“When FCS mentioned to me there’s a possibility that we could do a signature fin, I think as a surfer that’s one of the things you dream of,” said Mason Ho, who soaks up surf lore and knowledge like a ...

Of the myriad design elements that make up a surfboard, nothing affects performance quite as profoundly as fins. Consider this visual timeline and marvel at how the fin has so often changed the entire ...

Posted: September 13, 2025 | Last updated: September 14, 2025 The number of fins in a surfboard has a dramatic influence on how a board responds and the style of surfing that is best suited to it.

Surfers have been experimenting with fins ever since Tom Blake commandeered a keel off an abandoned speedboat and screwed it into the bottom of a paddleboard in 1935. In the century that followed, ...

Switzerland can hardly be described as an ideal location for developments in surfboard applications, since it is a landlocked country, far from prime marine surfing locations and a high wage-cost ...

An Australian artist who has spent years collecting lost surfboard fins says nearly three-quarters of those he’s found are FCS. Out of 250 fins collected from the reefs around Bells Beach and Winkipop ...