Kelly's guitar pick fin

I got two deferent size from Von Sol Surfboards.

Green one is the same template as Kelly uses

but his fin is made by fiber glass

which is heavier and stiffer.

I will try on my 5fin board.

Thanks Sean and David!

How to tune-up fin

I want to make a side bite fins have more base.

So I pick my favorite fins to be foiled down.

Find your favorite fin and trace the out line.

Put it on crump and cut by a saw.

Trim by sand paper.

Do same thing on the other fin.

Before cut and after cut.

Trim together to make it symmetric.

Tape and mark line for tucked under edge.

Mark with sharpie.

Taped off.

Foil it as shaping a surfboard's rail.

Like this.

Left and right.

See the thickness by light.

Mark two band line.

Foil it as shaping a surfboard's round off.

First band.

Like this.

Can you see it?

Second band.

Before foil down.

I want to foil like this.

After foil down.

Take a look on the surfboard.

Check it out. hmm.might be still big

Blend it.

Blend it with higher number sand paper.

More blend.

Hmm...almost done

After blend it looks better than before.

It might work good. Let's try it!

It needs to be polished after test riding.

One of a kind fins.

Loco beach has more barrels for thrillers

Making plywood fins 2

Making fins is also fun.

It's like shaping.

Cut them out and foil them.

7ply to 5 ply.

Side fins are inside foil ,more base and center fin is less base more hight.

Finished rough shape.

Ready to final shape.

Thank you Brad and Jeff!

Making plywood fins

My best friend Jeff gave me some good materials for fins.

That makes me very happy especially I can't go surfing now because of my knee injury.

Thank you so much Jeff!!!

It's made by 7 layers of 1 mm birch wood and sticked together with water proof glue.

 I picked some of my favorite fins.

Trace fins templates and find my template with my imagination.

Make another template for center fin.

Trace my templates on the plywood.

Can't wait to cut it out and shape it.

Ryan Birch said "It might be feel like shit,but I can't stop trying to make stuff"

I feel same way.