It’s hard to knock them off when they’re in rhythm and having fun.
Job well done to Kanoa Igarashi for the runner-up finish, as well as Jordy Smith and Brisa Hennessy for making it into the semis.
Great Hawaiian run for Team Futures!
Molly had one of the best turns of the entire event.
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Jack Robinson's Fin Choice Jack was riding the John John Techflex. A speed controlling fin that can harness high performance surfing in more powerful surf. A team favorite! |
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Molly Picklum's Fin Choice Molly and Ethan Ewing’s go to template. This honeycomb thruster provides more drive and hold through turns, ideal for a high performance approach. |
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Specifications (Area: 14.86 Height: 4.51 Base: 4.44)
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Specifications (Area: 15.96 Height: 4.68 Base: 4.60)
Recently tested by Stace Galbraith for the Stab Joyride, he felt the bigger base of the Sharp Eye fin provided more hold and control when compared with the Legacy F6 model despite having less surface area. He said it is a great example of how a fin’s features, not overall surface area, can affect a board.
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Some surfer's don't live for the spotlight and slide under the radar, but when those surfers enter the water their presence becomes known and everyone stops what they are doing to watch in awe. Dave "Rasta" Rastovich is one of those special surfers. His iconic style will mesmerize anyone. Rasta steps back into the spotlight to re-release his signature series of fins; a twin + 1, keel, and a quad set . With the amount of torque Rasta puts into his fins we added more carbon to the twins and updated the foils for all the fins in the series. The twin + 1, keel, and quad all feature a vector foil, allowing for more drive and projection through turns. Rasta rides these fins from waist high fun beach-breaks to over-head point-breaks. " A good fin can totally make the difference between flying or falling." Now available
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Psyched to have another amazing surfer join the Futures team. Welcome to the team Jack Robinson!
]]>"How can we go as fast as possible in small waves?" @John John Florence and Vince Longo, founder of Futures Fins, pull some old fin and foil designs from the early 2000's back into the mix as John looks to test new equipment in small to medium sized surf. Follow the process that changed John's thinking for daily drivers.
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Autumn 2021 delivered a 6 week run of amazing waves for the Durban beachfront and Twiggy was there to surf every session.
]]>Letty drops a disco-infused intergalactic surf part to distract you from your current Covid-filled news feed. Filmed over 4 trips; France, South coast, West oz and home, featuring the full repertoire of dance moves that are going to keep the mountain trolls in the comments happy. Spins, flips, hacks, turns and toobs all the bullshits in there. Just done with more style than 90% of the other peanuts out there.
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Will Deane / Quarantine Outer Banks from Will Deane on Vimeo.
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Luke Gordon's newest edit. Filled with endless style, deep barrels, and nuts airs. Enjoy!
LUKE GORDON from Logan Marshall on Vimeo.
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FLOW STATE | Russell Bierke from O'Neill Australia on Vimeo.
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Compu...what???
Computational fluid dynamics, or C.F.D. uses computer simulations to study and predict how water will interact with objects moving through it. It’s used to design and optimize all sorts of products that you see every day. Anything from cars and boats, to fans and even dish washers. Now the same science used to optimize performance race cars is being used on the fins right under your feet. We partnered with our friends over at Red Fluid Dynamics to run some tests on our fins and to put some hard numbers on the concepts that we’ve been designing fins around since ‘96.
From experience, we know that a template with more rake has more drive and an upright template allows for tighter turns. We know a fin with a tow foil (80/20) or a flat foil provides control when the waves are pumping, and a V2 foil helps to generate speed when you’re pumping. With our new CFD studies, we’re able to understand why exactly these characteristics (template, foil, and construction) have such big impacts on your surf experience and how we can refine our designs to make them even more impactful.
Simply put, the more we can understand, the better we can design and recommend the perfect fin for whatever surf style and surf conditions you experience.
The way the water flows around your fin determines its performance. CFD allows us to visualize the water flow and measure things like turbulence, pressure, and efficiency. Shown below, is a fin through out a top turn. The crazy swirling colors map the turbulence of the water around that fin. The colors go from smooth flow and high pressure to turbulent and low pressure as the angle of a turn gets more aggressive.
The more turbulent the water flow, the less efficient the fin is. This shows that when your fins break free and you slide out, you’re not able to generate any speed until your fins re-engage with the water. The angle at which your fins slide out has a lot to do with the template of the fin.
The rake of a fin has to do with how far the tip sticks out past the back of the fin base. The further the tip sticks out, the more Rake a fin has. Alternatively, the less the tip sticks out, the more upright the fin is.
This specific CFD analysis measures the pressure map on our three template categories (Rake, Neutral, Pivot). Blue is low pressure and Red is high pressure.
As you see below, the Raked fin has a much less concentrated pressure point (red) than the Pivot fin. This more equally distributed pressure throughout the Raked fin can equate to as much as a 12% increase in lift from a Pivot fin during the later part of a turn. This additional lift, or projection forward, accounts for the feeling of drive and drawn out turns in Raked templates. On upright fins, the pressure gets more concentrated in one place during a later part of a turn which gives less lift but allows for tighter turns and a more skatey feel.
The foil shape of a fin (cross section) has the greatest impact on the pressure differential between the outside and inside surfaces. The shape of a foil can add as much as 30% more lift. That could easily be the difference between making a section or having to hit eject.
The V2 foil creates higher pressure differential, which creates more lift and speed to be generated. The lower pressure differential on Flat and Tow foils still generates lift, but creates more stability. V2 foils in pumping surf can be a little too skatey and unpredictable. Conversely, tow foils in small surf can feel like there’s less turning force and makes it harder to spring out of turns.
In our Ride Number terminology, ride Speed control fins when the waves are pumping, and speed generating fins when you’re pumping.
Hot sand massaging the soles of feet, warm wind blowing on sunburnt backs, eyes gazing at perfect waves, is this work or a surf trip?
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About a month ago, some of the in-house crew at Futures took a field trip down to Nicaragua to prototype products and score some waves along the way. Before anything leaves our doors, we prototype and test all of our products through various channels. Our top athletes, ambassadors, and our in-house crew all help in the process… “The pad works great, but is it going to chaff my knees when trunking it?” “These fins work insane in smaller waves. Will they hold when the surf gets bigger?” Nicaragua was the perfect place to answer some of these questions, meet some amazing people, capture some incredible memories, and have a couple Toñas along the way.
Fins Tested
· VaporCore – Beta 2.0 *USA only*
· Legacy Series http://futuresfins.com/legacyseries/
· Legacy Series templates with inside foils
Accessories Tested
· Traction (F2P-Wildcat | F3P-Brewster | F3P-Voodoo) – Coming Soon!
· Leashes
· Carry
· The Passport Pack *USA only* http://www.futurescarry.com/
· The Border Wet/Dry Bag *USA only*https://futuresfins.com/softgoods/carry-13/the-border-wet-dry-bag.html
Check the end of the post for more detailed descriptions of the products we brought down.
Last summer (2018) we released a limited quantity of our new VaporCore fins out into the public as our first ever Beta prototype program. They’re the lightest fins on the market (yes, they float), and although light weight is important in surf, it often leads to a sacrifice in durability, hence all the additional product testing. We found that there was some room for improvement, so we went back to the drawing board to make some tweaks. This second version was what we brought down with us. Not only were they much stronger, but the way we re-oriented the carbon fibers also gave the fins a whole new spark.You can expect to see the next limited release of Beta 2.0 later this year.
The Passport Pack Another exciting *USA only* release of 2018 was our first ever backpack, the US made Passport Travel Pack. We launched a limited quantity and asked for user feedback for improvements and we listened. We’ve been working closely with the developers at our US factory to make some improvements and sent the pre-productions samples down with the Futures team for a final test.The Passport 2.0 will be re-released towards the end of summer.
http://www.futurescarry.com/
Legacy Series (Honeycomb) Brand new, this spring, is the launch of our Legacy Series fins. Legacy Series is more than just a new line of fins. It’s a new way of categorizing template shape and rake number to suit your surfing style. The series makes your fin decision as simple as deciding how you want to surf… Do you like your turns drawn out, tight in the pocket, or somewhere in between? The specs, dims, and rake numbers are still available if you like making your own comparisons, but in a sea of decisions and choices, we’re working on making your life easier. After a three-step process, you’ll be setup and ready to go.
1.Choose your size
Small, Medium, Large
2.Choose your surf style / template category
Rake-Drawn-out,Control,Drive | Neutral- All-around,Balanced | Pivot- Tight turns,Quick,Loose
3.Go Surf
Legacy Series is live now! Check the landing page or your local surf shop for more information.
http://futuresfins.com/legacyseries/
Legacy Series Templates with V2 Vector Foil Where the Legacy Series organizes fin template categories based off your surf style, Ride Number organizes your decision process based off the wave conditions.
Are you pumping? Speed Generating = Ride Number 7-10
Are the waves pumping? Speed Control = Ride Number 1-4
The flat foiled Legacy Series Honeycomb fins are a great all-around balanced Ride Number…. And they worked as Speed Generating templates as well. Be on the lookout for these coming down the pipeline. Blackstix is about due for an update. Hint, hint…
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Join us on our most recent field trip south of the border and get to know a few of the team that works behind the scenes at Futures.
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