The kneeboard pictured at right was made by Rob DiStephano, the man formerly behind construction of Omega Bodyboards. Rob has surfed every way available during a long surf career. He is a grown-up and has an open mind, like many such experienced men.
Once he told me that any board is a kneeboard; you could ride a longboard on your knees if you wanted to. Try finding many people willing to go on the record with a statement like that. His words proved valuable to me, however, when I discovered my right knee was fairly shot. Hardcore kneeboarding wasn't going to be in my future. In the end the best kneeride I ever got was on a 7'11" hybrid on a low tide point wave. Near the end of my session I didn't make it to my feet before the wave pitched and, remembering what Rob had said, I just hit my knees and cruised. A nothing day became memorable after a long ride spent watching the lip turn various shades of green as it peeled off right at my eye level. It probably wasn't pretty to watch, but you should have seen it from my point of view. |
