4.5" Gummy Center Fin

This shorter gummy fin really works well for River running and skipping over the inevitable rock. It doesn’t stop you cold, but rather bends and conforms to get you through, and I don’t believe it could damage your fin slot as the longer ridged fin might. And it beats the heck out of going finless!

Not sure about the fin... haven't had it on the water yet. But I did unsubscribe from hala emails before receiving a request to review this product... so... let's say three stars, because of the lack of execution on my marketing preferences.

I use it for swamps in Mississippi that have a lot of shallow logs and stumps to get past.

Fin works great. Replaced a longer carbon fiber fin that tracked very well but didn't work well in rocky whitewater. Gets through shallow "boney" sections of whitewater perfectly, and despite the flexibility, tracks very well.

Exactly what I needed. Was out on the river last week and scratched up my hard plastic fin. I didn’t want to risk ruining my fin box going forward so I decided to purchase this gummy fin and use it just Incase I hit another rock. Works great.

I got this one because the shorter fin was out of stock. It hits bottom and rocks sometimes on shallow rivers but because of the angle and it’s flexibility it doesn’t hang the board up in a dangerous way that would cause me to Superman down the river. Tracks well enough for flat water IMO but still really maneuverable on a river around rapids.

Love the 4.5" gummy fin! I'm new to Stand Up Paddle Boarding, so the first time I took my board down a river I learned the hard way that when your fin catches a rock in a rapid, it's not a fun experience! I decided to try to run the same river with no center fin and felt like I had no control over my board (probably more of the paddler than the board). But this short fin provides enough control for me to feel comfortable, and at the same time, isn't so long that it snags in the shallow spots.

This fin replaces the stock 9" fin in my soft top boards for paddling downstream in relatively shallow, slow moving water. The board of course does not track as well as it does with the hard 9" fin, but that is the trade off to be able to handle shallow water. Now that I know the Hala fins fit my boards, I'll be ordering a 3" as well. These options should keep me entertained until my skills develop enough to warrant getting a proper HALA river board.