Jaffa has been brought to his knees !

[jaffa1949]

In answer to Rinky's earlier question; there are a number of custom knee pads that are glued on like stomp pads but are specifically for knee boards, there is very little positional movement as you ride.
Most movement is body torque rail grab leaning and hand grab pull around son forward rail.
Low centre of gravity caused early short boarders to adopt the pig dog positioning to hold their line deeper in the barrel.This was to copy where kneeboarders were already riding. .

There is no limitation in size you can ride, only your cahones!

[jaffa1949]

The grand day is finally here, the kneeboard my design is ready to have a knee pad install and the Bonzer fins. So here is the glossed up beauty

6'1"x 24.5" x 3.5 at parts in the domed deck, innegra carbon bullet proof glass

2+1 set 7" centre fin and small bonzer side bites

Jere you can see the set up on the channel contours based on the Campbell Brothers Bonzer

Diamond tail and double venturi concave

[dtc]

wow, look at those channels. You will be a speed machine

[jaffa1949]

The final post in all its glory. With the knee pad glued on and just waiting for it to set.
Makes a pretty picture hope it surfs as well as it looks!

[dtc]

You aren't going to surf it are you - will just wander around with it under your arm and accepting the admiring glances

[jaffa1949]

It has been done, the Bar presented an uncrowded, punchy for a couple of hours surf a set wave every now and then , reared up for Jaffa on the first outing of the kneeboarder. ( if you know your break you know the indicators and timing of the set waves coming through, mystery powers of those who know )

The board is extremely manoeuvreable almost unbelievably so after longboards. Definitely will lift my performance in steeper parts of the wave, very fast and doesn't track. Looking forward to power surfing on it!

[dtc]

Great stuff. Did you find it was 'working' different parts of the body - I imagine (never having done it) that it really works the hamstrings and glutes with that sort of half kneel position; and you need to have your upper body working well because you cant just lazily lean on the toes to turn

[jaffa1949]

Second surf a pretty small gutless day basically went out to build paddle strength, the board is not suitable for this sort of surf..
It cannot generate enough drive in the initial drop to accelerate our of the bottom turn to beat the white water and although it chugs along kneeboards are not the white water masters, so I just rolled out of most waves.
However two waves in the session presented bigger takeoffs and a presentable wave, enough to drive and hit a high line in the pocket, minor barrel and the board sat just right for that moment.
Ideally the board looks to be a power master and will require some decent surf to really test it and me.
Indonesia long hollow walls beckon ( but not this season, health issues will hinder that).
2018 will be the time and both body and board will be well harmonised and ready!!
Although 2018 will be my 60th year surfing and 2019 being my 70th wavular celebrations planned.
Thinking of taking the acknowledgement for gift of surfing back to Hawaii, wife rides Waikiki in an outrigger canoe while I surf ( standing ) alongside.
Plumeria will be the emblem.

[dtc]

You need a clubbie board