Speed Generating vs. Speed Control
A TOOL TO HELP YOU SURF BETTER
Using Ride Number is easy, you just have to understand the feelings of Speed Generating and Speed Control. On one end of the Ride Number scale is Speed Generating fins. These fins feel responsive and provide that extra spring most often wanted when the surf is lacking power. On the opposite side is Speed Control. These fins feel solid, engaged, and predictable providing that extra hold usually only needed when the surf is cranking. The middle ground is Balanced, offering a mix of the two extremes for an all around feel. Just remember, when you’re pumping – Speed Generating, when the waves are pumping – Speed Control
Speed Generating
SPRINGY, FLUID, RESPONSIVE
Help generate speed and make your board feel more lively.
Balanced
ALL AROUND
Allow for the original characteristics of your board to shine, without any directional influence.
Speed Control
SOLID, ENGAGED, PREDICTABLE
Help control speed and make your board feel more stable.
Feel = Flex + Rake + Foil
Speed Generating
MACHADO BLACKSTIX
Speed Generating
vs
Speed Control
The Speed Generating, Speed Control, or Balanced feel that fins have based on the the weighted effects of flex, rake and foil.
Speed Control
EA CONTROL SERIES
Soft Flex
ANDO BLACKSTIX = 7.2% FLEX
Soft Flex
vs
Stable Flex
More flexible fins will feel springy through turns and give them a Speed Generating feel, while stiffer fins will feel solid through turns giving them a Speed Control feel. This factor has the most weighting in determining Ride Number.
Stable Flex
JOHN JOHN TECHFLEX = 2.2% FLEX
Upright
P6 HONEYCOMB
Upright Rake
vs
Laidback Rake
Upright fins feel pivoty, allowing for tighter turns and giving them a Speed Generating feel. Raked fins feel stable, providing hold through carves and giving them a Speed Control feel. Rake is a significant factor on determining the Ride Number.
Rake
AM2 TECHFLEX
V2 Foil
F6 GENERATION = V2 FOIL
V2 Foil
vs
Flat Foil
V and V2 foils feel responsive and fluid through turns giving them a Speed Generating feel. Flat foils feel engaged and predictable through turns giving them a Speed Controlling feel. The effects of Foil on the overall Ride Number feeling are subtle but noticeable, therefore Foil has the least amount of weighting on the Ride Number.
Flat Foil
F6 ALPHA = FLAT FOIL
How we calculate: FOIL
MORE LIFT = HIGHER RIDE NUMBERS
Tow Foil
GL TOW
SPEED CONTROL +
Flat Foil
F8 ALPHA
SPEED CONTROL / BALANCED
V2 Foil
F6 GENERATION
SPEED GENERATING
