stylomat Wrote:
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> They write that the quad is faster and planes more
> easily than the twinser. How can that be? I
> thought that the reason why twinser are slower
> than single fins is that there are two fins, i.e.,
> a board with four fins must be even slower than
> one with two fins???
I think it is kind of obvous that the fastest top end speed goes to the single fins as all the speed boards are single fins like prevously mentioned. however, speed on a wave is a totaly different subject and here is where qauds may be faster... theoreticaly, under certain conditions a qaud fin should (this is probobly what the conpanies meen by faster than twin, or even single fins) and most likely is faster. it all comes down to the rider and his or her style of sailing, that decides which board they should use (single, twin, thruster or qaud) take for example the two opasite ends of the spectrum, angulo rides a single fin and it works great for his fluid "off the lip" style, yet kauli is working on a qaud that will better suit his more "surfy" style. josh's style requires a board that will ceep up its speed so he can hit the lip and pull an arial, kauli however does not need great top end as he never has time to reach it with his slashy top turns and tight bottom turns, the board just never has time to reach its top speed on the wave. now, when you consider kauli's style, how his boards just dont have the time to reach top end, acceliration and never spining out is key to a fast board, and in this situation the quads should hold an advantage. the increased fin area gives the board more latiral resistance but without the draw back of a less loose ride usualy asociated with an increased fin area usualy achieved by using a longer fin. the fact that qauds have 4 fins instead of one that have to spin out before the board spins out also helps retain your speed through radical tight turns.
so what does this all meen in the end of the day? i think that if josh sailed the same way as kauli, kauli on his qaud would hands down be faster then josh on his single (given that the boards are the only differance between the two riders, obvously they are not, but for argument's sake lets say that they are) yet if kauli sailed the same way as josh, josh with his single fin would rip right by kauli. when twin fins came out, it gave anybody that isnt kauli or josh a board that suited their style of sailing, most guys like to hit the lip and get some air wihile still having the benefits of two fins to make the turns a little more interesting. you can by all meens use a qaud for josh's style and a single for kauli's style, but they wont work as well and it would be much harder to to perform at a high level. by the way, for you that arewondering why i chose josh and kauli, well, josh is basicly the only big name pro wave sailor using a single fin for its benefits and kauli is basicly the only big name pro wave sailor using a qaud for its benefits, for now anyways...
all that to say, yes qaud fins can be faster, however certain styles of promote the use of qauds while others promote the use of twin or single fin set ups..
BTW; Eos guy, give your marketing campaign a break, we get the idea, Eos makes good boards in your openion and im sure the excel and fail when compaired to other boards depending on the conditions, rider preferances and their style of ridding (just like every other wave board on the planet, theres no wave board that does it all and does it all the best in the world...) so give it a break, they do have nice graphics though...
