A sudden grounding with the finat 15 km/h in the river - it's a good idea to have your helmet strapped on tightly and a spare fin in your pack. The Superman take-off over the bow is safe, but the landing is not always. The fin is often ruined, your knees are bruised and so on.
This folding fin uses spring tension to maintain an upright position when paddling and folds away on contact with the ground. This works perfectly. Instead of eight times previously, we were still able to paddle at least five times on one side with the small fin on a GTS Sportstourer 13 with similar course holding. The difference is even less noticeable in flowing water.
The developers from Raublingoffer the fin for US boxfor the slightly modifiedUS Starboard Box and forSliding system for 99.95 euros. (Currently - as of 21 June 2021 - on offer for 79.95 euros)
Info: inntalfins-sup.de
Stephan Gölnitz
Deputy Editor in Chief surf
Stephan Gölnitz comes from Bochum and had Holland as his home windsurfing territory for many years before moving to Munich in 1996 for the job of test editor at surf magazine. The materials engineering graduate worked as a surf instructor on the Ijsselmeer during his studies and competed for several seasons for the Essen sailing team in the Surfbundesliga and the Funboard Cup. He completed a traineeship at surf-Magazin in the test department and since then has actively accompanied almost all tests on the boom and for more than 10 years also as a photographer. Stephan has covered many thousands of test kilometers, mainly on Lake Garda and in Langebaan, but also in Egypt and Tobago. He gets his hands on over 100 new sails and boards every year as his company car. Privately, he prefers to surf with a foil on Lake Walchensee or “unfortunately far too rarely” in the waves. SUP is Stephan's second passion, which he pursued for several years at numerous SUP races. Today, he prefers to paddle on river tours with family or friends - even for several days.
