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Josh Farberow Pro Model
Josh Farberow's pro model of the Farb Flex — a Volan longboard fin with more base and more rake, for noseriding that does not give up the turn.Volan fiberglass, in 9.0", 9.5" and 10.0".
★★★★★5.0 (7)
In Stock
$111.50
new customer discount · applied automatically at checkout
Fin SystemSingle / Longboard Box
Size
Designer: Josh Farberow
The Fin
Josh Farberow's pro model of the Farb Flex — a Volan longboard fin with more base and more rake, for noseriding that does not give up the turn.
Volan fiberglass, in 9.0", 9.5" and 10.0". Farberow kept the design features of the original Farb Flex and widened the base and increased the rake, for more drive off the bottom and more stability while on the nose. The tip foil was thinned to add flex, and the Volan panel adds more of it again: laid up and templated so the weave runs the right way, so the fin bends through its body rather than only at the tip. Speed and projection off the bottom, and through turns.
How that reads
A wide base is drive — it holds the line through a bottom turn and keeps pushing instead of washing out — and rake stretches that turn into an arc rather than a pivot. The flex is where the model earns its name: load it and it gives, then hands the energy back as projection down the line. Under the nose, base and rake together are what stop the tail letting go while weight is forward.
Who it suits
Longboards ridden both ways, walked to the nose and turned off the tail, by surfers who want a fin that answers to pressure rather than sitting stiff underneath them. A rider after a purely planted noserider should look at an upright pivot template; this one deliberately trades some of that hold for drive.
Specifications
ConstructionVolan fiberglass
ConfigurationSingle fin
Foil50/50
Made byTrue Ames, Santa Barbara CA
Sizes9.0 – 9.5
Price Range$111.50
AvailabilityIn Stock
From True Ames
The template keeps the beloved Farb Flex character but adds base width and rake for more drive off the bottom and more stability on the nose, with the flex coming through the body so it projects you out of turns rather than just wobbling at the tip.
Our take
A do-it-all longboard fin with Volan spring: on a performance or all-around log it noserides and genuinely turns. If your only goal is maximum dead-planted tip time, the Heritage is steadier, and the Hobie Log Flex is the more traditional Volan log fin with less turning emphasis.
More About This Fin
The Josh Farberow Pro Model is a Volan-glass longboard single fin made by True Ames, developed from the Farberow Flex template with added base width and rake and a thinned tip foil. The Volan layup is built so flex comes through the body of the fin. It comes in three sizes — 9.0", 9.5", and 10.0" — and is intended for performance and all-around longboards.
Similar Fins
Mentioned in the review — Heritage · Hobie Log Flex · Farberow Flex — not something we carry.