Kneeboard Surfing USA Community Forum

I have used the Churchill Slashers for several years now and they work well for me in what I ride. Search some old threads on this site and you will see that fin selection is a balance of comfort and thrust and what length and type of board you ride. I ride a 5'10" swallow tail (wide tail) and ...

I welcome Derek Hynd to the Rail Grabbers Club.

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As much as I love the Santa Cruz area, HB fits my 3/2 better. When will we have a date?

You might be ble to get a lens with a larger diameter to sit in your eye better. Use it just for the water. Eg if you take it to extremes the periphery of the lens will sit under your lids better and probably stay in - at the expense of reduced oxygen availability at the edge of your cornea - depen...

I wear Clear Sights from Cooper Vision (UK) and they have UV protection and tint. Just don't have much luck keeping them on my eyeball in the water. Tried it again last week and lost one.

Just finished with a makeover on a Flashpoint that has served me well for a few years. The makeover included laying in padding in the knee dents and then padding over the dents and most of the deck. Edges of the pad sanded and were sealed with Marine Goop. Numerous dents on the bottom were filled in...

Bring it.

geo wrote:are you looking for Schoelkopf kneeboards in north county san diego?

Think that he is looking for Eric. He surfed with a guy from Cali recently that may have been riding a Schoelkopf.

Great story Phil

Great to know you're up and at 'em again Man O' War. Good on you for a timely and important post too. More than a few industry veterans have quietly been down the same road. Sadly not all have returned. Health & safety in surf equipment manufacturing is often the elephant in the room that every...

Glad to see you up and posting MOW. Was involved as guinea pig in benzene level in human testing back in the early 80's because of my exposure levels cleaning hydrocarbon tanks. The benzene stores in your fat and stays with you it was found. Not very comforting with my line of work. From OSHA: Benze...

that was great stuff from Headwax yes it is the splash or the spray that does the damage the fine adjustment for me came from experimentation and I do vary things depending on the nature of the surf and the break stray from the prescription by more than a few steps will make night driving more diff...

Used to use my UV coated Clearsight dailys in the surf until I had one shoved under my eyeball.

Nice and simple. Nice job with the profile.