- Kneeboard
A kneeboard is a
surfboard ridden in a kneeling stance. Kneeboards are ridden in ocean surf, or while being towed behind a boat on a lake or river.Kneeboard surfers generally wear swim fins and catch the wave by paddling and kicking. Advantages to kneeboarding include an extremely low center of
gravity , lesswind resistance , the ability to ride higher and farther back in the tube, and taking off on a steeper part of the wave.Towed kneeboarding is an offshoot of kneeboard surfing; kneeboard athletes compete in
slalom , tricks, and expression session events.Towed kneeboards have a padded deck contoured to the shape of theshin s and knees and a strap holds the rider to the board. Towed kneeboarding declined in popularity with the advent of wakeboarding and other modern watersports; however, it still enjoys popularity among water skiers and newer models of the kneeboard are still in production. HO is currently a leader in kneeboard design with popular twin-tip models like the "Mako" and "Joker". A kneeboard is a good piece of equipment to start out on for boat-towed sports—the low center of gravity often makes it easier to get up on than a waterski or wakeboard, which both require standing up.Surf kneeboard innovators include
George Greenough andRob Slater .A pair of knee boards is also a tool used by a
mason to distribute body weight while kneeling on wet concrete.ee also
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Surfing
*Waterskiing
*Wakeboarding
*Barefooting
* HydrofoilingExternal links
* [http://www.ksusa.org Kneeboard Surfing USA]
* [http://www.usawaterski.org/pages/divisions/kneeboard/kneeboardhist.htm History]
* [http://waterski.about.com/od/beginnersknee/a/kneebd_starts.htm How to start]
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