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    100% Fun

    Hi,

    I'm portuguese, 42 yrs and after a +20 yrs hiatus i've decided to surf again. Bought a 6'8 Al Merrick and was a great board to start again but last month i saw a 6'2 Dom for sale (2nd hand but flawless) and bought it. It was the best thing i could do!!! I'm having so much fun with it in "summer waves" (3/5ft) and i'm narrowing the gap between my "old" surf and my "new" surf.
    It's a great, great board!!! When i'll buy another board it'll be a smaller FW
    I'm using FCS K3 as thruster and the seller gave me the SF4 quad set. Heaven't tried it yet..
    I'm 5'8 and 62kg - are this the right fin options for me?

    Cheers
    Last edited by Huyseman; 07-03-2012 at 07:12 AM.

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    Yeah I think both are good sets for your size. I really like the Dominator as a quad so definitely try those SF4s. Very fun!
    6'0" - 77kg - 170lbs
    502R FPT - DL front DS rears
    506D RVG - Soar Powerbase DL
    600Q FTJ/CBD - Soar Powerbase DL
    604R FFE - Soar Powerbase DL

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    Thanx Prjwebb.

    Is it worth to try the K3's with SF4 rears? Does it make sense?

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    Yeah, could be fun! Always worth trying for a couple of waves. If it's really not working run back to the car and change them round.
    6'0" - 77kg - 170lbs
    502R FPT - DL front DS rears
    506D RVG - Soar Powerbase DL
    600Q FTJ/CBD - Soar Powerbase DL
    604R FFE - Soar Powerbase DL

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    I Ride Dominator as a Quad, Not enough drive with a Thruster. if anything fill in that empty thruster box with a snubby fin.

    Thruster is ok if the waves are steep and you want some late slide in take offs into a possible Hollow section. But Dom's mostly like to play on the open face of the wave not the barrel.

    If you know what fins you like on a normal PU HP board then go a size larger for that energy twang you get from the drive.
    6'-6" (198cm) tall Giraffe, 197 pounds (89kg) Heavy, 50 years young, 37 years surfing 3 days a week avg
    Quiver::: 6-3 Activator RF / 6-4 Dominator RF / 6-4 Hellfire FST / 6-6 Quadra Five FST / 6-8 Rawson Hyperskate II / 6-9 Northern Alliance pintail / 37" Great Wave C-7 Carver
    Fins::: Futures AM-2 fronts (4.79"), V2F4 quad rears (3.75") Rusty quad rears (3.85") Stamps quad rears (4.0")

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