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by Lefty
Sun Oct 27, 2013 5:44 pm
Forum: New Boards...
Topic: new secondhand flashpoint
Replies: 6
Views: 4328

yes, the two boards do look to be cousins. glad to know it was a magic board. hopefully i won't have to make it into a quad...
by Lefty
Fri Oct 25, 2013 4:06 pm
Forum: New Boards...
Topic: new secondhand flashpoint
Replies: 6
Views: 4328

thanks for calling it a swallow and not a fish, jeff. it seems no one uses the term "swallow tail" anymore. any board with a nick out of the back, no matter how small is deemed a fish. i know it shouldn't upset me, but it does. i didn't get any waves yesterday. the guy who sold me the boar...
by Lefty
Thu Oct 24, 2013 6:57 pm
Forum: New Boards...
Topic: new secondhand flashpoint
Replies: 6
Views: 4328

new secondhand flashpoint

i bought a flashpoint today. no dims on it, but 5'9" x ~23" . it's in good condition. i also have a rounded pin, single flyer flashpoint. it's getting a bit old and beat up. so it nice to have another board. looks like it will go! http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/1471/d630.jpg [/URL] htt...
by Lefty
Wed Oct 23, 2013 3:42 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Kneeboard Surfing ...
Topic: Kneeboarding on Encyclopedia of Surfing Blog
Replies: 22
Views: 8289

surfing has long had a tendency to print the legend and not the fact. the oft-repeated cliques of the kneelo as an oddball charger make me seem more interesting than i am when attending BBQs with stand-up surfers. but i imagine these cliques might be galling to those that have done real things to sw...
by Lefty
Mon Oct 21, 2013 9:31 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Kneeboard Surfing ...
Topic: A new Wedge battle about to start!!!
Replies: 28
Views: 15204

we have "blackballing" in oz in summer — no glass boards between the flags for swimming. one of my locals is so small that means no glass boards for the whole beach. it's rather amusing to see the frothing foreign surfers wearing steamers in mid summer vigourously wax their boards, then ta...
by Lefty
Tue Oct 01, 2013 9:01 pm
Forum: Video Clips...
Topic: Figuring out the "new" Flashpoint
Replies: 15
Views: 6322

you look young enough to change your ways and lean forward. i switched from a single fin slab to a flashpoint rounded pin about 5 years ago. the day i leaned forward everything changed. and not just leaning forward a little, but keeping my body pretty much parallel to the board. it feels as if my fl...
by Lefty
Tue Sep 17, 2013 2:44 am
Forum: Video Clips...
Topic: Kneeboard legend Peter "The Friar" Ware.
Replies: 19
Views: 7728

at last! one of the great mysteries has been solved...how friar tuck got its name.

great interview and a really nice looking board!
by Lefty
Wed Sep 04, 2013 6:32 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Kneeboard Surfing ...
Topic: fire sale all must go!!
Replies: 3
Views: 858

must be very hard to give up surfing like this. hope things go well.
by Lefty
Wed Aug 21, 2013 12:04 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Kneeboard Surfing ...
Topic: Why did you start riding a kneeboard?
Replies: 61
Views: 13295

a mate bought his board to school one day in the late 70s. he said "don't tell anyone, it's a kneeboard". that was enough intrigue to get me interested...
by Lefty
Tue Aug 20, 2013 11:44 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Kneeboard Surfing ...
Topic: New to the forums...
Replies: 10
Views: 2879

^^^i like the bombie, when conditions are right... i live a little north of there, closer to bronte and tama.
on a day like today, i can understand you heading north. it's as cold as a frog's tit here. i even had to put long pants on. they feel weird.

thanks for the invite wolruss...
by Lefty
Mon Aug 19, 2013 12:54 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Kneeboard Surfing ...
Topic: New to the forums...
Replies: 10
Views: 2879

thanks for the welcome...
by Lefty
Thu Aug 15, 2013 3:19 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Kneeboard Surfing ...
Topic: New to the forums...
Replies: 10
Views: 2879

New to the forums...

hi fellow kneelos just to introduce myself...local area is the eastern suburbs of sydney. i ride a flashpoint (what a board!). i prefer to go left in the land of rights. i'm pretty sure i'm the least-talented kneelo in australia. everyone else i see absolutely rips. here are my boards...a couple of ...