A set of fins will not drastically change your surfing skill level, but the right set of fins on the right board will help you to surf waves to the best of your ability. The choices are almost endless and, like fin design itself, the best method is trial and error. Our advice? Swap out your

Karim and friend all smiles after a morning session at Diamond Head cliffs ... photo courtesy of iJustSurf.com

Most of you out there already know this, but just in caser some of you were out in the water a bit too much, here's the scoop: we were hacked by some radical "web" extremists over the last few days, and we had to do some serious flippin' of switches to compensate and get the

South shore surfers can rejoice in the recent availability of this video, showing the 'akule' in action ... small waves, perhaps - but the board speaks for itself! Riders Kaito and Genki square off at Queens: Bonus Pictures of a tricked out Akule, with acid splashes: