Maui Fin Comany

sailingjoe · Joined: 06 Aug 2008 Posts: 1087

These fins are high priced. I was wondering if anyone could justify that. Are they that much better than the competition?

paulf. · Joined: 21 Mar 1996 Posts: 435

spennie · Joined: 13 Oct 1995 Posts: 975 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA

Oh hell yes.

My MFC 38 cm. race fin rivals my previous $225. race fins' performance. Both are shaped by computers so no variations or flaws. I liked them so much I bought some freeride fins, also excellent. Try the "Weed San Carlos", regular fin performance in a weeder!

NickB · Joined: 30 Jun 2009 Posts: 510 Location: Alameda, CA

My MFC weed burner was worth every penny I paid for it. Beautiful and well-behaved. I might get another one for new board.

damel · Joined: 15 Jul 2007 Posts: 247

What fins are cheaper? True Ames, Black Project and Makani fins are about the same price. I hear Makani gives deals if you buy 3 or more fins from them at a time but I am sure that is true of the other companies too. I was able to get a new freestyle MFC fin from helm windsurfing shop in SF for 50$ and there are still a few left.

I have always really liked the MFC fins but have no complaints about the one True Ames fin I have. Good fins are expensive and I don't think it matters what company's name is on them. Its more important to have a good quiver so that 1 board= 3 boards. Its a hard purchase but worth it. I just started sailing quads and a new set of quad fins cost 200+.

All of the above may not be true if you are talking about racing that is a whole different story.

U2U2U2 · Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 7:43 pm Post subject:

I cant take this seriously.

They are not high priced, quite a few Cobra produced fins are patterened after them.

You want to hear/see high priced get a $$ from Cobra

B737 · Joined: 27 Mar 2009 Posts: 216 Location: Jersey Shore

My understanding is that MFC arent "cheap" because they are CNC machined, and it made a huge difference for me. all of my fins are MFCs.

I recently bought a fin at WindNC in OBX. i really liked the Hahalua fin, and the tech behind its design, it also was $40 cheaper than the MFC, hand made... bought it and it did not fit the fin box on my shark. Luckily WindNC is awesome, and i was able to swap it for the MFC weed which fit perfect. Hahalua, hand made... MFC CNC....

U2U2U2 · Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 8:27 pm Post subject:

That Makani fin is really a nice example, so afr as fit, I have gotten som many fins from different fins, that if it fits anymore I'm gobstruck.

Yup that Andy at Wind NC is like a C750 !!

for those that don't know aviation that is a Cessna JET that is wicked fast

swmckay · Joined: 16 Jun 2008 Posts: 131

tweeky · Joined: 19 Sep 2004 Posts: 256