We are proud to present you our new project, an entirely windsurfing weed race fin carbon design. It will most probably the only 100% carbon weed fin available on the market with a unique weed fin design. We are not talking here about a raked back windsurfing slalom fin but a unique design only made for the new high performance slalom boards and freerace machines. We teamed up with mechanical engineer & composite expert Matt Stinemetze. Matt is deeply involved in composites with over 20 years of airplane design and space shuttles like the Virgin Galactic space ship. All his expertise combined with Makani fin designer Louis Genest resulted with great results. The Makani fins team flew all the way to Palmdale in March 2017 for an extensive crash course in composites and we have been able to produce our first prototypes and they are so promising that we will start setting up a production process. We plan on having our first production available next summer and our goal is to be able to sell them around $400 usd ! Exclusively available online on our website. Contact us at sales@makanifins.com !!
I've been lucky enough to be testing the Makani Fins HB concept quad/twins for the summer here in Australia. They are something special, Awesome upwind ability, Grip in the bottom turn and insanely loose off the top. They are about to go full production so do yourself a favor and check out these sick new fins ASAP
Had a chance to test the Twin Weed Walu 2 fins in various conditions. The fins are great! Perfect fit in the boxes. Great and unique graphics design. Amazing upwind ability when powered up properly. I tested them with a Quatro Tempo 92 liter Twinfin wave board in the sail range 4,7 - 5,3 m2. Offshore flat conditions and onshore wave sailing. Very nice soft response from the board during the moves and transitions once you get used to the fins and it does not take long to begin enjoying them. Can not really tell how much of a help in the heavily clogged weed they were because the conditions were terrible. I guess there is no fin in the world that would help in such amount of floating sea weed. Even kite surfers got caught occasionaly. But once on a relatively clean surface the are truly shredding. So I am very happy and totally satisfied with this purchase. http://www.makanifins.com/collections/windsurfing-multi-fins/products/walu2-weed-twin-wave-windsurfing-fin
Re: makini fins ? by little wing » Thu Apr 23, 2015 9:25 am I just bought a Mano 26cm and I can't get it to fit in the fin box.Anyone else have this issue? little wing WSC Local Posts: 115 Joined: Sun Jan 20, 2008 6:00 pm Location: Ontario Top Re: makini fins ? by drewb70 » Thu Apr 23, 2015 11:57 am my makini fin fits better in my F2 board than my naish board. very tight in the naish, makes it very difficult to remove. Great Fin, i can't believe its a weed fin. mine is a Ono... Last edited by drewb70 on Fri Apr 24, 2015 4:12 pm, edited 1 time in total. drewb70 WSC Local Posts: 200 Joined: Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:10 pm Location: Whitby Ontario Top Re: makini fins ? by little wing » Thu Apr 23, 2015 7:12 pm Thanks for the reply DB The guys from Makini are down at Island Creek and told me to come see them and they fixed me up.Turns out the brass insert that you put the fin bolt through was put in off set and they filed the fin at the front and top.I had to shim the front but that worked out fine.Nice guys, really helpful and gave me some tips about my foot straps as well I just can't wait to try it out! little wing WSC Local Posts: 115 Joined: Sun Jan 20, 2008 6:00 pm Location: Ontario Top Re: makini fins ? by old whitey » Thu Apr 23, 2015 10:59 pm New toys are always fun - enjoy. old whitey WSC Local Posts: 481 Joined: Wed Apr 29, 2009 1:47 pm Top Re: makani fins ? by little wing » Wed Apr 29, 2015 5:53 pm Better late than never The Makani fin is awesome!Made the Skate one sweet ride
