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FCS (Fin Control System) is a brand, as well as type, of fin set-up which allows for more versatility in the placement and style of the fins attached to a surfboard.The FCS style can be used as the traditional tri-fin placement (thruster), a two fin (twin), a four fin (quad), or a five fin set up.
A surfboard fin or skeg is a hydrofoil mounted at the tail of a surfboard or similar board to improve directional stability and control through foot-steering. Fins can provide lateral lift opposed to the water and stabilize the board's trajectory, allowing the surfer to control direction by varying their side-to-side weight distribution.
Winged fins are another type of surfboard fin, the genesis of which was America's Cup sailboat design. [15] The Starfin was designed in the 1980s by the America's Cup yacht designer, Ben Lexcen, who had designed the winged keel for the America's Cup boat, Australia II. The small thruster-sized fin, the RedTip 3D is manufactured by FCS.
The California Surf Museum is a museum in Oceanside, California, dedicated to surfing. It archives and displays surfboards as well as surf-related art, memorabilia, equipment, photographs, magazines, and videos. Founded in 1986 in Encinitas, California, the museum subsequently moved to Pacific Beach, before settling in Oceanside in 1991.
An aerial view of a new section of rocky shoreline shows where the seafloor has been forced upward in the surf zone by the force of landslide movement, on Sept. 3, 2024, in Rancho Palos Verdes ...
A leg rope or surfboard leash is a urethane cord attached to the deck of a surfboard, down near the tail. It prevents the surfboard from being swept away by waves and stops runaway surfboards from hitting other surfers and swimmers .