When Tom Blake took a stabilizing fin off a motorboat and bolted it to the bottom of his hollow surfboard at Waikiki in 1935, he set in motion a fascinating process of development and refinement that ...

A few days ago I got an email asking me when they first started putting fins on surfboards and who was the first person to do that. So I thought it would be fun to take a little look at the evolution ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Will McGough writes about travel destinations and outdoor adventures. The Twin Fin Waikiki opened in November, taking over the ...

The Free Scrubber is a performance twin-fin, but also a throwback to the twins Al Merrick shaped for Tom Curren back in the early 1980s. Named after last year’s “Free Scrubber” edit, which features ...

The Twin Fin hotel is set to open this November. Photo Credit: Photo courtesy The Twin Fin Expected to open in November after a multimillion-dollar renovation, The Twin Fin is a new beachfront hotel ...

For a few years prior to 1980, twin fins were the gold standard for performance surfing. But they were left behind for progressive and competitive surfing when the three-fin thruster—which generally ...