knee skate

[skansand]

so fun 14 hours ago......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwrKL6VTc2M

... the video looks slow cause the guy filming is a pro hill skater who board gos like 60 mph and had to foot brake to keep from passing me..but im upwards of 20 mph in some turns....

the board is another pro bombers "sit down special" thats 12" x 48" and had tuned flex with different density wood ribs on the bottom and a neoprene pad....he never thought to double knee it!

this is my first ride

[rick mottola]

hell. yes.

[mutiny]

Yeah!!!! matt that looks so fun

[SFKneelo]

My brother had an 8-wheeler back when

Padded up my knees and took it to a pool. I liked riding that board regardless.

With that length, and converting to an 8-wheeler to spread the knees...

That said, that looked fun as all get out just as is! I found myself leaning with you...

[skansand]

wider would definetly be better....you can see at the end of the vid how im strugging to get a slide...

im sure it be challenging to get the side by side trucks perfectly parallel....


in the vid im riding whats called a"but board" ,

, flashpoint one side , romo the other


flippers would be some good protection...

http://www.jackassworld.com/videos/1579080/195995

[SFKneelo]

Wild looking board!

[frog]

Back in the '70. I build a kneebroad stakeboard with a pad and a carpet on top of 18" x 24" plywd. w/truck mounted on a 2" x 4" block them to attach to board. I use to ride cayon roads, pools and water sted bowls and walls

Looks like fun maybe I should build one again?

[surfhorn]

I also built a knee skate in the 1970's with 4, Bennet Rpo trucks (8 wheels).
Didn't ride it that much since I skated pools on a normal' board and a slalom board.

[SFKneelo]

I was thinking about a repeat, and quickly drew that same conclusion... or was that contusion.

Maybe slapping down some deck pad would help?

On the 8-wheeler, I used kneepads.

The other tweak might be raised rails to press the lower legs against?

[albert]

if you are serious about doing this properly... you will need these.

http://www.freebordstore.com/decks-truc ... dings.html

[skansand]

the board had a neoprene pad on it but my next board will have the same 1/2" thick EVA as my kneelos...

the gnar crew i was skating with all use these,

http://www.grombiz.com/home.html


im currently rollin with gullwing sidewinders , two stacked pivot points to really bury rail ....my 3rd set.

Id love to see any pics if anyone has any

[albert]

Id love to see any pics if anyone has any

Just pulled this out of the dustbin...




This one had a bodyboard glued to the deck, I still had to wear Pro Pads (the big ones) and garden gloves among all the other protective gear required for skate parks in florida at the time. I used the trucks I linked in an earlier post. I bought the largest wheels I could find and made the board out of 3/4inch plywood. I also used two sets of 3/4inch plywood risers along with the big old school plastic risers. The boards lasted me about 3 months each on average, I kept breaking them. All in all I rode these for just over a year around 1999 or 2000.
Did I have a great time doing it? Absolutely!
Why did I stop doing it? In short, I was getting utterly annoyed with the dozens of kids that kept asking me the same questions over and over... 'where did you get those trucks?' 'have you heard about that one guy in brazil that has crippled legs and rides a skateboard too?' 'how did you come up with the idea?' and so on...

what happened to the board? its gone, suffice it to say it was the casualty of a bad breakup with a girlfriend at the time.

[SFKneelo]

Albert!

I love the smell of burnt bodyboard in the morning


It smells like....



victory!