Kev Ross, DIY Factory, kneeboard

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Updated 23 August 2008

back from the futrure

The photo below is Blair Micklejohn a Kneelo who started on his homemade 4ft something plywood kneeboards and has designed some crazy functional boards over the years. This one is about 6 years old and has a square nose, diamond tail 3in thick with 1 1/2 kneewells in the deck very old style mal rails and bottom and his crazy flex fins which he been using for nearly 3 decades.

Below is one from the PROFESSOR, a chimed rail board that the computer stuffed whilst shaping. I was waiting a long time for a stringerless blank that I couldnt get so I told the PROFESSOR to finish it for me and I will try Blairs fins again ( I tried them in fin boxes and had only 3 waves at Lefthanders WA before they snapped).
Anyway I always have remembered the drive that these fins generate and phoned Blair for the specs.

What I find incredible is the holding power these fins have and how high on the waves face you can sit, but best of all is the drive and power of the release of a turn. I love these fins and am yet to go back to normal fins to verify how well they work or how bad they are. But if I am getting a mould made and am going to try them in FCS plugs there must be something in it.

Despite being from the past these fins are actually from the Future

the latest board

Here are some photos of the latest board,
no traditional timber stringer,
instead a carbon fibre perimeter stringer,
a rounded square tail (my  fav),
5ft8in x 24in, x 2 1/8,
a standard 6 ft standup rocker aka Kelly  Slater, Mick Fanning, etc.
Rocker slightly less than usual coz of  FLEX 
Concaves? mmmm dont know, yes probably, mmm dont care
the PROFESSOR knows whats going on, I leave  it to him.

 Can't wait to ride it

Budgie

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