What fins do you recomend for the Michel Bourez board?

[Rick]

What fins do you recomend for the Michel Bourez board? Say in my case, the 6'0 thicker version which i'm waiting for... can't wait to get my hand on it! :)

I'm used to the FCS K3 Fins - Performance Glass, i also like the simon anderson's Medium size (green ones). What is the most similar future fins model to the fcs ones i usually use? 78kg 1.90 mt short stance

Cheers, all the best!

[Fazza]

Rick,

I have tried Futures AM2, WCT, Clay Marzo CM2 and YU's in my Bourez 6'2.

I would have to say that so far i have enjoyed the YU Techflex fins in this board..........going to try them again today in 4-5ft surf and let you know how they go.

[Bong O Bong]

Hey Rick, I bought some med Future Tokoros....mainly because that's all the store had. I'm about the same weight as you (i.e. 77kg). I wouldn't mind trying the Black Stix Arakawas too.

[Bergie]

Hi Fazza How's the MB is working for you? How's the volume of the thin 6'2? Thanks

[Chris]

Yeah good stuff folks.

I ride the Michel 600 thin with the Blackstix EAs and love them. The Blackstix JC1s would also be another suggestion of mine.

Depends a little on the wave i guess but those two are great all around fins!!

Cheers and hope this helps.

[core personal training]

602 thick....techflex eas and honeycomb jcs .....thin mb.....i'll let ya all know in a few hours.....yeeeeeeeeew

[Chris]

do so!

[core personal training]

ea techflex feel a little stiff in the thinner....will try jc hex or both templates in blackstix next....stay tuned

[Bergie]

Hey Core how's the thin MB is working for you?

[core personal training]

swell hit 8-10ft (real 8-10ft) grabbed a 6'11 instead.....next few days EPIC for testing BUT my youngest has shared the flu with me....as i type i'm laying in bed attempting to explain to the wife how my man flu is more serious than her wimpy girly sore throat...!....for fans of THE BIG BANG, i'm paranoid and have established a nest....!!!....now is it moss green or forest green....?????????.....and who's gunna sing "soft kitty" to me..??....

[Fazza]

Bergie,

I am actually struggling with the 602 Thinner Bourez.........not sure why but i just cannot seem to get it together either with the right fins or how i am surfing it.

I had a 6'4 Taj Pro and love it always had a good surf on that thing in good waves........

I have taken my 6'1 Hellrazor and the Bourez out in the same surf with the same fins a couple of times now and had a better surf on the Hellrazor........not sure what i am doing wrong.

I tried the Bourez in shoulder high surf and that was the best surf i have had on it.......later that week tried it in punchy well over head surf and rarely made a take off........felt like an old gumby.

Got to keep experimenting...............

[core personal training]

yeah i clicked straight away with the 604taj...(had to back off the back foot a bit off the top to keep control though)...i only got 2 quick sessions so far on the MB thin...2 ft crap closeouts that didn't give me a chance and then 6 ft bells copy and a left..(until i got out there) the faces turned out to be steep in a strong offshore BUT they were dead flat...no curve at all...weird...this kept too much rail in at all times while front footing the wind...very frustrating, didn't get a chance to get on the tail and go for it...did a couple of late slow overhead reo's from a forward position in both directions and got to feel the rocker loop vertically up over and back under my feet...HF or razor would of loved that session......gunna have to wait now until i ride this flu out....now...where's the wife??...i need vick's rubbed in my chest..............

[Fazza]

I am definitely not clicking with the MB..........not sure if it is a fin thing but i don't seem to get any drive or speed out of turns, i don't feel in control on it and it feels completely different under my feet to the Taj and Hellrazor.

My first surf on the Hellrazor and Taj was great and has been great ever since but the MB just isn't happening for me yet.

[core personal training]

the 602 is not twitchy or sensitive like the taj at all so will require muscle...its designed for MB's brute force...the couple of turns the surf allowed me to push hard through were good...gotta get a good session in...surfed a dodgy rocky freight train point today...late drops bottom turn then fang it down the line until overtaken by the wave...no room for turns...not even one...aaaagggghhhh...when am i going to get this thing tested...!!

[prjwebb]

I got my CBD in March. My sessions on that have been limited. Probably only ridden it around 10 times.
Waves have sucked here. You'll get a good day before me...

[Chris]

yeah keep working it. Are people buying the Michel with the same volume as they are used to? By this I mean don't get thrown off and wind up with the Michel in the wrong thickness...

[Fazza]

Chris,

I tried over 4 surfs to get used to the board and decided to give it a break and went back to my 601 Hellrazor for a couple of surfs.

I then decided to take the 602 Bourez out for one more try and put in the biggest fins i had - Futures AM2 Techflex and wow what a difference, felt like a completely different board......loving it now.

Nice and fast, drivey, you can really lean into every turn and the board just responds so well without losing any speed.....have managed some of my best turns on this board.

[core personal training]

i tried the the am2 t-flex in crap and they bound it up...even the ea t-flex were a little dead....the ea blackstix sorted that...but yesterday in the freight trains they ran out of puff...needed the am2's...thinking about getting some in honeycomb...the bigger template with the flex softened a bit might do well...good surf here now but back is locked up again...aaaggghhh...

[Bergie]

yeah keep working it. Are people buying the Michel with the same volume as they are used to? By this I mean don't get thrown off and wind up with the Michel in the wrong thickness...

Hey Chris what you mean by that? And also when we start taking about the new mini driver...:)

[Chris]

I love the EA Blackstix

[custom]

Hello firewire crew after an el fuego 5.11 sweet potato 5.6 dominator 6 and my trusty futura 6 choose MB 6thick as my shortboard.I try the board not in ideal waves with pc5 fcs fins paddle and catch waves very well as i am 175- 180 lbs.The board bite so good on the wave and when you push turns on a dime but on the second session with bigger and more powerful waves slide out a lot and cant push to make a proper turn.

Thinking to try bigger fins and i am between G AM(large AM FCS) and H3 nexus (large)
Any help please? Thank you and sorry for my english.....

[custom]

No one to give an advise for 6 MB thick with fcs fin box? come on guys!

[Wandi]

Everyone must be getting some waves

[core personal training]

true ames make an ea template with fcs tabs....other than that try k2.1's...i miss them riding futures...also see if you can get the john carper fins in twin tabs, thats my fave in the MB....other than that, look at am's for tip release or fcs 5's for a balanced fin...the list goes on...

[prjwebb]

I'd try the K3s

[core personal training]

good one prj, i missed the bit about bigger fins...yep definitely try the bigger kellys...also, you may be like me and just need more tip area and not actually need to stiffen the board with a big fin...

[custom]

Thanks for everyone's input.Maybe more tip area as core said is the key..also i have k2.1 and i can find a set k3 for a friend to try. Forecast look very good..............

[core personal training]

let us know how ya go mate... :)

[Chris]

someone here saying they got a Michel board with FCS fins??

[prjwebb]

Myles told me the first batch in the UK had FCS but would be futures from then on.

[Chris]

oh got it. i knew a few got made but wasn't sure where they ended up...

[custom]

Yes Chris mine is with fcs but there are some more in uk.....
http://www.secretspot.co.uk/surfboards/shortboards/michel-bourez-60-squash-tail-shortboar-fstwhite2-916-19441.aspx

[Chris]

cool no big deal. there aren't many and we aren't building any more.

thanks!

[foointhezoo]

Hi Chris, I'm a little concerned. You said you won't be making any more MB's with fcs. I ordered one CBD. Will I get what I have ordered?

For others out there.. While we are on fcs I found the H3's to be great in heavily rockered boards. Love them in 604 Taj. Also loving large kinetik P3's in my 600 mini driver.

[Chris]

If you ordered it that way in CBD then you are definitely all set!
cheers and hope that board rips.