Kneeboard Surfing USA Community Forum

I was looking at FCS since I have access to them without charge.
I know enough team riders where I could round up various models and put them through their paces.

Since I've just returned to KBing after what is baiscally a 5 year lay off, I'm going to be exploring various fin set ups. I have glassed-on fins dialed in but I'm looking more to removable fins for travel boards. Any comments on the new fin system set ups that have flooded the markert in the past f...

One of the advantages of working at a surf shop was that I had access to the factory. If a fin didn't work the way I thought it should, I could grind it off, refoil it then glass it back on that evening (but usually had a box). Then it was ready to the AM go out.

Ler - that humming you heard was probably caused by excess resin built up on the trailing edge of the fin. I've seen the the same thing happen many times. All you have to do is sand down the trailing edge into a better foil and the humming will stop.

I rode single fins for years during the 60's and 70's. I would sand down a 12" flex fin until it had a lot of twang and push it way up in the box. Nothing better than the feeling of taking a big drop at some big freight train wave like Moss Landing, running straight out into the flats then cran...

Thanx for the heads up, Flexman! Sounds like a surf trip to SoCal this fall is in order........if for nothing else but checking out the Greenough exhibit. I tried one of his pvc surf mats (it had handles and fins) the winter of 1985 or so on the north side of the Huntington Beach pier. It was a mack...

Freeline Design Surf Shop owner John Mel would be just the person to ask about KB history. John moved to Santa Cruz in 1969 after a stay in Hawaii. Prior to that he was a shaper in SoCal for (I think) Hobie where he cut his shaping teeth on the night shift under the eye of Skip Frye. John was both a...

Man, I'm glad I found this site. The spirit that you Australians are showing is what KBing is all about.

Anytime you're in Santa Cruz you've got your call of any good wave you want!

Dr. Robert Scott of Santa Cruz, was the leader in diagnosing 'Surfer's Ear'. He produces "Doc's Proplugs", which I've used since 1979 and has really helped me. You can find out more info through his web site ( don't have the URL at hand) or through his daughter's company, Hotline Wetsuits....

One of the longest I've seen in the Santa Cruz area was a KB built in San Diego for a local KBer to ride at Mavericks. It was around 6'0" + but was built super heavy, with both sides covered with graphite glass.

My wife has a 98% closure. She has body surfed and stand-up surfed all her life - an old Dog Town local. The women in her family started body surfing in the early 1900's and started board surfing in 1928.

I had to 'pass' a body surfing test before we got married. Odd family....

I came from the single fin school and worked on developing a nice, deep flex fin back in the late 1960's. Nothing like driving straight down into the flats then cranking a big 'ol bottom turn and rocketing down the line! As far as placement goes, there was only one size boxat that time. I wanted mor...