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Pyzel Large Thruster Fin Set – Balanced Drive for High-Performance Surfing
Crafted by renowned North Shore shaper Jon Pyzel, the Pyzel Large Thruster Fin Set delivers a perfect balance of drive, control, and responsiveness. Falling into the Neutral template category, these fins are designed for surfers seeking a fluid and balanced ride across a wide range of wave conditions.
Built with a combination of carbon fiber at the base and honeycomb construction through the body, this fin setup offers a spring-loaded flex pattern that helps generate and maintain speed through turns, transitions, and powerful maneuvers.
Key Benefits:
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Balanced Performance: Neutral template ideal for all-around surfing styles.
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Responsive Flex: Carbon base adds stiffness and drive, while the honeycomb body provides flex for seamless transitions.
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Versatile Feel: Ride Number 6.2 hits the sweet spot for a lively yet controlled ride.
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Sized for Power: Designed for larger surfers (75kg+) needing added hold and projection.
Whether you're charging overhead reef breaks or flowing through beach break sections, the Pyzel Large Thruster offers consistent performance that adapts to your style and the wave.
Specs:
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Template Category: Neutral (balanced/fluid)
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Construction: Honeycomb with Carbon Fiber Base
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Ride Number: 6.2 (Balanced)
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Fin Size: Large (75+ kg)
Construction Honeycomb w/ CarbonHoneycomb, reinforced with carbon
A honeycomb core with carbon through the base. You get the balanced, all-round flex of Honeycomb with extra stiffness low down where the drive comes from, so it holds a harder turn without going stiff all over.
Ride Number 6.2 · Balanced
Honeycomb w/ Carbon spans 4–8; this fin sits at 6.2.
Carbon base
Drive where it countsCarbon through the base keeps the bottom of the fin stiff and engaged, so your weight goes into the turn instead of washing out through flex.
Honeycomb body
Balanced flexThe hexagonal core above the base keeps the weight down and the flex lively. That is what stops a stiff base feeling dead underfoot.
Where it sits
Between Honeycomb and TechflexMore drive and hold than standard Honeycomb, without the full speed-control stiffness of fiberglass. Futures builds the Mayhem, Pyzel and Rasta templates this way.
Template Rake Drawn-out, swept back
A long, drawn-out outline that holds all the way through a turn. Rake templates carve rather than snap — drive off the bottom, hold in the pocket, and the most stability of the three shapes. If you surf on rail and like long lines, this is your shape.
Specifications This fin's numbers Area, height, base, angle and foil
Ride Number 6.2 · Balanced How Futures rates every fin
Feel = Flex + Rake + Foil
Futures rates every construction on a 1–10 scale. Low numbers hold a predictable line and control your speed. High numbers generate speed and snap out of turns. Three physical properties combine to produce it, and they are not weighted equally — flex counts for the most, then rake, then foil.
Solid, engaged, predictable. Built for powerful conditions.
All-around. Drive, hold and looseness in equal measure.
Springy, fluid, responsive. Built to create speed from nothing.
Flex is how much the fin bends under load — soft generates speed, stable controls it. Rake is the sweep of the outline — upright turns tight, laid-back holds long. Foil is the cross-section — a V or V2 foil feels fluid, a flat foil feels engaged.
Sizing Which size am I? Sized to rider weight, not board length
Futures sizes fins to the surfer, not the board. Find your weight, then fine-tune with construction and template once you know your size.
XSmall / Grom
35 – 50kg
Small
45 – 60kg
Medium
55 – 80kg
Large
75kg+
The bands overlap on purpose. If you sit on a boundary, size up for more hold and drive, or down for a looser, easier-to-turn feel.
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