Chatter about the sport of surfing on your knees, and the people who live and love it.
Coaching, equipment, characters and personalities, events, travel, and idle chatter
Thanks to Troy Wells facebook.com/troy.wells.3597 for the graphics
Gigs Celliers features in the channel photo instagram.com/gigsytalk?igshid=vv6asyhzash0
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Old red is the man
Remember Gav when he was a grom and came to the Phillip Island Pro with The Southside boys along long time ago always very humble ⭐️
I think the interview shows the Gavin that you are describing. Disappointed to hear that he won't make the World Titles in J-Bay due to injury.
Gav is funny bugger! Hope he comes to jbay
Maybe not this time. I hear he is in a plastic boot, ankle injury from a severe wipe out. Pity
@@kneeboardtorque5971 oh that sucks hav at supers would be a fun watch!
Surfed with Gav and Karl at Cave Rock when they came out here in the 90's. That day was an eye opener. I ended up buying a flashpoint from him that had 3 box fins. That was pre FCS. Loved that little board.
Their trip to South Africa was eye opener it for them and us. A revolution in South African boards too
I love an interview where you get a chance to really get to know the person. Great stuff
Thanks for the support
Futuro do nosso esporte
We hope to see him at the World Titles in Jeffreys Bay.
Teaupoo
Cool humble guy most certainly. Enjoyed the vid. Good to see Comerade Larry Berger in the vid too.....still loving it. Wonderful
Thanks Gavin. That's good getting the opportunity to speak with these guys and present them to the broader world.
Great video. Thanks
Lawrence, thanks for all your efforts to produce this extended interview, plus pics and video, so that Kevin is better known to the kneelo community. I'm sure he'll be a force in the sport as long as he chooses to be involved. And, at age 26 now, I trust that involvement will be for a long, long time!
Thanks mate. More videos coming, interviews with stars both current and future. We all love a good surf video, but in the past I believe we were missing getting to know the person behind the board rider.
I been surfing 45 years but my hips don't let me get up anymore until I get double hip replacement. In the mean time I'm getting into kneeboarding. My question - are swim fins necessary? When do you use them? Seems I could paddle into waves without fins. Do they help keep you stable while riding?
The sport is split into two very distinct opposition groups. On the plus side it does give you a burst of energy to get onto the waves. For me, the times you break a leash it's a easy swim in. On those long paddle outs, or paddles back to the point against a rip you're going to be glad you've got fins on. So my suggestion is use them, and only if for some reason you experience difficulty or a problem then try without.
I would love to get a blast one of these days throw it at some southern ocean juice
Well the world is a village. Contact them, order one, pay and paddle
@@kneeboardtorque5971 one of these days I will add one to the collection! So many Kneeboards so little time.
Due to a Motorbike accident, i am now Kneeboarding. Ive been hand shaping since 1982. Id love to exchange ideas with you.
Can you search for Nick hartigan on Facebook and throw the questions directly active there? Please. Otherwise it becomes a three-way broken down telephone conversation
Why the extra nose lift?
Heavy takeoffs?
SO KIFF BOYS, so good to see some of my Graphics in there, Steevo is a legend...long time brah!
Your graphics always feature, Troy. Thanks
Nice explination. I have a kneeboard that I am going to strip off the resin and Fibreglass and redo it as a project. Just a question, this may sound dumb but hear me out. Out a body boarder is it not possible to leave fins off totally and use channels? Giving in more spin for 360's etc?
Anything is possible. But in doing the possible you going to compromise many aspects of riding the wave. The number of prominent people that ride finnless boards, the one that comes to mind for me is Derek Hyndel. You may know him in the mid 80s he was top 10 Surfers on the tour and then he took his eye out in the shorebreak at Durban the contest. He rides finless surfboards at J-bay. I have put a range of channels onto my board before and has some understanding as to the control and the direction they give you. So the key pointers yes due to that fins put channels in, the Channel rails as well, and a good twin or single concave going through the bottom deck. Those who give the board direction and speed and then just be super gentle on any direction changes. You can always fit some fins later if the experiment doesn't really work
@@kneeboardtorque5971 Awesome thank you for your reply, it is very appreciated. I think you hit the nail on the head, set it up to take fins as well, try out with and without, then it will be easy to see what's working when in action. Thanks again, appreciated.
Bobby you have a great collection going there, and I know it's a lot of work. I have a small collection of 150 going myself. I call it the library of surfing they all can be checked out and ridden by my friends of surfing
Thanks
I started kneeboarding in 1973, Zuma beach....got pounded..riding a 4 6 Elpipo, wide diamond tail, single fin...sooo much fun, side slip, barrels, sacrifice barrels. Spent several years in Morro Bay, I'm on to white water rafting
Would love to hear from my compadres
Last day... Hollister ranch after work 3 yrs...6 to 8 face, howling offshore, 2 or more barrels per wave, long paddle back but we'll worth it
Great to hear people's stories
My brah!!!
Welcometo Morocco❤
It sounds like Tom-Curren behind the camera
So the move is to pop up just using your core strength? Or do you slide the board back while popping up ? Buddy lent me a 5’8” quad fish and it is a way cool board!
Core strength. Chest up and your knees slide forward
Shaun must have lived in and around Porthcawl, Aberavon if his Dad worked at Sony… so close to being part of the Av crew!
Hi , do you really need flippers on these things ? I can't sure anymore due to bad hip
A fair percentage of riders do without flippers. So if you can paddle ok, and your boards got good bouyancy you'll be ok without flippers.
@@kneeboardtorque5971 many thanks for your reply
What size and kind of board do you need to surf? Looks great fun
The kneeboard is typically between 5 ft 9 and 6ft 2. That length is driven by your body weight and the size of waves you will be riding. However the plan shape and rocker is quite different to that of a surfboard. The widest point is moved forward, as are the fins/skegs. If you are interested in the sport drop a message on one of the Facebook pages, there's a lot of second hand boards available.
@@kneeboardtorque5971 thanks for answering, I’ll check the pages Happy waves 🌊
Now this was the 70s but my favorite board was a 4'11" fish. And a 5'6" fish for big Blacks beach.
tom the legend !
Love your work 🤙🇦🇺
Sikkkkkkkkkkkl footage bros
Shaun u are a Hammah my brother your killing it On Oahu Country / West / Eastside/ Southshore Im very stoked to always link up with u /Kai / and myself more waves in the near future bro much aloha!! \
Killing it!
Dunno about the 'power' handshake at 1.13..pulling the other in like that. I read about that shit some where.
So glad kneeboarding is not dying.My childhood hobby lives on!
Needs to work on style stop waving arms around and read wave better
You've surfed J-bay?
He's got great timing and reads the wave very well. Kelly Slater moves his arms around are you going to tell Slater to work on his style.
Ive kneeboarded forever and im always conscience of my arms too,fair comment,knellos are touchy by nature. Truth is, the arms are too long in proportion the legless body, so need to pull them in.
One of the nicest video so far of kneeboarding session
Stevo has great energy making his surfing great fun to watch (combined with some explosive turns of coarse)
epic g-land shots , absolutely slotted at speedies
change to a flat sided rear fin to counteract the problem. increase size of the rear fin also , shrink the size of the front fin
I can't believe surfers don't just use a full rubber deck it doesn't melt it lasts forever!
P a d z!! My surfboard has a full deck patch I never wax my board! Bonzer flies thanks to Mike Eaton!
Thanks mate
My good friend Steve Moffitt San Diego had some nice handles on his kneeboard! 1970s!
Nobody's ever made a bonzer kneeboard! Mike Eaton with plastic flexible fins channels!!!!
Certainly there have been many bonzer kneeboards made. A Campbell Brother Kneeboard is in Bobby's Surfboard collection. See my video on this channel.
Lekker graphics!!
Done by the best
Fins too far forward?
“ Just for personal use”. Always the same excuse….
Gigs has always been a great guy. Earns his respect like the best watermen.
How many inches are the front fins up from the tail?
Mate, what about the fin placements? How far up from the tail?
How wide are the boards?
Shaun, due to an accident,im new to kneeboarding. Been standing up 40+years. Question; I shape and would like to know what about your fin placement on your board. Mahalo.
Love that you used some of my gfx and that this dream is a reality now.