It
was really a bad time to be without a fin since we intended to go on vacations
soon. So I needed to find one fast. I was checking portals for a good used fin
but could not find any, so I decided to buy a new one. All larger sails I have
are freerace, so I decided to buy a freerace fin for the shark as was
recommended in one of the test magazines (link to test).
I was looking at two fins - Select Free Slam 41cm and the MFC
Freerace 40 cm. Both fins are available on powerbox. Both are also quite
costly at around 119 EUR (retail price).
The third option was a custom made carbon freerace fin. You would imagine that such a fin costs even more, but it is not so. We have a guy in Slovenia with extensive experience in fin design. BUG-FINS / www.bugfins.com.
I contacted him and we exchanged a few e-mails about my knowledge and style of windsurfing and what kind of fin I would like to have. He offered to make me a carbon freerace fin for 90 EUR which was, as you can imagine, no brainer :) Fin was ready in a few days. Fin is incredibly light, narrow yet stiff enough. I couldn’t wait to test it out.
Not original foto
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