JJF Releases New Fins, Designed For Waves Of Inconsequence

Presented by Futures.

Many skeptics argue that fins are little more than aspirational marketing — an understated tactic used by Big Surf to siphon money from coastal families’ savings accounts.

If you too suffer from an innate weakness for novelty surf gear and the relentless chase for the dangling carrot of satisfactory performance, Futures and John John Florence deserve a minute of your attention.

In 2006, Futures introduced the original Scimitar, a fin with a distinctively blunted trailing edge. While the shorter template enhanced the fin’s hold, the tip allowed for sharper turns in tight areas and improved release.

Although John’s passion for surfboard design stretches back over two decades — thanks to his relationship with Jon Pyzel — it doesn’t look like his pursuit of innovation is ending with hooded rash guards.

Following years of development, John’s new fin set is now his go-to when the waves are small, lacking power, and generating speed is imperative. This serves to complement John’s long-standing and widely lauded JJF fin, which are designed to mitigate waves of truth.

The Scimitar‘s full Vector foil offers more lift and speed, and according to this year’s World Title contender, “It essentially makes my boards feel almost lighter, like they’re skimming on top of the water more.” The back fin is distinctively more raked, allowing for increased drive and compensating for the looseness of the concave side fins.

While holding these, they’ll feel thicker as their foil profile has been increased, yet much lighter than the average fin, made possible by the hollow core construction of the Vapor Core series. Going against the grain of outsourced mass production, each of these fin sets are still handmade from start to finish at the Futures headquarters in Huntington Beach.

It remains unclear if you’ll be able to return these if your surfing does not reach Florence fam performance levels, but we’ll give John and the Futures crew the benefit of the doubt and assume they’ve broken new ground.

Could you forgive yourself for not trying to surf a little better?

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