Development of Longer Kneeboard Designs in Australia

surfhorn · Post by **surfhorn** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 7:12 am

My 6'0" is an incredible board that I've grown to really enjoy in a variety of conditions here in Santa Cruz and up and down the coast (same design was also tested for 2 weeks in Indo). After riding it as a quad, I've dropped in a box and dialed in a fifth fin.

6'0" x 22 3/4"
nose: 17 1/2"
tail: 16 3/4"

fin placement (measured from tail)
front set: 22 1/2" w/ Futures fin system FT1 5 1/8" depth
rear set: 17 1/2" w/ " " " AM2 4 3/4" depth
center fin: 10 1/2" w/ Fins Unlimited box with a 4" generic fin

About the only change I would make so far would be to narrow the nose....but the other option would to be to leave this design as a small wave board and then to design a more racey design for bigger, more powerful waves. Something in the 6'3" - 6'5" range with a more pulled nose but still retaining the overall width.

Marky V · Post by **Marky V** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 1:20 pm

headwax
thanks for your thoughts, I wasn't going to add any more rocker overall, assuming that this would slow the board down? I can see your point about moving the fins 1 1/2" up, as it effectively splits the added 3 inches between nose and tail. Thanks also for the fin tips, I am going to use a box for centre and glass on side fins, start on the large side and grind them as I see fit!, can always fit fcs plugs or similar when settled on fin position.
cheers
mark

Burnwater · Post by **Burnwater** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 8:58 pm

Is this a kneeboard? http://iafrica.com/w/wa/waves/coreboard.htm

Burnwater · Post by **Burnwater** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 9:04 pm

Damn! Sorry I keep screwing up these urls. Disregard the above address. It's
http://users.iafrica.com/w/wa/waves/coreboard.htp

hart · Post by **hart** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 10:08 pm

nothin's happening with the links

Beeline2.0 · Post by **Beeline2.0** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 12:23 am

surfhorn · Post by **surfhorn** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 8:15 am

Saw the longer KB topic and it just rang a bell in my fuzzy little head.

Back in 1976 I experimented with a 5'10" (gigantic for that time; I was riding a 5'2" KB) tri fin: large center fin with 2 small side fins.

This was built as a standup board by an acquaintence in Hawaii.... Mike Diffenderfer. While the board didn't work as a KB, it was the first time I was on anything with that amount of length.

Beeline2.0 · Post by **Beeline2.0** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 10:07 am

surfhorn · Post by **surfhorn** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 1:37 pm

The Diffenderfer had a crowned deck - dead give away that it wasn't KB-friendly. But did catch some big barrels at Moss Landing; had to point it in the direction I wanted to go - no hard turns or cutting back.

ScottMac · Post by **ScottMac** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 8:02 pm

red · Post by **red** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 2:36 pm

I suppose it's the wrong time to post about the 6'10 I got on Friday.

john - · Post by **john -** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 3:27 am

wax
you know the CIA are going to be all over that one cos its obvious you've connections were you should'nt

coded messages inciting to surf is antiiiiii something and cuba is looking good for you buddy

unless you speak german

im being followed by an onshore, onshore onshore
and if i ever get a good surf i wont moan and i wont beg and if i ever get a good surf
i wont have to type no more