmax]

No fins for me.

[airSUP]

we have a few fins for river SUP if your SUP has either a regular US center box or our air7 fin box for inflatable SUP

we make these in harder and flexible plastic (the flexible ones are almost impossible to break)

you can order them for approx $24.95 from our website including shipping, SUP gear retailers or amazon : http://tinyurl.com/qff5h26