Fins + shallow rocky water

[Redz]

Oups!...   
Do you have any advice for the fins in shallow rocky water?
Are there any rubber fins available?
Or do we just remove them?

Still, I had a lot of fun!

[Redz]

Is there someone there who has tried the FCS Dolfin Softflex Fin?

I was wondering if it would be helpfull... humm
Does it flexes that much?

http://www.tactics.com/fcs/dolphin-softflex-longboard-fin/smoke

[colas]

No this fin is still 100% fiberglass, it will not survive an encounter with a rock.

I guess your options are:
- rubber fins http://www.surfcohawaii.com/Super-Flex-Pro-Teck-Fins-s/62.htm
- many small fins rather than a big one (add boxes if you can)
- low aspect ratio fins: shallow but wide base.

[stoneaxe]

You're lucky it was just the fin and not the finbox. Taking a board in today for repairs....

[Kayakhuasteca]

Emotion Kayaks have a flexible 6 inch urethane fin...fits standard longboard fin boxes...

you may have to e-mail them... www.emotionkayaks.com  tell them Aaron sent you.


Aaron

[Badfish]

We are using the Pro Tek fins mostly, but really at this point broken fins is just part of the game on the river.  Don't hit rocks  

the wave looks fun!

[mountainpaddler]

http://www.surfcohawaii.com/category-s/75.htm

Have used this style for hundreds of river miles without any issues.

[Redz]

Thanks! So I'll look for Pro Tek fins.

The wave is fun! But rivers are still very cold in Quebec! 

[river]

On really shallow rocky rivers I enjoy paddling without fins.  Otherwise the 7 in protek fin works killer. If you have 3 fin boxes take the center out and run 2 smaller sidebites like the protek superflex 4.25 inchers.  The sidebites have a more predictable feel going across eddy lines and through the swirls and don't stick down as far obviously.

[MT_Dweller]

I'm looking at the pro teck 4.5 super flex thruster 3 pack set in the link:

http://www.surfcohawaii.com/product-p/pt-sup-45-3.htm

Does anyone know if the center fin fits a standard center fin box, or is it designed for the smaller side fin boxes?  Are all 3 fins the same or are 2 the same and 1 different?  I've got Futures Fin boxes on my board.

[Badfish]

I think the set up you are looking at can be ordered for Futures, FCS etc. But if you have the 2+1 set up I think you need to order a longboard fin too. For what it's worth I really like the FCS dolphin soft flex 7" center fin better than the ProTek and we have been testing all of them this summer.

[corran]

We make a rubber fin that just snaps in and out without tools so you can use it on the go - in for some rapids, out for others... bends on rock contact etc.

http://www.imaginesurf.com/?post_type=imaginesurf_product&p=2353

Corran