Just thought I'd drop you a line and update you on the demo fins. So far we've had about 10-15 club members use the hahaluas. One member took them out for one run and liked them so much he bought the remaining Tuttle stock! In Terms of speed..I've had my hahaluas up to 30knots and they still feel solid... I think I'd pull out before they will! Main comments have been the locked in feel and smooth transition to planing.

I was able to use the Walu weedfins, 15/9 on my Goya Quad 84 in early June. The weed conditions were very heavy, with large patches of weeds (sort of a long, thin grass). Wind was about 20 mph and I was on a 4.7.  The fins worked very well at clearing weeds.  I then switched to my small board JP 74 Quad with the Maui Ultra weedfins (14.5/9) as the wind picked up to 22 mph, and noticed that the MU fins (these are the X fins series) did not clear as quickly as your fins, so I’d have to say in a side by side comparison, your fins do work better in heavy weed conditions.  I also noticed...

We finally have some great slalom fins coming out in mid July ! The Kaulia slalom line up will be divided in a high wind version with sizes from 32-40 cm and a light wind version sizes 38-50 cm. They are both really fast fins and the lighter version will be slightly more powerful and with less rake for more upwind performance. The high wind one with less rake and thinner profile is super fast and will give more control in winds greater then 22- 25 knots [caption id="attachment_269" align="aligncenter" width="590"] makani fins slalom testing[/caption]

After having such a good time in the OBX with the Miller-Poor duo I felt we had to make it happen over again but in another location. Wyatt was already on for a San Carlos week in October so we decided to join in by adding a super WAVE fin testing week on top of the wave camp.  Makani will make prototypes for sidshore wave riding fins and we will also had some special new wave weed fins for our collection 2013. Come and join us and KEVIN TREJO our super host at SOLOSPORTS adventure is giving the MAKANI group a super special rate of $2500 including, food, gear, drinks.. did I say drinks !! And even flight from SAN...

Thanks to all the participants of the OBX weeks and all those who helped us make this amazing trip possible ! We have to give a special thanks to ANDY MCKINNEY from WIND NC who helped us so much with the in-store clinics and by giving us a hand planning the trip and activities. Also BRIAN KLAUSER from OCEAN AIR for hosting the challenge.. even if the wind did not show up ! Susan also for hosting the xx edition of the super Windfest at Frisco woods. We had a super fun time and everyone was stocked with the clinics and having PRO riders around ! And of course the crew present at the MAKANI house in Avon, Jon Sassone, Wyatt...