surfer: Lance Carleton photo: 18seconds/Andy Morris
Where all the latest news about HANALEI FINS can be found, we tend to put all of our announcements here, as well as information about new designs and the testing process.
Some of the historical blog posts from previous years are slowly being moved into the new blog. Initially, all of the most interesting ones will be moved over. Eventually we hope to get all of the old posts up here so they are accessible.
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With the arrival of the new surf season, we have a new fin design.
This started as a design for a range of new canard fins for twinzers, so we will discuss the canard first. The name of this new canard series is CNRD.
The version shown here is the CNRD-350. The range consists of four sizes - 3.00", ...
When we first introduced the SP9 fin series, we mentioned that the intended construction methodology involved a combination of G10 and plywood.
This build technique allowed the fin's blade to flex torsionally, which could not be achieved with a solid fiberglass version.
With its solid G10 base and a blade combining G10 and Baltic Birch ...
Things have been a little quiet on the fin front for the last few months as we have been very busy working on the new fin system. But we finally managed to squeeze out a new design that has been around for some time but not as a single fin.
Say aloha to the SP9-750 SINGLE!
This fin takes inspiration from the SP9 ...
After a very long time, we finished another one of our wing fins.
This version had many interruptions, but it is finally done and looks good.
This one is 7.50" tall with more rake and elliptical wings.
We are starting to give these fins a little more rake to increase their versatility. Adding additional rake enhances the ...
The VTX fins have been tested for the entire winter season here in Hawaii. Plus, Lance Carleton has just started testing them in Australia.
They are a very versatile set of quads and take a slightly different approach in that they intentionally have only two options for the larger fins. Coupled with several options for the back fins, depending ...
Advanced fin designs to take your surfing to the next level.
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