Weedless fin

[cjv141]

I paddle on an urban river that has a lot of floating weeds and now leaves.  I have to stop every mile or so to back up and clear the weeds I've collected.  I am losing more than 1/2mph from the drag.  I am looking for a really good weedless fin for a Starboard K15.

[kneil]

Future Fins 10" SUP weedless fin will solve your problems, $89.00 on Ebay.

[riverrat]

This fin has worked well for me in kelpy areas in Santa Cruz. It seems to work best as far forward in the box as possible. But it has noticeably less drive off the bottom than my Faberow Flex Fin.

[Larry Allison]

I paddle on an urban river that has a lot of floating weeds and now leaves.  I have to stop every mile or so to back up and clear the weeds I've collected.  I am losing more than 1/2mph from the drag.  I am looking for a really good weedless fin for a Starboard K15.

The John Becker race Keel is the fin of Choice for the K-15 users all over the world. This fin not only is great for seaweed conditions but is the number one fin of choice by Allison Race Fin users to increase their strokes per side. Check out more reviews on this fin and others by going to www.standupfinsbylarryallison.blogspot.com or join use on Facebook Sup Race Fins (Allison Race Fins).

Mahalo,Larry

[DavidJohn]

The new Starboard bamboo race fin should work well.. and it's amazing how light this fin is.

DJ

[SUP Sports ®]

The new Curtis Hesselgrave 7.3" "SeaGrass" will get the job done...most of the Starboard racers at Battle of the Paddle were using one of the Curtis fins...

He also has a new Blue Water fin (8.6" & 9") and a less aggressive 9" Eel Grass fin...all $100 except the 9" Eel Grass $110...

It's amazing how many knockoffs of Curtis' fins I've seen over the decades...

http://blog.surfingsports.com/tag/curtis-sup-fins

[levity]

Mrs levity and I find that the Becker Race Keel fin (Larry Allison's Fibre Glas Fin Co.) shown above slides right over/through ocean kelp and lake weeds.

Here are a couple of pics of weeds we encountered in the shallows of Big Bear lake.
No problem at all with the Keel fin -- it was our paddles that kept getting hung up!

K15 -


Bark Expedition -


You'll find that the Keel improves tracking and stability of the K15 as well.
Here's a comparison of the OEM K15 fin and the Race Keel:

[Larry Allison]

I paddle on an urban river that has a lot of floating weeds and now leaves.  I have to stop every mile or so to back up and clear the weeds I've collected.  I am losing more than 1/2mph from the drag.  I am looking for a really good weedless fin for a Starboard K15.

cjv141, Thought I would share alittle history to the Becker Race keel. In this pic is a lifeguard fin I made in 1973 as a teenager for Control Products who supplied all the Santa Monica Lifeguards with Boards and fins. This guy came by my factory in 1999 with his prone board doing the BARK, ROCK TO ROCK. Which is when this pic was taken. Later in 2003 guys started using this type of fin for the Catalina Prone Race then I started playing with different keel designs coming into standup in 2006 to 2007 when guys were making fun of me until the first BOP which is when things started to change to now. Alittle Race history on the keel design thru the years and back again. I am blessed to witness history repeat it's self and still be involved. Enjoy the ride my friend. Mahalo, Larry

[pdxmike]

Larry--great video on your blogspot.  The fins are beautiful.  The only reason I wouldn't put one in my living room as a sculpture is that then I wouldn't be allowing it to do what it's made for--performance.  I'd better start a fin fund for myself.  They really are the third core piece of SUP equipment, which I hadn't appreciated before. 

Your quote:

"You can't always take fashion and make fashion perform, but you can always take performance, and create fashion."

is as good as any quote on design (of any kind) I've ever seen.  I'm going to be saying it a lot to my own clients from now on.  Since I store one of my boards in my office/conference room, I just need to get one of your fins for it now so I can illustrate your point to them...   

http://www.standupfinsbylarryallison.blogspot.com/ for anyone who didn't see it yet.

[WorlSUP]

I paddle on an urban river that has a lot of floating weeds and now leaves.  I have to stop every mile or so to back up and clear the weeds I've collected.  I am losing more than 1/2mph from the drag.  I am looking for a really good weedless fin for a Starboard K15.

The John Becker race Keel is the fin of Choice for the K-15 users all over the world. This fin not only is great for seaweed conditions but is the number one fin of choice by Allison Race Fin users to increase their strokes per side. Check out more reviews on this fin and others by going to www.standupfinsbylarryallison.blogspot.com or join use on Facebook Sup Race Fins (Allison Race Fins).

Mahalo,Larry

Yes go one of Larry's fins, work great in the weed:

[Easy Rider]

Might as well and my photos to the mix.

Fins Unlimited (Curtis Fins) makes a couple of great flat water fins that are "anti weed"

[Larry Allison]

I paddle on an urban river that has a lot of floating weeds and now leaves.  I have to stop every mile or so to back up and clear the weeds I've collected.  I am losing more than 1/2mph from the drag.  I am looking for a really good weedless fin for a Starboard K15.

The John Becker race Keel is the fin of Choice for the K-15 users all over the world. This fin not only is great for seaweed conditions but is the number one fin of choice by Allison Race Fin users to increase their strokes per side. Check out more reviews on this fin and others by going to www.standupfinsbylarryallison.blogspot.com or join use on Facebook Sup Race Fins (Allison Race Fins).

Mahalo,Larry

Cjv141, Thought I would share another type of weed fin called the Ninja which came from the Ninja of 1987 in the windsurfing world. The difference is the foil in the Ninja Sup than the Ninja Windsurf. Alot of windsurfers laughed at me then with this fin because they said the extreme rake caused you to loose your pointing advantage. By having the large bottom end taking away the side flex from guys running a short core lenght from base to tip I proved them wrong and now again in the SUP market. The Ninga is great for downwind and light conditions and easier turning, where the Becker Keel is the best for over powered situation and going straight.
Thanks levity and Worlsup for sharing your experience with the Becker. Thanks pdxmike for the more than kind words, it makes it worth while dealing with the drama of competition when I get comments like yours. Mahalo, Larry

[Larry Allison]

The Ninja from the 80's in this pic. The main reason for the extreme rake was because I had problems with Eal Grass in Corpus Christi Texas while doing some windsurf trade shows there and alot of guys also in So Padre Islands. Thanks for sharing some cool pics of Curtis Fins Easy Rider. Mahalo, Larry

[cjv141]

WOW, thanks for all of the info, looks like this problem is solved.  Now can someone give me a new excuse to use when I'm slow?

[pdxmike]

I paddle on an urban river that has a lot of floating weeds and now leaves. 

cjv141--maybe your excuse for being slow could be that you have no water because your river left.