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 (n): a brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost
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2 months ago Treeseed said:

"In the vocabulary of surfers, a skeg is a stabilizing strut or fin located at the rear of the surfboard. A surf board skeg improves the board's fundamental directional stability and enables directional control by banking: varying the surfer's side to side weight distribution."
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