Furrow Surf Craft and the Loose Control of the Furrow Twin
Christine’s twin fin surfing started with a Gephart keel. Feeling a little overpowered by the fins, she sought quicker release for the shorter beach break style waves in her area. What started as a solution for her fish, became a go-to fin for the entire quiver, big and small. When they also became a go-to of the one and only Skip Frye…she knew she was on to something.
"Loose Control"
Christine grabbed a French curve, pencil, and paper and from her kitchen table began to reimagine what a smaller, more upright twin fin could look like. The main idea, “Loose Control”.
The resulting Furrow Twin fin is versatile and nimble, fast and dynamic, playful and loose. It keeps some of the pivot and release of an upright twin, but pairs in drive and hold characteristics of a keel. The Furrow Twin set is loose enough to flare the tail, maybe even into fin-free rotation, but controllable to prevent spin out off the bottom. It can truly be paired with almost any twin surfboard design. It may liven up a sticky feeling of a traditional "Lis" style fish, or stabilize an overly loose, skatey modern twin design. If you're Skip Frye, the master of less fin is more, then you know the Furrow Twin is the right call for a long fish!
Furrow Twin - Hybrid Twin
A Hybrid Twin sits somewhere on the scale between the more progressive, Mark Richards style, upright twin and the traditional, Larry Gephart style, keel fin. The True Ames offering of Hybrid Twins continues to expand as shapers match their innovation of twin surfboard design with twin fin design. The True Ames transition looks something like the TA Twin to the Furrow Twin to the Beamish Twin to the Hobie Keel. As you move from one to the other you see more rake and more base area, which generally moves from loose, pivot feelings to drivey, drawn out feelings.