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Mandala Twinzer
Manny Caro's twinzer set — two mains with small canards ahead of them — refined out of Wil Jobson's design, in solid fiberglass on FCS bases.Four fins: mains 4.94" deep on a 4.83" base, with 2.85" canards on a 2.94" base set in front of them.
★★★★★5.0 (8)
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$138.50
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Fin SystemFCS
Designer: Manny Caro
The Fin
Manny Caro's twinzer set — two mains with small canards ahead of them — refined out of Wil Jobson's design, in solid fiberglass on FCS bases.
Four fins: mains 4.94" deep on a 4.83" base, with 2.85" canards on a 2.94" base set in front of them. Solid fiberglass, flat matte finish, in smoke and dark green. Caro was an understudy of Wil Jobson, the guru of the twinzer, and has been riding the setup long before the current interest in it; this is the template he settled on. Neither the front nor the rear fins have angle built in, so the plugs have to be set up for a twinzer.
How that reads
The canards break the water tension ahead of the mains, which lets the board be pushed to a sharper angle of attack without the fins letting go. What comes out of it is the freedom of a twin with turning closer to a thruster, and none of the tracky, sticky feel a quad can have. Balance, power and release at once — the canards do work that a rear fin would otherwise have to do.
Who it suits
Boards drilled for a twinzer: performance shortboards, fishes of any size, mid-lengths and longboards. Since the fins carry no angle of their own, everything depends on the plug angles being right. Surfers who want a twin's looseness with more bite and more fluidity than two fins alone give.
Specifications
ConstructionSolid fiberglass
ConfigurationTwinzer — set of 4 (two mains, two canards)
Canard height2.85" / 72 mm
Canard base2.94" / 75 mm
Canard area6.07 sq in / 39.16 cm²
Rear fin height4.94" / 125 mm
Rear fin base4.83" / 123 mm
Rear fin area16.79 sq in / 108.32 cm²
CantNone built into the fins — the plugs set the angle
Made byTrue Ames, Santa Barbara CA
Price Range$138.50
AvailabilitySold Out
From True Ames
Tuned for balance, synergy, power, and release — the front canard breaks water ahead of the main fin to cut drag and feed cleaner flow, so the rear twin can hold and snap rather than slide.
Our take
Run the Mandala Twinzer on a fish or hybrid twin when you want twin speed with thruster-like control and a tighter turn, and lean toward sizing up if you're a heavier-footed surfer chasing drive. For a more stable, drawn-out twin go DELTA-V; for more keel-style glide in a twinzer, go Lovelace.
More About This Fin
The Mandala Twinzer is designed by Manny Caro of Mandala, who learned the twinzer under Wil Jobson, the design's originator, and is made by True Ames in FCS-compatible solid fiberglass. The set pairs rear twin main fins, which carry the area, with small front canards set forward and outboard near the rail. It is intended for fish and hybrid twin-fin boards.
Similar Fins
Mentioned in the review — Mandala DELTA-V Twin · Lovelace Twinzer — not something we carry.