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by lowrider
Mon Mar 07, 2011 7:12 pm
Forum: Travels...
Topic: OZ and NZ trip...woo hoo
Replies: 32
Views: 5208

Howard, you live in an extremely beautiful part of the world.
My wife & I did the RV thing a couple of years back.
The camper was great once we got accustomed to driving the narrow mountain roads with no guard rails! :D
by lowrider
Sun Mar 06, 2011 7:22 pm
Forum: Travels...
Topic: OZ and NZ trip...woo hoo
Replies: 32
Views: 5208

Please don't call Feral Mick a Gold Coaster.... :shock:
by lowrider
Wed Aug 26, 2009 5:20 pm
Forum: Kneeboard Design...
Topic: some thruster info
Replies: 19
Views: 3819

Would this be Peter Stanton's work?
album_showpage.php?pic_id=21940
by lowrider
Tue Jul 14, 2009 8:00 pm
Forum: Kneeboard Design...
Topic: 'Out the Back' Kneeboards?
Replies: 8
Views: 2217

:D Cheers Anthony,
I'll crawl out from under my rock one of these days
by lowrider
Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:43 pm
Forum: Kneeboard Design...
Topic: 'Out the Back' Kneeboards?
Replies: 8
Views: 2217

'Out the Back' Kneeboards?

While watching the idiot box last weekend an ad comes on for Out the Back surfboards, based here on the Sunshine Coast; seems they do a range of kneeboards. Not sure where they originate; Taiwan? Here's a quote from their website: 'Kneeboard High Performance. A customised hand made board new to our ...
by lowrider
Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:48 pm
Forum: Contests...
Topic: Pa’ and ‘Ma’ Bendall Memorial Contest 14 -15 February 2009
Replies: 23
Views: 4089

:D G`day `rus, fellers. There were some good waves around. I spent most of the weekend watching after getting knocked out first heat. :( Still don`t know who won, missed the presentation and nothing on the news last night. Can someone PLEASE post the results. Mick, Did you see the final; maybe you'...
by lowrider
Mon Feb 16, 2009 2:49 pm
Forum: Contests...
Topic: Pa’ and ‘Ma’ Bendall Memorial Contest 14 -15 February 2009
Replies: 23
Views: 4089

How did it all go? :?:
by lowrider
Wed Dec 10, 2008 3:27 pm
Forum: Kneeboard Design...
Topic: www.compsand.com
Replies: 25
Views: 6187

Thanks Tomway, for the link & excellent report;
I hadn't seen it :oops:
....and love the board Marky vee :D
:idea: I actually had in mind a Blast-inspired quad since having a ride of Shelfbreak's
by lowrider
Tue Dec 09, 2008 4:53 pm
Forum: Kneeboard Design...
Topic: www.compsand.com
Replies: 25
Views: 6187

I didn't end up going in that direction at the time, for various reasons.... among them, the notion of supporting our the guys that support our sport... Parkesy, Hart etc. Just lately though, trying a thinner, lighter, stronger, flexier board is appealing. To date, Josh has been generous with his re...
by lowrider
Sun Dec 07, 2008 8:01 pm
Forum: Kneeboard Design...
Topic: www.compsand.com
Replies: 25
Views: 6187

.....So, with another Xmas here, it might be a good time to revive the thread... Josh has broken away from Bert Burger's Sunova to concentrate on his own shapes http://www.joshdowlingshape.com/ Even a pretty cool looking kneeboard http://www.joshdowlingshape.com/customkbtt/customkbtt.html Tony's a l...
by lowrider
Fri Dec 05, 2008 3:56 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Kneeboard Surfing ...
Topic: Fins, Fins and more Fins????????
Replies: 41
Views: 6541

I like the U.S Divers 'Shredder' flippers.
from Rebel, here in OZ

http://www.rebelsport.com.au/ecom/rebel ... x?id=10284

Comes complete with an ankle leash in case it gets sucked off your foot :D
by lowrider
Wed May 14, 2008 2:07 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Kneeboard Surfing ...
Topic: Greenough Shaped Slabs?
Replies: 11
Views: 2396

Bud, that 1964 EH Holden would be a good investment now, too :D
by lowrider
Tue May 13, 2008 1:34 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Kneeboard Surfing ...
Topic: Greenough Shaped Slabs?
Replies: 11
Views: 2396

Probably shaped by Mike Cundith...?
by lowrider
Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:23 pm
Forum: Legends...
Topic: The history of Peter Crawford
Replies: 34
Views: 13909

Damo, that's all I had; only had a photocopy courtesy 'Riq de Kneelo' For those in Queensland: The slab & another spoon of mine will be on display at the Noosa Regional Gallery from Friday 8 Feb to early March, as part of the 'Art of Surfing' & 'Surfing the 60's' exhibition, held in conjunct...
by lowrider
Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:05 pm
Forum: Kneeboard Design...
Topic: I was wrong but now ?
Replies: 46
Views: 9094

Red quote: [/quote]Why do kneeboaders think they need to be so overgunned with volume? (The above is actually the dims of my last, favourite board, before I decided I wasn't that old and unfit yet :oops: ) Drop the length to 6'0" and flatten the top deck rocker, dome the deck and you'll be in t...