Standup Kneeboarding

DavidW · Post by **DavidW** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 7:12 am

I used to watch Dale Dodsen, I think they also called him Deetle or something like that, at Big Rock back in the 80's. He would charge that place on a longboard, pretty much the only one doing that at the time. I never saw him Kneeboard though.
I think stand up surfing definately helps your kneeboarding. There are days when it is just not good for riding a kneeboard. Getting out there on a stand up board of any kind, boogieboarding and bodysurfing are all fun in the right conditions. Mixing it up keeps you in the surf on a regular basis. On days I would not go out on in the past are now a lot of fun on one of my other types of boards.

surfhorn · Post by **surfhorn** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 8:07 am

Dale Dobson has been a great surfer - no matter what vehicle- since the 1960's. I first saw him surf here in Santa Cruz at a Western Surfing Association contest at Steamer Lane in 1971 or '72.

After winning the men's standup division, he entered the kneeboard division and won that.

Beeline2.0 · Post by **Beeline2.0** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 8:23 am

Smokin Rock · Post by **Smokin Rock** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 9:52 am

aloha everyone,
i love to bodysurf.
i love to longboard.
i love to nightdive.
i love to sail.
i love to fish.
i LOVE to kneeride. i just plain love the ocean and to be in it. our connection with the ocean is the important thing not the vehicle we choose to ride. i'm kinda intrigued with this paipo board deal and i'm gonna check one out. keep an open mind. HAVE FUN.
i think guys like Dale ripped because they were into riding waves and not particularly hung up on what they were rode upon.
aloha,

Steeno · Post by **Steeno** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 12:43 pm

well said mike..........

"i just love the ocean"

good call..............i feel the same way

Jafo · Post by **Jafo** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 2:21 pm

I'm all for "whatever works."

my footboarder brother's current primary board is an old 5'9" roundpin thruster KB that in 2-3' conditions allows him to pump and carve better than most other stand-ups.

For me, I'll longboard once in a while in smallish conditions, and if my family wants to have a beach day at a blackballed spot, I'll take a body board and have fun flopping around -- anything to get wet and ride waves!

But KBs will always be my preferred ride.

DrStrange · Post by **DrStrange** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 6:04 pm

1970's I worked at Channin surfboards in Encinitas. Sort of knew Dale. That guy could ride anything and rip. Saw one day at Grandview ride several different footboards ranging from Tanker to super short Twinnie and rip 4-5 foot faced hollow beach break. He'd ride a couple waves then ride one all the way up onto the sand, run up, grab a totally different type of board and in less than a minute he'd be getting barreled or smacking the lip again but from a totally different dynamic perspective. Wouldn't surprise me a bit if he was a highly skilled kneelo and maybe a mat surfer as well. Definitely a multi-talented wave rider.

Steeno · Post by **Steeno** » Sat Jan 17, 2004 2:53 pm

sounds like, my type of waterman. you learn so much from riding different designs and shapes

surfhorn · Post by **surfhorn** » Sat Jan 17, 2004 5:37 pm

I wll ride anything but I'm a still KBer through and through.

When my standup friends see my longboarding (9'0" modern LB and also a 1966 9'10" Yater step deck..sweet board), I just tell them that its a tandem kneeboard!

My wife (a standup surfer since the 60's) and I also have been known to wow the crowds with our tandem routine on a body board during big south swells when the black ball is flying!

Nov · Post by **Nov** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 2:46 am

you seem to get more respect off the local standups if you can stand as well as kneel, especially if you can do it with fins on! That really freaks them out!

Cripple Crusader · Post by **Cripple Crusader** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 6:01 am

Nov wrote:you seem to get more respect off the local standups if you can stand as well as kneel, especially if you can do it with fins on! That really freaks them out!

There is a bodyboarder in Cape Town that I've seen standing a couple of times on his bodyboard - if anything freaks people out, that ranks right up there!!!
Pretty funny when you see this guy actually shredding a wave and the whole line-up is double taking to try and figure out what the hell is going on!!

Hammer Slammer · Post by **Hammer Slammer** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 8:04 pm

Nov wrote:you seem to get more respect off the local standups if you can stand as well as kneel, especially if you can do it with fins on! That really freaks them out!

If you want to stand up, but still can't do without flippers, you can cut short the flipper you'd use on your back foot if you were to stand up (ie; right foot if you're natural footer). This way it doesn't hang over the edge of the board and dig into the wave when you stand up.

Nov · Post by **Nov** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 3:22 am

flippers can really annoy you trying to bottom turn standing up, they dig into the wave and often make you fall off.

Jack Beresford · Post by **Jack Beresford** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 11:34 am

Kneeboarders who stand up? How about standups that kneeride? Nothing worse than getting beat by them in competition. There were some pretty good stand up guys back in the 80s - Chas Wickwire, Sean McGriff and a bunch of good guys from the East Coast (although their style was a little shaky). In small waves they were dangerous.

The most famous standup to kneeride, however, is Kelly Slater. The story I've heard is that he almost lost the World Amateur Title because he rode a wave in on his knees after the final - performing an insane barrel role in the shorebreak. Did anyone see this? It think it was at Cornwall. .

Ler · Post by **Ler** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 11:55 am

Todd Holland beat me in a contest once, at first I bummed. But he had so much contest knowledge. He just out surf the heat.

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