Comments on: 9′0 Kimo Greene Honolulu Model http://custom.surfboardshack.com/90-kimo-greene-honolulu-model/ Custom Surfboards, Shaper and Surfboard Reviews Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:00:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Rhodes Gardner http://custom.surfboardshack.com/90-kimo-greene-honolulu-model/#comment-3015 Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:25:38 +0000 http://custom.surfboardshack.com/90-kimo-greene-honolulu-model/#comment-3015 That's very good feedback on the Turbo Tunnel. I live in northern California and surf north San Mateo county and Santa Cruz longboard spots. I have two longboards and the one I am a big fan of for the 9.5 Turbo Tunnel is a 10' 2" Haut board I have. I must say I've tried an array of fins, different shapes from known fin makers....won't get into who they are as they are fine fins for each personal use, to each their own like. But I found the Turbo Tunnel giving me longer rides, period. Somewhat looser feel once the board gets going but it seems to lock in the board from takeoff. It does seem to make me go up toward the nose more in the wave ride but that is where I like to go on the board anyway, without being a noserider. I found that the sweet spot on my board is about 2 -3 feet from the nose as I comeplete the ride. This is however a 2 to 4 foot wave experience I draw from and I am not the hot dogger surfer like many you may be. There are other fans of the Turbo Tunnel I've run into and from uor talks I conclude that it works best for the smaller of up to 4 foot wave. Bigger wave experiences I've heard from others have not been as favorable. I have a 9'6" longboard as well and do a 2+1 set up with a 7" Turbo Tunnel, and sometimes switch it out for a Thruster setup where all three fins are same 5" kind of length and I find myself liking both , favoring the Thruster setup more in some conditions. That’s very good feedback on the Turbo Tunnel. I live in northern California and surf north San Mateo county and Santa Cruz longboard spots. I have two longboards and the one I am a big fan of for the 9.5 Turbo Tunnel is a 10′ 2″ Haut board I have. I must say I’ve tried an array of fins, different shapes from known fin makers….won’t get into who they are as they are fine fins for each personal use, to each their own like. But I found the Turbo Tunnel giving me longer rides, period. Somewhat looser feel once the board gets going but it seems to lock in the board from takeoff. It does seem to make me go up toward the nose more in the wave ride but that is where I like to go on the board anyway, without being a noserider. I found that the sweet spot on my board is about 2 -3 feet from the nose as I comeplete the ride.

This is however a 2 to 4 foot wave experience I draw from and I am not the hot dogger surfer like many you may be. There are other fans of the Turbo Tunnel I’ve run into and from uor talks I conclude that it works best for the smaller of up to 4 foot wave. Bigger wave experiences I’ve heard from others have not been as favorable. I have a 9′6″ longboard as well and do a 2+1 set up with a 7″ Turbo Tunnel, and sometimes switch it out for a Thruster setup where all three fins are same 5″ kind of length and I find myself liking both , favoring the Thruster setup more in some conditions.

]]> by: Does the Turbo Tunnel Fin Really Work? http://custom.surfboardshack.com/90-kimo-greene-honolulu-model/#comment-483 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 22:18:58 +0000 http://custom.surfboardshack.com/90-kimo-greene-honolulu-model/#comment-483 [...] I’m sure all of you have seen various ads in Surf magazines claiming that the funky looking fin called Turbo Tunnel provides longer noserides and smooth powerful turns. I was curious as ever and tested the company’s 9.5″ fin as a single on my 9′0 Kimo Greene Honolulu model. I tested the Turbo Tunnel fin at one of Oahu’s popular town spots, Queens in Waikiki, which produces perfect slow and rolling waves that sets up perfectly for noseriding. Conditions were clean and the waves were in the waist to occasional head high range. I was pretty excited to see how much of a difference this fin would make in my noseriding ability and on the first few waves I got to the nose without much problem on my Kimo Greene. The Honolulu model in itself is quite easy to noseride but after testing the Turbo Tunnel throughout that session, it appeared that the fin didn’t feel any different than the standard 9″ Proteck Superflex fin I have been using. [...] […] I’m sure all of you have seen various ads in Surf magazines claiming that the funky looking fin called Turbo Tunnel provides longer noserides and smooth powerful turns. I was curious as ever and tested the company’s 9.5″ fin as a single on my 9′0 Kimo Greene Honolulu model. I tested the Turbo Tunnel fin at one of Oahu’s popular town spots, Queens in Waikiki, which produces perfect slow and rolling waves that sets up perfectly for noseriding. Conditions were clean and the waves were in the waist to occasional head high range. I was pretty excited to see how much of a difference this fin would make in my noseriding ability and on the first few waves I got to the nose without much problem on my Kimo Greene. The Honolulu model in itself is quite easy to noseride but after testing the Turbo Tunnel throughout that session, it appeared that the fin didn’t feel any different than the standard 9″ Proteck Superflex fin I have been using. […]

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