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I think you are confusing this thread with another similar thread: https://forums.deeperblue.com/threads/avoid-c4-new-fins-cracked-no-support-from-c4.108011/My previous comments and I see C4's comments have been removed from this thread???
Darryl, that pic u pinned of your broken blade. From my experience blades are normally broken near the Base of the blade. When users push off the bottom, jump off a boat etc. The blade over flex. However a break near the far edge of a blade is quiet unique. It is also odd that the crack is in the same shape as the trailing edge.
Does that crack appear on the other side as well or is it just on one side? The are no blade scuffs that I can see and the fin tip is clear of nicks in the crescent shape of the fin terminal end, so the fin blade does not appear to have collected anything in the way of an impact hit. The side rails appear unmarked as well.
Did you send a photo of the whole blade as well as the close-up of the tip damage?
Check my post #35 on what is now a combined thread as my thoughts are tips can be over-flexed when pulling fins out by their tips. I have inadvertently done this with very long bladed rubber fins, but of course there they sustained no damage.Yes,
I sent several pictures...different angles/light etc.
The crack is on both sides but it does not make a hole in the fabric.
The odd thing for me is that the crack follows the shape of the blade and as you can see, there are no cracks/chips on the edge of the blade.
If I had kicked something hard enough to crack the fin, surely there would be scratches or chips?
Check my post #35 on what is now a combined thread as my thoughts are tips can be over-flexed when pulling fins out by their tips. I have inadvertently done this with very long bladed rubber fins, but of course there they sustained no damage.