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Georges
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 Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 10:48 am Post subject: LeeD vs isobars who-can-throw-out-more-old-skool-trivia |
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This will be a fight to the finish cage match !!!!! let the games begin.
Question #1 In what year was the slotted anti-cavitation fin introduced and who manufactured it.........
LeeD isobars shake hands and come out fighting.........
This event is brought to you by the Gman producer of such hits as The isobars challenge.
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isobars
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| Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 12:08 pm Post subject: |
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Two of the earliest were the Velocity V1, a black fin with a huge, long, deep slot (sold mine a few years ago) and the two-piece Wilson fin with full-length slot (thus the two pieces). The V1 was slow enough; the Wilson felt like a sweat shirt duct-taped beneath the back of the board. The primary reason it would not spin out is that you couldn't get up enough speed to spin out. Mine was yellow; sold it about 20 years ago.
Mike \m/
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Georges
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| Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 12:17 pm Post subject: |
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| we will now wait for mr D s response.
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WMP
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| Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 2:50 pm Post subject: |
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wow, great opportunity here for LeeD to score big time..... Iso didn't even answer the first part of that trivia question.
Let's go LeeD, I gots me money on ya !!!!
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shreddbob
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| Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 2:57 pm Post subject: |
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And what about these little beauties?
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isobars
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| Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 3:36 pm Post subject: |
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| WH ForeFins
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MalibuGuru
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| Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 6:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Those foreskins were very popular prior to the time of Moses.
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hilton08
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| Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 6:52 pm Post subject: Wilson Split Fin |
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My Wilson split fin worked great - I loved it back in the days before blade fins and power boxes, but it was kind of a pain to align both pieces into the fin box. Mine was green.
If you want to get really trivial, I believe the Wilson brothers had to change their brand name to Hyperform Fins since it infringed on the Wilson sporting goods trademark.
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shreddbob
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| Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 11:28 am Post subject: Re: Wilson Split Fin |
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| hilton08 wrote: | | I believe the Wilson brothers had to change their brand name to Hyperform Fins since it infringed on the Wilson sporting goods trademark. |
Yes, I had some Hyperform fins around 1990. They used CNC foil shaping (one of the first to do so?). With these I had no more spin-outs and could finally remove those fore-fin canards. I remember my Hyperforms had very thick stiff foils.
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LeeD
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| Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 11:01 am Post subject: |
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Curiosity.
I started windsurfing in '83, used a slotted Rainbow prototype on my 9' Seatrend glass board. I have no idea when the idea first came out, but I'd suspect something from the EastCoast, as the innovators, Oahu's DiamondHead and Backyards as the place it was really developed.
Those double fins were around like '85-'86.
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