With roots reaching back to his very first custom board in 1967—a Mirandon Brothers Twin Fin—Rusty Preisendorferbrings over five decades of twin fin experience into a design that fuses tradition with precision-tuned performance. Drawing from his early shaping years and his influential collaboration with Shaun Tomson in 1979, Rusty's Twin Fin is not just a throwback—it's a refined, functional piece of surf history designed for today’s wave-riders.
At the core of this board’s performance is a shallow single concave that feeds into a vee, which splits into a crowned double vee in front of the fins and exits with a slight convex through the tail. This unique bottom contour—fine-tuned with Tomson decades ago—delivers clean transitions, effortless speed, and firm, confident turns, especially around the wing and rear fin placement.
The foil mirrors that of a modern high-performance shortboard, offering sensitivity and control underfoot. While it retains the visual language of a traditional twin, the performance is anything but retro. The result is a versatile twin finthat isn’t just for waist-high cruisers—it holds confidently in sizeable surf, too.
Rusty's Twin Fin balances heritage and innovation, staying true to its origins while incorporating subtle yet crucial updates in rail foil, fin placement, and concave design to meet modern performance expectations.
Pros:
Decades of refinement rooted in twin fin history.
Unique bottom contour (crowned double vee + shallow single concave) offers drive and clean transitions.
Wing placement and fin positioning deliver solid, reliable turns.
Rail foil mirrors modern shortboards for high responsiveness.
Capable in a wide range of surf—including larger waves.
Blends traditional aesthetics with functional upgrades.
Cons:
Performance edge may require some adjustment for surfers used to thrusters or more grovel-focused twins.
Not built for hyper-critical vertical surfing; excels more in flow and speed-driven approaches.
Summary:
The Rusty Twin Fin is a timeless, high-performance design from a shaper who helped pioneer and evolve the genre. It’s a board that honors the twin fin legacy while riding like a well-oiled modern machine. From chest-high cruisers to solid overhead surf, it offers smooth drive, fast lines, and tight, controlled turns—a versatile addition to any surfer’s quiver, and a celebration of one of surf history’s most enduring templates.
