Wild Things Hybrid Rainbow Twin Fins

A twin that lands between a keel and an upright fin — 5.25", medium area, flat inside foil, single tab for Futures boxes.

5.25" (133mm) of fibreglass, with a flat inside foil and a single tab base compatible with Futures systems. A keel drives and holds a line; an upright twin turns and releases. This template sits between the two, with medium area and an outline that keeps the keel's speed without the locked-in feeling that usually comes with it. Wild Things Gallery calls it a modern keel for performance surfing, which is a fair description of what it does to a fish, a fun-shape or a shortboard.

How that reads

A flat inside foil means the fin takes its grip from the angle it is presented at rather than from a curved inner face pulling the board sideways — predictable, and quick to change direction. Medium area is the other half of it: enough fin to push against down the line, not so much that the tail refuses to come round. On a traditional fish that reads as looseness; on a fun-shape or a performance twin it reads as drive and speed.

Who it suits

Fish owners who love the glide and want more turn out of it, fun-shapes short on drive, performance twins, and regular shortboards being taken out of thruster mode — the description is blunt that it will completely change how that last one surfs. Anyone after glide and flow who still wants to surf the board properly.