Twinzer Fiberglass
The True Ames twinzer set — two main fins plus two canards, FCS compatible, in solid fiberglass.
The Fin
The True Ames twinzer set — two main fins plus two canards, FCS compatible, in solid fiberglass.
A twinzer runs four fins, but not as a quad: each main fin gets a small canard set just ahead of and outside it. The canard sheds a vortex over the main fin, which lets the main fin hold at a steeper angle than it otherwise would. The result is twin-fin speed and looseness with more hold than a twin has any right to.
Who it suits
Best on a twin-fin or a fish you already like but wish held a little longer in a steeper section. It keeps the twin's speed rather than damping it the way a trailer fin does.
Specifications
What people say
It rides like a twin with extra grip, sitting somewhere between a twin and a quad -- you keep the fast down-the-line flow and the drift a twin is loved for, but the canards let you push into a turn harder before the tail lets go.
If your Twinzer-boxed board feels washy on steeper faces, this matched four-fin set is the fix the shaper intended -- twin freedom with bite and predictability when the wave stands up. Run it only in proper Twinzer boxes; a standard twin-box fish is better served by the plain TA Twin.
The True Ames Twinzer is a four-fin set in FCS-compatible solid fiberglass: two rear twins plus two small canards seated slightly forward of and outboard of the mains, where they break water tension before it reaches the rear pair. True Ames built the front and rear fins as a matched unit, and the set requires a board shaped with Twinzer boxes.
Mentioned in the review — TA Twin — not something we carry.