Kneeboard Surfing USA Community Forum

Hi Submariner - I am not qualified to talk about the Blast board but Tony Bonner from Cornwall has just got a 5' 8" x 23 3/4 Parkes tri fin mush board & can't stop raving about it - just so much fun - he's having a blast!

Hi TC My board is 5' 10" x 22 3/4 Thickness is 2 5/8 My height is 6' My weight is 166 pounds The trend towards longer boards happened in the early 90s - average board lengths in the 80s were more like 5' 6" - 5' 7" The new boards average length is 5' 10" [ I'm talking Aussie styl...

Well Jack - it's an interesting question! Here in the UK our kneelo contests have for many years been run alongside the various other categories. We have seen a steadily diminishing number of entries for these, with a corresponding decline in interest from the surfing media in reporting the results....

This is exactly the point - there are very few good young kneeboarders about.
My guess is the average age of those contributing to this site is nearly 40!
That's where the websites & contests are so important - exposure & nurture.
They don't grow on trees - just surf on their knees!

I realize - in retrospect - that my last post did not mention the ISA contest! That was because I was following on from things Bud had mentioned. Perhaps we have to be patient & let the whole thing grow before we can be accepted as part of a world contest - kind of let it go full circle. At the ...

I wonder if those that did so much to promote kneeboarding through the 1990s feel a bit let down by the lack of a response at the time. I have not seen any recent input on the main kneelo sites from Simon, Gigs, Baden, Sergio or Gavin - maybe they feel they have done their bit. What we need is some ...