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Jacobs Kneeboard
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 6:45 pm
by Birdie
Has anyone here owned one or tried one - a Jacobs Kneeboard?
They ranged (I think) from about 5'4" to 5'8"...22 3/4 wide...and thick!
Single fins.
I saw one today, like this one, but with a big wide rounded longboard type of nose...
Same type of tail and 5'8"
Wondered how they handled
Jacobs
Posted: Sun Feb 29, 2004 6:05 pm
by quadfin
I had a Jacobs twin spinner circa 1972. Mine was a custom order and not sure if they made a stock board.
Posted: Sun Feb 29, 2004 6:27 pm
by surfhorn
I used to ride single fins. You had to have a long enough fin so it wouldn't pop out on bottom turns. The tail couldn't be too wide or it would break loose as the wall of a barrel got too steep.
I took care of those probelms by narrowing the width of the board and, thus, the tail, riding a 12" flex fin and adding two, 2 inch tri fins on the rails.
The boards were fast and rode barrels well but did not surf small, wimpy waves very well or cutback without the tail sinking.
Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2004 1:50 pm
by Birdie
The one I am looking at is a Jacobs shaped by Wayne Rich. Has to be an 80's board....It looks like a cross between a longboard and a kneeboard, and is about 5' 8".
As far as long and thin fins go - windsurfing fins have to take the cake there....
I emailed Wayne about it.
Will post back - if I get more info.
Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2004 7:09 pm
by steve burpo
The board in the picture looks like it's only about 4' long.Looks like the belly boards we road as a kid.
Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2004 9:36 pm
by Beeline2.0
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Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2004 10:38 pm
by Birdie
Beeline...
The picture is a board from the 70's, and is 5' 2". I think it is onsale at Aloha-Cruz or Chubbysurf or something....
The board I am curious about is also a Jacobs but about 5'8" 22.75 x 2.5ish and was shaped by Wayne Rich - who worked as a shaper for Jacobs from 1980 - 1992 or so...*not* before.
And, as I said, it looks like a longboard with a kneeboard diamond tail.
So, the board I am curious about (no picture of it) is from that period, and is a kneeboard, and does look like the one pictured except for the nose and is bigger, wider, and thicker.
Sorry for any confusion!
Probably made out of a blown blank for a longboard.
Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2004 9:33 am
by Birdie
I got a reply from the shaper - Wayne Rich - I will call him for more details...
"I think around 1987 or so I shaped this particular kneeboard
for a good friend - "Dick Leach". Ray Lucke glassed and airbrushed it in our
shop at 643 Cypress Ave Hermosa Beach."