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Updated 12 April 2008

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Here's a kneeboard I've been testing last few weeks. Version 4 of a double ender design I'm refining. Good all-round design made for speed, tube riding (and that it does very well!) and looseness.
Ver 5 designed and cut this week - lowered nose kick to 5", made tail thinner (0.2"), dropped thickness to 2.5" - incremental improvements made possible by technology.

Ver 4 Rocker is pretty standard 6' rocker with 1/4" tail kick in last 6"
Bottom: rolled in front to flat intake to spiral vee (concaves in vee) to flat tail.
Rails: 1.5" thick from 1/3 to 2/3 forward; hard in tail, 50/50 mid, 40/60 nose ("inverted" down rails)
Rocker and outline are "pure" curves - no discontinuities in the match-up of rear to front curves (using a feature in S3D software that displays this)
Fins FCS AM
KKL cut.

Fin settings are the key difference between the innovative Aussie designs and most U.S designs. Fins forward allow us to ride long boards but keep them manoeuverable - ridden head down, ass up (http://www.simonfarrer.com.au/videos.htm gives some indication of modern state of the art - but not me or my boards) Length improves paddling, travel, handling, etc.

Have fun!
Dr Red Kneeboards 

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Red's 6ft2inch double ender ver4

Red's 6ft2inch double ender ver4

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Dr Reds Double Ender

Crappy Mobile phone camera!!
This board is for 3-8" waves.
Huge amounts of drive, very vertical attack, tons of speed and panic-free release off the top in those free fall re-entry situations.
Rails designed for control and drive when full rail buried in turns. Dr Red design and machine cut, finished by Stump (stumpsurf.com)

Doctor Red Low Volume 6'2"

A recent board that has 20% less volume than my bigger boards. Paddles into waves great by virtue of rocker adjustments to compensate for volume. Fast, not to outrun sections, rather speed to get off the bottom to vert in the apex. Nice small rails for response (who says old guys have to ride logs?). My choice for glassy, hollow 3-6'

Doctor Red Low Volume 6'2"

Battered but not bowed. Drove it into the rocks on a low tide surf at a high tide reef.

Doctor Red Six Oh

A board I did a few years ago. It's survived a lot of harsh treatment by a range of surfers. Still a great board.

Here's another 4 of my boards - this time ones I've designed and had machine cut over the past 3 years or so. Surf biggest waves on front board, smallest at back (but they all surf 3'-6' as a minimum range). All boards 6'2" except the 3rd (6'0"). Also awaiting loving homes. PM me.

Here is some old stuff.

Rocker and slice example

Slice taken at 5'7" from nose
I believe this (modern) concept can be applied to reduce the 'belly' in the nose entry of spoons

7'0" Concept Board for discussion basis

Rocker is continuous, but subtle in the middle.
Lines through outline show where (from tail) bottom transitions from flat to max vee (5mm) to flat to max roll.
7'0" long, 15.25" tail at 12", 16.5" nose at 12"
Side fins 18" up

Spoon Blank

Spoon positive with 'modern' entry bottom. Glass bottom then sand out excess foam from top and complete glassing.

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