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FCS fins. have you ever?
has anyone ever pulled one loose surfing? where? doing what? i have a friend that loosened a plug (with a G5) doing a huge front-side cut back.
**i dont want 'opinions' or cut/paste answers, i want real surfers that this has happened to. i already know 'how' it happened--so dont try and tell me that either.
Mr. Surfboard Man: are you upset that i asked something that you cant answer? i'm asking for MY information. FYI-i have a board coming with the same tail characterisitics that he has and i want to know if i can expect the same thing to happen. is that OK with you?
we are pretty sure that the glass around his plugs was too thin--nothing to do with shallow water.
john-i'm both.
4 Answers
- John FLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
I haven't lost any FCS plugs, but last summer I lost a whole Futures fin box. Now, are you an exceptionally good surfer, or just a dick.
- kim_dude2Lv 51 decade ago
It could have to do with what the board is made out of. If the boards is an EPS board there are occasional problems with the FCS plug binding to the foam. This happens because EPS is glassed using epoxy. The wells where the plugs go hold a good amount of epoxy, which heats up while curing. The heat can actually melt the EPS reducing the bond with the plug. The new generation of FCS plugs, where the plugs come already set in a stiff foam shell are supposed to cure that problem.
The only problem I have had is when my wifes friend sat on the tail of my board on the beach and broke my center plugs. Other than that it's just the normal stripped screws and stuff.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
No, it's never happened to me, but the boards I use most often have Futures. What's with the attitude?
Source(s): http://surfammo.com/ - 1 decade ago
Yea...i have those fins and they come loose all the time....the screws get all gross and then i cant either put it back in or i cant take it out...for me, they come loose during anything...well not really anyhing but you know
