Fin Guru FAQ (FCSII)
Name - MARK B.
| Height: 5'6" |
| Weight: 150 lbs |
| Board Brand: Channel Islands |
| Board Model: NeckBeard 2 |
| Board Length: 5'6" |
| Board Width: 19.0" |
| Board Thickness: 2 5/16" |
| Board Volume: 26.8 |
| Fin System: FCS 2 |
| Fin(s) currently riding: FCS Carver PC carbon air core Medium |
| Please describe below what it is you are wanting more of out of your current fin/board experience (example - more drive, tighter turns, more release....etc) or any other questions you might have about fins or fin systems. Thank You. My current fins feel a little too stiff possibly. I have used the Neckbeard before (idk what fins) and it felt very loose and playful like loose skateboard trucks. I bought my neckbeard and they suggested stiffer so i bought my current ones. Feels like my fins lock up my board somehow. Want more loose and playfull like the NB2 is supposed to be but able to hold on hard bottom turns. I'll probably save my current fins for bigger stronger days. FIN GURU RESPONSE: Hi there Mark. So yeah I could see the Carvers being too much rake and not giving you any pivot. The Neck Beard (original had vee out the tail) which makes it kinda more rail to rail. Where the NB2 i think is straight single which gives lift but also can feel a touch tracky with too much fin or rake. Anyway what you are describing sounds right on par with too much fin or too much rake. When a rocker is low to medium and concave with little to no vee out the tail you need some pivot out of the fin since you are not getting the curve out of the rocker. So i would go with the AM medium. The Merrick template has a little bit of rake but the secret sauce is in the fact that the trailing fin is smaller than the sides. So you get the drive from the fronts but you get the pivot from the smaller trailing fin. One of our employees described the NB2 as one of the best high performance small wave boards he had ever ridden. He rode the AM large. His board and weight is bigger than yours though. So the mediums would work good for your weight If you were after another template that could work I would check out the Mayhem template. It has a decent base for drive but it is a pretty straight up and down template for pivot. That would be a good one as well. Hope that helps. Either way i would replace those carvers as they have some of the most rake out of any of the templates. I would stay away from the carver, Kolohe, dhd, js, Julian....as they have a lot of rake (the Kolohe has the least out of those) Let me know what you do and how it goes! All the Best, Fin Guru If you would like to ask the Fin Guru a question CLICK HERE https://usedsurf.com/fcs-ii-am-pc-tri-set/ https://usedsurf.com/fcs-ii-mb-pc-carbon-tri-set/ |