Hands On Rail

[ScottMac]

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[Ler]

I quess we won't be exchanging x-mas cards.

Ler

[kneecaps]

The face too low on your board, ass way high in the air look, or as my friend calls it, the dreaded "Butt Wiggle"

That has to be the worst... this is the only time Im self-conscious(sp?)
Especially when you're up high on the wave (wiggling but re-entering) and you're giving the whole line up behind you an ass-wiggle shot.

[ScottMac]

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[strudle]

When did kneelos
ever really give a f@*k about what anyone else thinks anyway??

Exactly! And what'S all this crappola about style? No point in just looking good, you've got to rip it.

[W.G. Facenda]

I could care less if you use your hands on rails or not! The post was about bad contest results in Santa Cruz contest, if you used hands on rails for leverage.Seems stupid to me. Contests judging should stay in sports like figure skating , diving, gymnastics or etc

[surfhorn]

It really is two different thing: apples & seaweed.

Contest surfing is much different than we normal KBers. Its just nice to know what one can expect if one enters a contest.

Although my only objective is to hang out with all your freaks! Is this how Moses felt about 'his People'?

[KAVA]

just a vote for the rail grab from the photo gallery! heh heh
album_picm.php?pic_id=6401

[Kauaikneelo]

JFOOJ, KAVA, AND THE REST OF US "RAIL GRABBERS"

THINK WE NEED A RAIL GRABBER ANONYMOUS (RGA) GROUP, WITH THE 12 STEPS AND ALL? (I'LL BRING THE FIRST 6 STEPS -- ICE COLD AND FROSTY!!! YOU GUYS IN?? )

MAYBE A GATHERING IS IN ORDER FOR THIS ??


-K

[K-man]

Sounds good to me :DI...I'm good for a round,kinda like that keiki beer.good stuff.Anyways,be there from may-1-31.
Will be busy in kekaha for a week or so,will trave up that side for a look see,and a bit of camping...depends on what the surf scene is doing on the south and west side
Any info will be appreciated....mahalo

cheers

RGA member in good standing.

[DrStrange]

Hey, does it count for riding a mat? I lie down and grab BOTH rails. Don't drink alch. but I'm in for grabbing...

[fooj]

KauaiKneelo,
I'm in. Anything involving beer, I'm in.

[Bob Gove]

I was shocked to hear in the first post on this subject about the judges' instructions on rail grabs. None of the contestants were privy to this knowledge, and if they were I know a large hue and cry would have arisen from a number of us there. Judging criteria should be explained to all participants. At the worlds in Tahiti it was announced to all competitors that they were looking for the most radical and progressive maneuvers, as well as tube time (as far as I remember). I have been kneeboarding since 1968, when kbing was just starting to take off here, and style was never an issue, it was whether you made the barrel or not. I am one of the very few left that use handles on my board. I find that they allow me to torque the board harder on turns,giving me more drive off the bottom and quicker direction change on cutbacks. They're also very useful during el rollos and kamikaze airdrops! Some may think it's a kook item, but it has worked for me for over 38 years! I don't care if you use your rails or not, but it shouldn't be a judging criteria.

[MWROBERTSON]

Last weekend my brother Danny came by with his wife and two little girls. We decided we were going to take them down to the playground in my neighborhood.

I took the three year old Lilly and Danny took the other. Lilly and I decided to take the skatebaord as our means for transportation.

Lilly laid on the skate baord and I pushed her from behind. You never saw a happier kid! She was laughing and screaming going down the side walk. "Faster, faster" she screamed.

Danny saw what we were doing and yelled back, "Lilly try standing up on it".

Lilly, still in the prone position and having one hand on the rail and the other out to her side like an airplane wing, yelled back "Noooo............it's more fun this way"!

I think you all get the point.

[walt davidson]