It's been said if you don't like your surfboard; change your fins.

- Is the board too stiff? Try changing to a fin with less surface area or less sweep

- Is the board too loose? Try a larger or stiffer fin. Increasing sweep will make turns longer and more drawn out

- Soft or looser boards will go faster and have better drive when paired with large fins with ample rake

- Larger surfers typically need larger fins, smaller surfers -> smaller fins

- If you want a more responsive board choose fins that are stiffer

- Boards with more rail or with fins closer together typically need less surface area

- Boards with a lot of rocker may need fins with larger area sweep or depth

- If your board has channels built into the bottom side you can use a smaller fin (the channels act as small fins)

- Boards with wide tails typically use fins that have more area

- Small boards in larger surf typically use larger fins with greater sweep