When you rent a paddle board, there are few things to pay attention to. One of them is installing the SUP fin. The truth is that many people have a difficult first time installing their SUP fin. For this reason, we are going to briefly explain the simple step-by-step guide to install your SUP fin so that you will not have any problem in securing your fin.
For the fin installation, we’d like to explain the effective ways to install your fin on a solid paddle board that suits your paddling style.
The paddleboard fin installation won’t require you any special equipment to install the fin. There will be no screws, no tools, and no complicated procedure. All you need to prepare snap-in fin and your inflatable paddle board.
You need to make sure that the fin boxes lever is not pushed all the way forward nor the way back. The fin boxes lever should be positioned right in the middle. This position is the ideal one for your fin to fit in a proper way.
Then you will need to grab the fin and place the knobby side in first. To make this work, you will need to put enough pressure on your fin to make sure that it fits in the fin box.
The next thing to do is to push the lever back in the direction of the tail until you hear the snap sound. That is also the sign that you successfully install the fin and you are ready to paddle on the water.
There are top methods to position your SUPs center fin. For solid paddle boards, the fin box is big enough to give you leverage on where you will want to place the fin. The positioning of the fin will depend on your choice, whether you want to position the SUP fin all the way forward, back, or somewhere in between. Each placement has its own cons and pros. If you have been around testing the placement of the fin, you will realize the best setting sooner or later.
When you rent a paddle board, you could use the help of the shop owner so that you’ll know the best position for the fin.
For surfing, you could position the fin all the way towards the nose. For SUP tour or long distance, you could position the fin all the way towards the tail. If you want to set more flexible SUP setting for any conditions, you could position the fin in the middle of the fin box.
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