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The Rick Noserider Fin

This is one of my favorite fins of all time, the Rick noserider fin by Fiber Glass Fin Co. What’s to love? Plenty of lift, plenty of base, and just enough sweep to keep the glide going, that’s what. A classic fin template that has remained useful, providing the rider with plenty of stoke and ton’s of tip time. I put this fin on several of my models, the 4065, Thing, and the El Cadejo too. 

Now available at the Davenport Online Store

9'8" Rick UFO


The UFO by Rick Surfboards was one of the best examples from the mid 1960’s model phase, when each manufacturer had a special model designed for nose riding and performance surfing (as they knew performance surfing at the time).  The UFO  had all the bells and whistles that were developed and used during this time period. The UFO has a concave tail, step-deck, and a tear-drop concave. The UFO combined all of these interesting “features” to promote nose riding. The tail concave channels water over the tail surface to keep the board in the wave and counter-balances the surfers weight while up on the nose. The step-deck allows the board to flex or fulcrum and flatten out the nose rocker to extend tip time. The tear-drop concave give the board increased lift. The UFO took all of these innovations and tied them together in to one of that era’s prolific nose riders. Here are some photos of an examplefrom my collection. Feel free to ask questions.

A fresh batch of fins came in and they're pretty tasty!!

The red D fins are ones that Mr. Davenport designed himself. They were inspired by the fin from a 1963 Con pig. There are a couple of them and the plan is to use them in a few upcoming pigs that are in the works. It may look a little unfinished in the picture but that’s because the plan is to glass it in and foil it which is only proper for any polished pig. The center is black and the outside is red so it should look killer once the foiling is all done.




Below is a one-off Rick Noserider fin. It 10"+ and will make a will soon fin its home in an upcoming board.






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