Kneeboard Surfing USA Community Forum

nice video's

Thanks Dunc

I was a bit confused!

anyone got any idea what's happened?

Good shots of the weekend on the www.kneelo.org site though

Glad you found them to be ok.

Blimey, that looks cold!

The UK seems positively tropical compared to that!

GRAYMAN wrote:Firstly, my impression is that he has reasonably good wave knowledge and is a moderately good surfer

brilliant

... Simon Anderson is to blame. ... so why is BB so intensly popular especially with kids apart from the convenience and price and durability and postability and ... and ... and ... and the coverage in the bodyboarding magazines which shows how radical and cutting edge the sport is too. The latest ...

I use fins for paddling out too, only use my arms when catching a wave.

The downside is I'm currently suffering with calf cramps a lot due to lack of fitness and long paddle outs where I surf in the UK

Without the fins in my current (lack of) fitness, I'd struggle to get out back just using arms.

I've got both Octoblades and Tech II's. My Octoblades are my summer fin worn without socks and I wear socks withe Tech II's in the winter. I'm finding I'm getting a lot more cramp with the Tech II's but it's just as likely to be from having to fin for longer periods due to the more powerful winter s...

Thanks for your response to the thread Smurf, it’s nice to see some input by people in the know. So far we have had over 1300 views of the forum with only 10 contributors. Well I'm interested hence why I view but as I'm happy with the way Dunc's running the British Kneelo Club and I was at the AGM,...

great stuff, really enjoyed it

szrbloke wrote:Have never ridden a single fin kneeboard.

I have, my first kneeboard was a single fin:



a bit embarrassing when everyone else was riding thrusters (late '80's)

I'd love to have some guides to various manoeuvres as I seem to have forgotten everything I knew after a 10 year layoff!

you got me to thinkin' about early leashes, mine were like bungie cords and you had to duck when the board was coming back at you.... :roll: little off topic but so am I.... 8) Yeah, I remember them. Worst thing was if the board got airbourne. It'd come at you like a freakin cormerant (sp) then! :s...