Kneeboard Surfing USA Community Forum

The feeling. Kneeriding allows me to be a lot more engaged with the wave, deep in the pocket or out making a roundhouse, you are closer to the rushing water and can feel more with your body/arms. I guess its partly the perspective of being very close to the wave when making turns that feels like your putting down some serious g forces.

Also being different and proving that kneeriding is capable of a lot more than the average standup thinks, out here in SoCal its great to watch the eyes and facial expressions when I put down some roundhouses going down the line at Rincon. "Damn, I didn't know a kneeboard could turn like that?? I could see all of your fins out of the water!!"

It was the only vehicle that was rideable where I learned to surf the beaches between Manresa and Moss Landing. My options were a 9'6", 40lb. rocker-less plank or a 4'10" bellyboard and a surf mat. The steep drops at the beaches dictated the 4'10".

Dropping into a pit on your knees and pulling into grinding barrels beats pointing a log and posing.

Way too many years ago when I first started I tried kneeboarding because it was "easier" to get started which suited me (I was very clumsy as yard ape and not very well balanced, emotionally or physically) and after that I was just hooked. I liked the rush you get when the board starts to accelerate down the face, the sense of speed, being just a little bit different, not one of the masses, I actually take pride in being to refered to as a "cripple".
Like Mr Python once said "were all individuals" well I'm not..and now (thanks to Steeno) I've got a T-shirt that explains it pretty well "Coz I love it"

the perfect blend of wave connection and a ability to break free from the natural energy to perform radical manuevers....

Why do standups get so radical? theyre sooo disconnected there oblivious to the waves flow..


why are prone riders perfectly happy to cruise in the pocket with a minimum of turning.... totally absorbed!

not so much with boogie foam....some feeling is lost in comparison to fiberglass paipos/ nylon mats/alaias.... so they break away from the flow quite a bit..

Because I can't tear myself away from the riveting debates regarding fins forward, fins back, fins or flippers, pads or no pads, and last but not least...how do I remove wax from my board.



Seriously...because as a kid, I used to love to whomp the shorebreak at Marine Street and Windansea. Me and my friends grew up watching the Huffmans kill the local reefs. Yeah, we watched Chris O'Rourke too, but it didn't hold the same magic. From there, it was just a natural progression.

For the view and the feeling

kidrock wrote: Seriously...because as a kid, I used to love to whomp the shorebreak at Marine Street and Windansea. Me and my friends grew up watching the Huffmans kill the local reefs. Yeah, we watched Chris O'Rourke too, but it didn't hold the same magic. From there, it was just a natural progression.

my roots exactly. Was standing up until broke my collar bone going over the falls at big rock, probably in 74. Then kneeboarding was just the right tool for the waves at Hospitals, Shoe, and the Rock.

I started kneeboarding as worked for me

I like that you can ride late and deep like a prone board, but have your head really close to the top of the tube - it's the best view ever

i thought about this all day and i still have no f%ckin clue

I was given a kneeboard when I was about 14 or 15.

Almost brand new Sea Ski double wing swallow single fin.

I became a kneeboarder.

The rest is history. . .

Started body surfing then discovered and obsessed Greenough and surfmats and handboards, all were so much fun.

Then I did it, I bought a footboard for $15 and had kneelock problems.

One of the guys I hung out with Floyd turned up at the beach oneday with a kneeboard and my other mate Rob and I had a go, next thing all 3 of us had them. Floyd turned to footboarding pretty soon, because he was embarrassed and to this day is not that good, he was a good kneelo and well it was a shame.

Rob still rips and surfs Naraloo in WA a big nasty barrel of a wave and is a goofy knee to the extreme.

Yeah I love it, it is my religion and yes JDC I will do it till I cant anymore then I will find another religion.

Kneeboarder are GODS

Because I can fit my board easily in the car - oops I hope I haven't reignited the long versus short debate Captain!

Smokin Rock wrote:i thought about this all day and i still have no f%ckin clue

The Glory Mike,The glory................


And I've said it before.............Chicks,

chicks dig kneelo's................

And Mr Kneemo...........where ya been.......

Because I love it
and because I can

Foot surfed for two years, tried kneeboarding and never looked back.

DYdamo wrote:

Smokin Rock wrote:i thought about this all day and i still have no f%ckin clue

The Glory Mike,The glory................


And I've said it before.............Chicks,

chicks dig kneelo's................

And Mr Kneemo...........where ya been.......

ahh....now i remember. chicks and glory