Riding EVERYTHING

[kneelingBROTHA]

Hi all. I surfed today. Alas...second session in a row where I didn't ride a kneeboard. But don't worry everyone, I have a legitimate explanation: my ankle is still healing from a near break on a skateboard ramp one week ago.

I was wondering if anyone on here has it in them that they want to ride whatever suits the conditions. And I mean WHATEVER! Now, a kneeboard is something that to me suits most all of what I do: short, hollow waves in the shouth bay, and the pointbreaks in PV when I get a chance to venture up there.

But sometimes, the situation calls for something a bit different.

On WED. of this week, I had to ride a sponge because the avenues were producing wild double-up shorebreak that sucked up and broke on almost dry sand. When the wave finally tubed and collapsed, you washed up on the sand like at Seal Beach! EVERY ride would have broken the skegs on the Blue Bottle.

Then there are days where it is so hoplessly flat that the only thing that looks good is a longboard--though I don't have a longboard, sometimes I get to borrow one and its fun when its FLLLLLLAT!

Then there are days when it looks fun to bodysurf because its tubing, but closed out near to the beach. And sometimes when its big, shallow, tubing and closed out and near the beach a sponge looks like a better idea because broken kneeboard=broken heart.

Does everyone get my drift?

Does anyone here get stoked on ALL equipment? I know everyone here is really dedicated to kneeboarding, which I am very serious about becoming skilled myself with, but sometimes its just worthless, walled or tiny, and you want to get out there but not frusterate yourself trying to kneeboard.

[hannya]

I know what you mean ever do a reentry with a 18' kayak? My kneeboards are my primary wave vehicle. I do like to go out on my other wave toys such as wave skis,kayaks and longboards.Going down a wave with your feet in front of you is pretty intresting. I found waveskiing and kneeboarding vaguely simular. The kayak will catch swells even longboarders are not able to.
enjoy the ride!!!

[JackG]

I put a new 9.75" flex tip fin on my 9'4" Yater, and enjoyed high frequency slop at my local break. Definitely the right tool for the job today.

[surfdad50]

I know what you mean: I kneeboard and bodysurf and even take out my ten footer when it is super small and kneeride it just cruizing through sections(i may look like a kook but I am the guy with the smile on his face ride whatever suits the situation..... andrew....

[chasinglefts]

i'm on the same sort of trip right now...kneeriding being my first choice, particularly when it's hollow, or just quality surf, but i still enjoy taking out either my 9'6 or 9'9. and in reality, i probably spend more actual water time just bodysurfing than anything else. everything is fun, each form of waveriding brings a smile to my face. just another day at the beach

[chasinglefts]

posted twice, sorry

[Sprocky]

My philosophy is, if it floats, surf it. I'll ride anything. One of my favorites is to stand-up surf my kneeboards when it's small. You can pump for speed, and the board is short enough to go vertical on a small wave face. I've also paddled sailboards and kayaks into waves. I've found them about as maneuverable as an oil tanker, but it's better than nothing. And there are a privileged few out there who have had the opportunity to ride one of Rob DiStefano's 5' long, 3" thick, no rocker soft foam hybrids, affectionately dubbed the Toilet Seat at last years Jimmy Miller memorial contest.
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surf-ing: (sûrfng) n.
The sport of riding on the crest or along the tunnel of a wave

I'll ride anything, but I prefer a kneeboard for that "tunnel of a wave"