sigle fin for shortboard?

[dontlikeoc]

Hi,

I am thinking of shaping my own board from a blank for the first time. I have naive questions...

1) It is so tempting to install just one fin instead of three. The single fin sets available from a foam place seem to be for longboards(9" to 10"). Is there something really wrong to install a single fin?

2) I am 6' tall and weigh 200 lb. I am worried if a 6'8- 7' short board may not give me enough floatation. Do heavy people out there have any advice?

[k mac]

best place to go would be

www.swaylocks.com they are all shapers and such people so you should get some sound advice from the people there .

[PapaW]

Look at the purpose of having different fin setups. Look at other boards and how they work, then ask yourself what do YOU want from the board.

Design accordingly...