What are some of your kneeboards dimensions , please ?
And how much nose and tail rocker , please ?
I’m also wondering …what is the NARROWEST you have gone to , in a kneeboard ?
Any kneeboard photos would be MUCH appreciated …
Thanks for your help !!
ben
p.s. - I hope you don’t mind Andy , but I have posted your shots on this thread , too, mate
Hi Chip,
Crozier ‘Slab’ mid 70’s?
5"7" x 23.25" ( @ 28" from nose ) x 2.5".
19.5" @ 12" from nose.
17.5" @ 12" from tail.
diamond/square tail, 12" wide
4.5" nose rocker; 2" tail rocker approx.
‘corrugated’ channels, as can be seen.
centre fin bax 8’’ from tail…phew…
and another.
Earthrise by Steve Atris; '70s- early '80s?
5’6" x 23.25" x 2.5"
20" @ 12" from nose.
17.25" @ 12" from tail
4" nose rocker, 2" tail.
3 fluted wings @ 5", 10" & 22" from tail
single concave thru to tail V.
Man! How’s the condition of that Crozier!! Nice mid seventies trifin!!
It’s interesting the different evolution kneeboards went with Australia’s “Slabs” and the US’s Lis fish.The fish was NEVER a board ridden by Australians and the Slab was never riddenby US kneeriders.Today, the Australian modern Slab(fin forward trifin) is a board of choice by modern kneeriders here. I think this is because modern style of no hands on rail and tailslides( fin failure) are more like standup style .
4’11" 19 1/2" Spoon.
.The fish was NEVER a board ridden by Australians and the Slab was never riddenby US kneeriders.Today, the Australian modern Slab(fin forward trifin) is a board of choice by modern kneeriders here. I think this is because modern style of no hands on rail and tailslides( fin failure) are more like standup style .
I wouldn’t say ‘never’… I had a scooped out ‘fish’ design in '74, but a single fin if that’s still classed as a fish. It was a great board, fast and manouvreable. When I first got on a slab, i hated it; too much ‘over-steer’.
josh, love the spoon; do you ride it?
If so; riding impressions?
josh, just saw your other spoon post…
Angourie would be a great ‘spoon’ wave!
Hi lowrider!
i ride the spoon. it really likes powerful waves and is really fast. it reminds me a little of a surf mat in paddling. its really a “rail grabbing” board to put through turns.
ywhat breaks do you ride in noosa mostly?
…"Angourie would be a great ‘spoon’ wave! "
…see "Innermost Limits Of Pure Fun " , for visual confirmation of that .
And ted spencer standing on a board not all that different in size and dimensions to George’s spoon !!! …MAD stuff !!
I didn’t get tourf it at the point but the hollow beachie (also in innermost limits) was really fun. i think teds stub was around 5’2"? it looked.
Single fin swallow tail right? :)Outside of even San Diego, there were very few good fish made back then. Most failed when the waves got good size.Those Lis fish back then really came into their own when the waves got real good.......
Pics of spoon elsewhere on this site, no pics of others.
Edgeboard Spoon:
4’10" X 17 3/4 X 20 3/4 X 17 1/4 X 13+?
fin used is 9 3/4 deep 4 1/2 base (flared at rear some) 4 1/2 rake
rocker starts 32 inches forward = 4 1/2"
Blast Stubb Vector:
template: 5’4" X 17 1/4 X 21 1/2 X 17 1/2 tail @ 6 = 14 @3 = 11 @1/2 = 6 @0 = 51/2
rocker: nose = 5 tail = 1
Mandala (fish-small wave flextail):
5’4" X 15 1/2 X 20 3/4 X 17 3/4
tail points 9
double wings of 1/2 inch each pull tail by total of 2 inches (first set at 12 inches up)
Concave: double to dropped spine double within single
rocker: nose = 3 1/8 tail (at points) = 1 3/16 at stringer = 1
at tail points =1
flextail glass: 6oz/6oz deck, 4oz/4oz bottom
quad fins: front: base=4 depth=4 1/4 rear: base=3 1/2 depth=4 5/8
back of front fin 12 inches up (w/ wing) back of rear fin 7 up (at second wing)
Good thread
when i get a chance i love riding this board too… standing and as a kneeboard a lot too.
fun in small fat waves.
complete contrast to the spoon. this is impossible to duckdive at around 4" thick.
5’7" 21"
Stub/slab.
slab-like . A west oz version from the '70s …
http://www.swaylocks.com/forum/gforum.cgi?post=172821;search_string=hardy%20kneeboard;#172821
Hi lowrider
what breaks do you ride in noosa mostly?
Hey Josh,
sorry, just saw this…
I mainly surf around at Granite Bay in the National Park, when swell permits… which it hasn’t for the last couple of months!
Will post another couple of boards soon,
Is that blue board a foamy??
Hi Andy!
Yeah swells been a little quite lately.
The blue board is a foamie. i actually found it but i love it to ride.
heres a shot of high tide tea tree from a couple of months back.
a foamy rider!
