I got a quad custom a few years back and didn't like the cheap plastic fins it came with..tried 4 different sets until I found DVS quad keels and they worked great for me.
The shaper saw them in the board one day and commented that he had tried them and didn't like them .
So it's probably horses for courses with them

SP said..
I don't mind not getting fins. I've tried enough to know what I like and what works.


On a mid or lb there is so many variables I think it is to hard to stick a fin in it and say that's the fin for you.

I think you can get pretty much any mid length or longboard to work reasonably well by playing around with the fins.
Its not rocket designs we are talking about

laceys lane said..
You shortboarts should get a longboard in your quiver.
You never know. one day you might be sitting out there with water up to your armpits and go what the f### am i doing

But a least it mean I wash under my arm pits at least once a week ????

laceys lane said..
You longboarders and shortboarders should have a boogie board in your quiver.
You never know. One day you might be going over the falls on a death wave and go - what the f### am i doing

That might be the most smartest thing you've ever said...I'd also recommend a hand plane and some fins

I've got a 9'6 Noosa Longboards Tea Tree. While I love the board, I've spent heaps on buying different fins to try in it and I always end up going back to the fin set up that came with the board.
I've got an old 10'2" NSP. Don't like it with the fin that came in it, nor with any fin other than a Shapers Gatto - and I love the board with that.
My Friedman Flyer didn't come with fins, and I'm pretty happy with the set up I've got on that.
My 10' TSW Sea Plane was a waste of time with the original fins. Loving it at the moment with the fins I've been trying out in it.

So maybe it's true? What comes with it is often best, unless it's out of Asia?

It's the pin height at the base of the fin mostly. The US ones sit a lot lower than the Aussie ones, so you won't be able to lower the front of the Aussie fin into the US box.
Bloody nightmare and always has been, for both board builders and fin manufacturers.

As said above, request a US box whenever you order a new board and you'll be fine with most, if not all, fins.