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Nat Young
A 9.5" single fin from the oldest part of the True Ames template library, drawn with Nat Young — traditional longboarding, turns as readily as noserides.Solid fiberglass in smoke, for a standard longboard box, in one size.
★★★★★5.0 (7)
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$103.50
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Fin SystemSingle / Longboard Box
Color — smoke
Designer: Nat Young
The Fin
A 9.5" single fin from the oldest part of the True Ames template library, drawn with Nat Young — traditional longboarding, turns as readily as noserides.
Solid fiberglass in smoke, for a standard longboard box, in one size. The lines come straight out of the single fin revolution era with nothing modern grafted onto them, and this template has been in the True Ames library from the beginning. It responds very well to turns while keeping the ability to noseride, and True Ames points it at boards in the 9’ – 9’6” range, which is where a fin this height matches the tail area it has to work with.
How that reads
An outline like this trims first. There is enough tip area behind the rake to lock the tail in while you walk forward, so the board stays planted under the nose, and the base is moderate enough that it still comes round when you step back over the fin. That is the middle of the road in the useful sense: not the tight pivot of a hard upright template, not the loose drift of something heavily raked.
Who it suits
Traditional logs ridden the full length of the board — some tip time, some turns off the tail, no strong preference either way. If noseriding is all you want out of the box, a wider-based pivot template will hold the tail down harder than this does.
Specifications
ConstructionSolid fiberglass
ConfigurationSingle fin
Height9.5"
Made byTrue Ames, Santa Barbara CA
Sizes9.5
Colors1 option
Price Range$103.50
AvailabilityIn Stock
From True Ames
Responds exceedingly well to turns, while maintaining the ability to noseride.
Our take
This is the single fin for a classic 9' to 9'6" log when you want both nose time and real turns out of one fin — it leans classic and planted, the better pick if nose time matters as much as turning. If you want more drive and life through turns on a performance log or mid-length, the Greenough 4A is the move; if pure locked-down noseriding is the goal, a heavier pivot template holds longer.
More About This Fin
The Nat Young is a longboard single fin made by True Ames in solid fiberglass, 9.5" tall in one size, sized for boards in the 9' to 9'6" range. The template's lines come from the single-fin revolution era; Nat Young's 1966 "Magic Sam" carried a swept-back Greenough fin, and this template carries that turn-oriented lineage.
Similar Fins
Mentioned in the review — Greenough 4A — not something we carry.