Kneeboard Surfing USA Community Forum

i have been trying different shapes to see 'if' i can do the knee-thing...biggest problem now is floatation...

got the feelin' there's more to come...nice

cool...now time to get a board...tomorrow

so,the placement numbers just have to jive with the fin configuration and not run over each other...or can u use varying combinations?

ok, kneeboard basics 101...can 'one' convert any template from tri-fin to quad or vice a versa?...or does the shaper have a particular 'fin setup' in mind when shaping a particular template, board bottom, wave or rider's style preference...

to show i'm in the know, but inconviently forgot earlier...ROCKER! what's peculiar to kneeboards...i sauve flat, vee, single concave, double, nose and tail rocker, etc...wide point and rocker apex...you see where this is going?

like the flurry of feed back...will use the tidbits to continue to scower this blog for visual aids and calculations for fin placements, templates and foil...please keep the ideas coming...i surf 9ft boards of california speed shapes-no long boards...22-23" wide and 3 1/4 thick [i had been addi...

home is santa barbara county and the waves therein but i want a road board to, don't want to give up the airline seat yet...i have called ron romanosky and john mel of freeline...but i'm looking "outside the box" for that crutch-board to help me, less work the better...hope it's not a pipe...

looking for esoteric knowledge for how big i can go...template, thickness, dimensions and fin options (placement)...stand up surfer for 50 years (ability 7 out 10-10 being pro) with worldwide experience in quality and size-well overhead sessions...recent back injury leaves a left foot disablility......