2011 Quad Fin
CIC construction with carbon parabolic rails
Quad 120 Length 8′/ 245cm Width 26”/66cm Volume 120L
Quad 115 Length 8′/ 244cm Width 25.75”/65.5cm Volume 115L
Quad 110 Length 7′11.5”/ 242cm Width 25.5′′/65cm Volume 110L
Quad 105 Length 7′11”/ 241cm Width 25”/63.5cm Volume 105L
Quad 100 Length 7′10.5”/ 240cm Width 24”/61cm Volume 100L
Quad 95 Length 7′9”/ 238cm Width 23.25”/59cm Volume 95L
Quad 90 Length 7′9”/ 236cm Width 23”/58cm Volume 90L
Quad 85 Length 7′9”/ 236cm Width 22.5”/57cm Volume 85L
Quad 80 Length 7′8.5”/ 235cm Width 22”/56cm Volume 80L
Quad 75 Length 7′8”/ 234cm Width 21.25′/54cm Volume 75L
Quad 70 Length 7′7”/ 231cm Width 20.5”/52cm Volume 70L
Quad 65 Length 7′6”/ 229cm Width 19.75”/50cm Volume 65L
Quad 60 Length 7′4”/ 223.5cm Width 19.5”/49.5cm Volume 60L
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Two Boards For the Price Of One!!!
A new option for the Quad fin is the Fin Blank. This will allow the rider to use the Quad fin boards as a Twin Fin with minimal drag from the extra boxes. With the addition of the Fin Blank, the Quad fin becomes a multi-use board. Pick your fin setup for the conditions at hand. Enjoy the loose slashy ride and speed of the Twin Fin, or switch to the Quad setup for extra holding power and drive.
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After time spent testing on Maui and Australia our 2011 Quads over the last 12 months with our team sailors Russ Faurot, Nick Warmuth and Tom Burlingame,were we had a chance to ride the Quad Fins in a good sized swell. Our big wave expectations were confirmed. The board rips with superior holding power in large choppy waves, without being penalized from excess fin drag. “We wanted to make sure that this design would not be over-finned.” Our Twin Fins have performed well, so we wanted to try a Quad with a similar amount of fin area. The desire to add control in choppy conditions, without losing the surf-style of the Twin, is where the quad design came about. We felt there was room for a wave board that was not as loose as a Twin Fin. The Quad offers amazing holding power, but still offers great top to bottom turning.
The 2011 Quad has evolved out of the design experience from the Twin Fin and 2010 Quads. The Twin Fin design offered a radical surf-style with greater holding power compared to the Single Fin. The fins are closer to the rail allowing them to engage harder into the wave face. We felt we could enhance this ability, by adding two small finely foiled fins in front of our standard twin fin setup.
Russ Faurot Nick Warmuth
Through our development and testing, we discovered small front fins are the optimal choice in quad design. We feel that the majority of Quad Fin boards available to the market right now are over-finned. Our Twin Fin designs are working great, so we didn’t want to add much more in fin area and drag. We have kept a thin foil large rear set, and matched it with a small thin foil front set. This combination added more drive and control, allowing sharper more vertical turns. It also added wave-riding confidence on choppy large wave faces, without the fear of the fins letting go.
The Quad’s holding power offers a great balance between front foot and back foot wave sailing. This gives a wide range of sailing styles more confidence to attack the wave face. Our Quad design will help you reach your goals in wave-sailing quicker.
Nick Warmuth
Nick Warmuth
Nick Warmuth Quad 80
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Russ going big at Ho’okipa
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Quad 105
Quad 100
After the start of the summer seabreeze season seemed promising, the season just fizzed out to be just pure frustration.
However i did get a few sails on the quad at gerroa & birdie beach, both cross-shore dtl spots. The turning capacity of the quad is very impressive, it certainly improved my wave-riding, so i’m stoked. Would like more time on the water to experiment with fin positions etc, that will come fingers crossed. So my overview is that i made the right choice on a board that will progress my sailing, which is what every sailor wants.
After such a frustrating season of lite winds, bearing in mind i weigh 100kg, what size do you think the quad could be amped up to 110lt, 115lt 120lt before it looses its feel?
Keep up the good work.
Cheers
Peter Bartlett
85 Quad Fin with Tom Burlingame
I have to admit, after awhile, the superlatives hurled at new gear gets to be a bit over the top for me. Whether its a sail, board, boom or anything for that matter, it sounds like people sounding off on the reinvention of the wheel. Unfortunately, I’m about to do it because I’m completely blown away by the Quad Fin 85.
I’ve been sailing the Twin Fin 78 for three years. It was the most amazing board I’d ever ridden. It changed my sailing. After some technique modifications I was able to go anywhere with that board, front foot, back foot, it just didn’t matter. Mast+ to chest high, 3.7/5.3, its a magic ride that made me attack the wave.
However, after 250+ flat landed backloops and spin/smashed push loops landings I decided it was time for a fresh board for the coast. My only option for this spring was a Quad 85 Pete had on Maui. It was already built and ready to go. In my eyes it was a tad too big and floaty for my style. I was so very very wrong.
I’ve always sailed 74-78 liter wave boards. At 180 pounds, thats a bit small for thr Oregon Coast. But I couldn’t stand the bouncing big rides of the 90 liter boards. Now I don’t know if I’ll ever go back to anything under 85.
This Quad 85 is slightly wider and longer than the TF 78, but you’d never know it on a face wave, looping, or ripping in anyway. Sure, upwind is easier, light wind is easier, but the actual attacking of the wave and the lip is not compromised by the size of the board, only complimented. I was shocked how easily it pivoted, held the rail in overpowered 4.7, and released for loops. In almost everyway, it felt and rode as a much smaller board. Just a little foot pressure here or there, and away it went. Not that it was nervous, but it was quick to react!
I sailed it in perfect side-off 4.7, perfectly overpowered onshore 4.7, and even an extremely overpowered 3.7 day to see how it faired in less than perfect wind/waves.
All I can say, is the my OES TF 78, a life changing board, is going to have to sit it out until I’m back in the Gorge sailing bump and jump. I’ve been converted thanks to OES Australia!!!
One last thing, Mark and Matt, I am not eating crow, this board is not a light wind board with a single fin, its an entirely different Beast!!!