DEFLOW CREAM 9" | SINGLE FIN FOR AUSTIN LONGBOARD

Deflow's most versatile single fin in the definitive size for classic longboarding and the most natural, serene sage green in the range

Some colors don't need to shout to make a statement. The pale sage green of the Cream 9" Austin is one of them: translucent in the fiberglass layup, organic like the vegetation of the Central Texas plains in spring, with that almost botanical quality that evokes nature without artifice. On the tail of a longboard, that soft, pure green makes the fin look like it was meant to be there from the start. For the longboarder who wants the benchmark fin in the Deflow catalog in the most natural and least common color in the range.

WHY THIS FIN MAKES THE DIFFERENCE

The Austin color brings Deflow's best-selling fin into the territory of the most beautiful layup in the range. But the color is just the shell: inside is the same technical architecture that makes the Cream the reference for modern longboarding:

• A-outline: the geometry of balance — The wide base provides hold and security for noseriding; the tip with sufficient surface area makes fluid turning possible. The Cream's A-outline solves the equation that pivot fins cannot: providing both at once without compromising either.
• Rigid body, flex tip — The stiffness distribution in the Cream is not accidental. The rigid body provides trim stability and support for five; the flex tip absorbs the pressure of the turn and releases naturally. It is the feeling that distinguishes this fin from any basic construction fin.
• Rake for natural glide — The Cream's raked-back profile generates a sensation of fluid and continuous glide along the wave. Without the abrupt lock-ups of pivot fins, and without the excessive lightness of performance fins: the exact point of character and flow.
• Fiberglass layup with Austin finish — The Austin sage green is not a surface paint: it is the color taken by the fiberglass layup in this finish, translucent and with the depth that only well-laminated fiber provides. The fin with the color closest to nature in the entire Cream catalog.
• For squaretail and pintail — The Cream works perfectly on the two most common tail shapes in classic and modern longboarding, with no restrictions.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Model — Cream 9"
• Type — Single fin
• Size — 9"
• Base — 188.8 mm (7.45")
• Height — 228.6 mm (9")
• Area — 37.78 in²
• Flex — Low (rigid body, flex tip)
• Construction — Fiberglass
• Profile — Raked-back, A-outline
• Recommended waves — Small to medium
• Recommended boards — Squaretail or pintail longboard, mid-length
• Color — Austin, translucent pale sage green

ADVICE FROM OUR EXPERTS

The Cream 9" Austin is the fin in the range that contrasts most visually with dark boards or boards with black and brown resin tints, where the pale sage green creates a combination that looks very deliberate without being forced. It also works exceptionally well on white boards with natural resin tints —terrazzo, cream, ivory— where the Austin integrates as if it were part of the board's original design. From a technical point of view, the 9" size of the Cream is the perfect balance between noseride and maneuverability for most longboards from 9' to 9'6". A choice that is hard to improve upon.
— Core Surfing Team

DEFLOW GUARANTEE — "OUR LOVE FOR THE SEA BROUGHT US HERE"

Deflow was born on the beach of Zarautz at the hands of a group of surf enthusiasts with a clear obsession: to create efficient, beautiful, and honest fins and accessories. What started as a community of riders in the Basque Country has become a benchmark brand in the European market, recognized for the technical rigor of its fin designs and for an aesthetic that connects surfing with the culture of color and design.

The Cream is Deflow's best-selling fin and the one that best summarizes the brand's philosophy applied to longboarding: not a compromise between noseriding and turning, but a fin designed so the surfer doesn't have to choose. The Austin adds to that story the most organic and natural color in the entire range: that translucent sage green which, in the fiberglass layup, has a unique visual quality, as if nature had decided the color before the manufacturer.

USE AND CARE

• Installation — The Cream 9" uses a standard single fin box system. Check that your board's fin box accepts 9" fins. Adjust the position in the box according to your style: further forward for more maneuverability, further back for more stability in noseriding.
• Recommended positioning — For 9' to 9'6" longboards, start with the fin centered or slightly set back and adjust according to your board and surfing style.
• Layup care — The Austin finish is a fiberglass layup with integrated color, not a surface paint. Even so, avoid direct impacts to the layup and repair any ding with compatible resin to maintain the structural integrity and aesthetics of the fin.
• Storage — Store the fin away from direct heat and without side pressure to preserve its flex over the long term.

SIZE GUIDE

This datasheet corresponds to the 9" size of the Cream. The Cream family is available in eight sizes to adapt to any type of single fin board:

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