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2. 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. The tri-fin refers to a setup with three fins ...

3. Surfboard fin - Wikipedia

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   Removable Fin Systems [7] The most common types of fins used today, removable fins are surfboard fins that can be unscrewed from the surfboard and be replaced by different fins or be moved about the board for a different setup in maneuverability and stability. In the early '90s, three Australian surfers invented the fin control system (FCS).

4. C. J. Hobgood - Wikipedia

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   Globe, Smith eyewear, Vestal Watches, FCS fins, DaKine, To Write Love On Her Arms, Quiet Flight Surfboards: Major achievements: ASP World Tour Champion 2001 ASP World Tour Rookie of the Year 1999: Surfing specifications; Stance: Goofy: Shaper(s) Bruce Regan: Favorite maneuvers: Airs and Barrels: Website: www.hobgoods.com

5. Ron Jon Surf Shop - Wikipedia

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   Ron Jon Surf Shop is a surfer-style retail store chain founded in 1959 in Ship Bottom, New Jersey by Ron DiMenna. [1] "The Original" Ron Jon Surf Shop opened in Long Beach Island, New Jersey in 1961. [2] The store specializes in surfing and bodyboarding equipment, and their Cocoa Beach, Florida, store is currently the largest surf shop in the ...

6. Kelly Slater - Wikipedia

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   Robert Kelly Slater (born February 11, 1972) is an American professional surfer, best known for being crowned World Surf League champion a record 11 times. [1] [7] Slater is widely regarded as the greatest professional surfer of all time, and holds 56 Championship Tour victories.

7. George Greenough - Wikipedia

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   George Hamilton Perkins Greenough (born November 6, 1941) [1]: 104 is an influential surfer, known during the 1960s and 1970s for his work in film, and in surfboard design, fin characteristics, and other creations for the aquatic medium.

8. Chris Christenson (surfboard shaper) - Wikipedia

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   In 1992, Chris' shaping career began with a six-year apprenticeship to shaping legend, Dick Brewer (1936-2022). It was perfecting the skill of shaping boards under Brewer, and the influence of his then neighbor, Skip Frye, that solidified Chris' abilities to design and shape any size surfboard, which would later open the door to shaping big wave guns for the world's best big wave surfers.

9. George Downing (surfer) - Wikipedia

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   Downing noticed that surfers were becoming reckless and getting injured after trying to surf 25-foot waves. [3] Consequently, Downing built "The Rocket", a surfboard with a removable fin, and thus revolutionized the surfboard and surfing. [4] [5] This redwood board is considered the first real big-wave gun, a board able to ride a large wave. [6]