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  2. Surfboard fin - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Skeg - Wikipedia

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    [A] [B] In more recent years, the name has been used for a fin on a surfboard which improves directional stability and to a movable fin on a kayak which adjusts the boat's centre of lateral resistance (it moves the center of resistance relative to the center of effort). [2] The term is also often used for the fin on water skis in the U.S.

  4. Human-powered watercraft - Wikipedia

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    The collected power is then transferred to the water with a paddle wheel, flippers, [8] [9] [10] or to the air or water with a propeller. Pedaled craft include: Amphibious cycle; Hydrocycle; Pedal-powered kayak [8] [9] [10] Pedal-powered submersible or midget submarine [11] [12] Pedal-powered hydrofoil; Pedalo

  5. Hydrofoil - Wikipedia

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    A new kayak design, called Flyak, has hydrofoils that lift the kayak enough to significantly reduce drag, allowing speeds of up to 27 km/h (17 mph). Some surfers have developed surfboards with hydrofoils called foilboards, specifically aimed at surfing big waves further out to sea. [24]

  6. Surf kayaking - Wikipedia

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    Surf kayak competition, westcoast Vancouver Island. Surf kayaking is the sport, technique, and equipment, used in surfing ocean waves with kayaks. Surf kayaking has many similarities to surf board surfing, but with boats designed for use in surf zones, and with a paddle. A number of kayak designs are used, but all are aimed at better using the ...

  7. Surfboard - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Mikala Jones, Surfing Star, Dead at 44 - AOL

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    Surf star Mikala Jones has died following a tragic surfing accident, his daughter confirmed on Instagram. He was 44. According to a report fromSurfline, Jones died after suffering a significant ...

  9. FCS (fins) - Wikipedia

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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.

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