Pendoflex

[El Coyote]

Anyone here ever ride a Pendoflex board? I saw a standup riding one at el morro yesterday and was very impressed.

Does Pendarvis also make kneeboards?

[ezak]

Yeah, he makes kneeboards too, I've never ridden one of his boards so can't comment on how they ride, but they look like candy too. Check out his website, he has a few pics of kneeboards there. He also does the pendo decks for other shapers, such as Toby Pavel. He put a deck pad on my fish that works great, not his whole pendoflex thing but a really nice flush with the deck pad. Very low profile but plenty comfy, no wax needed.

[kidrock]

here's a couple of cool Pendo links.

http://www.pendo.com/home/

http://mollusksurfshop.com/shop/surfboards/pendoflex/

[Mark Ramirez]

D@#n you kid, I was just going to post that and you beat me by a couple of mins. But seriously, Steve used to be one of the kneeboarder "crew" who surfed Shadows Reef. He can and does make kneeboards, he's been shaping for 40+ years. I've never have surfed one of his boards, but I got a Pavel in the mid 80's that he put a pad into the board so it road like a "wibulator" with tons of flex. It was no worries about being behind the section, the board would just flex and fly by hard to make sections. I just ended up selling the board because the shape wasn't to my liking when the waves got "big." It worked well in small surf. It also says alot that I don't see very many of his boards for sale from private parties, so I guess that people getting them must hang on to them.

[BillL]

Tom Linton aka" Dogman" at Blacks rides a Barto/Pendoflex and swears by them. I borrowed a 5'8" Pendo stand up fish last fall from Patagonia, it was a Lis outline, parabolic epoxy blank with Gephart fins. I had a blast in chest high waves, you could really feel the spring off the bottom turn, the board flew. I didn't kneeride it because the surf was small but if you like those type of outlines I would highly recommend them.

[james]

Steve's blog has one photo of a kneeboard, towards the bottom of this page:
http://www.pendo.com/pendo-blog/page/7/

And it say's "Steve makes a variety of kneeboard designs, including squash tails and pintails".

I wonder how the KB fish would compare to Bud's F2K ? - looks like the fins are set further back on the orange board that Kidrock linked to in Mollusk Surf Shop than on an F2K....?

[C.P.Odom]

Maybe someone can educate me here, I see some nice but very common looking boards. Were is the flex coming from?

[joe]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOGmjW7Gc-s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wEsHI7cloE

[KenM]

James, yes, the fins on Pendo's boards are further back than on Bud's boards, more like Pavel's.
Curtis, the deck is scooped out like a spoon to within about an 1/8" of the bottom glass then the pad is used to back fill the deck.

[skansand]

rubber rubber ducky..... .....it be sweet to bring him one of buds 6'0 F2ks and get it flexified

... maybe it be magic with a bit more tail rocker in turns!

[james]

.....it be sweet to bring him one of buds 6'0 F2ks and get it flexified

... maybe it be magic with a bit more tail rocker in turns!

too skan - I'll take a 6-0 Budoflex and a 5-10 Blaviso

[analbirth]

Does this mean mine are analflex then

[Kauaikneelo]

i had pendo shape me a board, once.

an den?? like a cliff hanger ,

we need some out of bounds comment or my coffee just tastes like......you know.

[KenM]

boards cost a lot. to much to keep buying if you are less than satisfied. inane enough? maybe i should say, gimmicks are only around for a short time. the hula hoop has made a couple of comebacks but, they were short lived too. you either like 'em or you dont, i still dont like hula hoops.

just sayin...

ps. not all boards are for everyone. i believe in the freedom of Choice, all others need not apply.

You with a Hula Hoop, now THAT is some visualisation.

[KenM]

its your Choice that makes surfing fun, no?

Absolutely, I've got a Choice with a Pendo pad and it's super fun.