Drop Knee Bodyboarding Big Waves

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Bodyboard Holidays

Күн бұрын

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@kimfeast5495 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for having me, look forward to sharing more with you guys. keep having fun everyone, thats the main thing.

@bodyboard_holidays 10 ай бұрын

Kim, it was a pleasure to talk with you. Thank you for sparing us your time. Take care buddy and we'll catch up soon! 👊🏽

@LKG31o 9 ай бұрын

Been surfing most of my life but always felt the drop knee stance is the best and most stylish looking stance in all wave riding.

@pq2354 10 ай бұрын

Feast is a absolute ripper. Seen him do the biggest floater at Boodji I’ve seen handled on a boog. Then was pretty nonchalant about it when I mentioned it to him on the beach.

@bodyboard_holidays 10 ай бұрын

That sounds about right 😆

@user-vp8hf7ft1i 4 ай бұрын

I shattered my knee 4 years ago hitting the reef very hard. I had to learn how to walk again on crutches for 2 months. Now I am 100 percent. Never should not be in your vocabulary. Believe in yourself and you can focus and achieve.

@bodyboard_holidays 4 ай бұрын

Feel your pain and totally agree. Keep on charging! ✌

@taramckay7158 10 ай бұрын

What a fab and wonderfully informal conversational video. I have never tried DK but the value of this video for me was the simple statement of preparing mentally for getting smashed and training on shore. This resonated so much for a relative beginner. It's the difference between a bad day and never going back in to parking the set back and getting right back on the horse..with enough energy and strength to keep going.

@bodyboard_holidays 10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video and that you took something away from it. Keep on charging those waves Tara!

@BallieBoogs 7 ай бұрын

Stunning interview. Thank you so much. Respect \m/

@bodyboard_holidays 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for listening

@jzen1455 Ай бұрын

I had all those bodyboarding pages on my bedroom walls as a poster in the 90s. Fu Manchu was and still is my all time favorite dk video.

@bodyboard_holidays 29 күн бұрын

Such an epic time for bodyboarding! 👌

@AWSMEAD 10 ай бұрын

This is excellent. Some great insights into board design here and will definitely influence my next board choice. Thanks so much for this vid!

@bodyboard_holidays 10 ай бұрын

You're very welcome. Glad it was helpful!

@matthewdavies5875 10 ай бұрын

Kim making it look all too easy. Top tips once again.

@bodyboard_holidays 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! 😀

@severnbrand 10 ай бұрын

Great video and insights to the world of big wave DK! Top work gents! 👌

@bodyboard_holidays 10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@dkschrei 7 ай бұрын

I work with a local shaper in Hawaii Blake Arakawa. Dude makes the sickest boards. My next board will be a big wave DK board. I want to add these weighted stringers to the board. Am thinking single stringer down the center. Where do you get these weighted stringers? Where do you place them? I found some 1' long lead rods on amazon. They come in different diameters. No info on the weight of these but I assume each rod is around 1 lb So adding 2 rods would increase the weight of the board by 2 lbs.

@bodyboard_holidays 5 ай бұрын

Very cool! I'm sure Blake you shaper will be able to help you with you find some weighted stringers. ✌- Alex

@rorynelson Ай бұрын

Experiment with wider stringer placement so the stringer runs underneath your knee placement. It'll mean the stringer will angle inwards slightly to the nose to fit in the board but having it directly under the knee prevents too much bending. Gives the board a straighter faster rail line. So many of my early boards died after developing too much flex at the knee position.

@user-vp8hf7ft1i 4 ай бұрын

Kim is a great person

@bodyboard_holidays 4 ай бұрын

He sure is!

@jonhollinger200 9 ай бұрын

Broken leg at off the wall is gonna give me day terrors every time I'm out there now 😅

@bodyboard_holidays 9 ай бұрын

😆

@garno8905 10 ай бұрын

I've been trying to do drop knee for a couple weeks now but cant seem to get my right knee on the nose

@erictotten7879 10 ай бұрын

Your knee shouldn’t be on the nose? Have you tried switching stance?

@garno8905 10 ай бұрын

I meant my right foot sorry

@AWSMEAD 10 ай бұрын

Grab some nice short fins. I ride with a MS VIPER on the front foot with the point cut off and a long fin on the back foot (YUCCA) for traction in the wave face. Best combo I've found

@bodyboard_holidays 10 ай бұрын

Keep on trying, muscle memory has a lot to do with it. If you are persistent you will get it 😉

@kimfeast5495 10 ай бұрын

get your board in the living room or anywhere on land and practice getting into position over and over again. do it without flippers to start, then add the flippers. once you are in position, do some visualising as if you are on a wave riding, the idea is to get comfortable in the position. It will help massively when you try and do it in the ocean whilst moving.