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Kneeboarding is a discipline of surfing where the rider paddles on his or her belly into a wave on a kneeboard, then rides the wave face typically on both knees.The typical kneeboard is between 150 and 200 cm (5 and 6 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft) in length, with a wide round nose and constructed of Glassfibre over a polyurethane foam core.
Kneeboarding on a surf style board with fin(s) is also done in waves at the beach. In the usual configuration of a tow-sport kneeboard, riders kneel on their heels on the board, and secure themselves to the deck with an adjustable Velcro strap over their thighs. Most water ski kneeboards do not have fins to allow for easier surface spins.
Kneeboard riders generally wear life jackets or wetsuits and catch the wave by paddling and kicking or dipping their hand into the water. Advantages to kneeboarding include an extremely low center of gravity, less wind resistance, the ability to ride higher and further back in the tubes, and taking off on a steeper part of the wave.
Surfing can be done on various equipment, including surfboards, longboards, stand up paddle boards (SUPs), bodyboards, wave skis, skimboards, kneeboards, surf mats and macca's trays. Surfboards were originally made of solid wood and were large and heavy (often up to 370 cm (12 ft) long and having a mass of 70 kg (150 lb)).
A kneeboard is an accessory (usually made from cloth, plastic or metal) with various types of clips or mounts to hold objects for pilots during flight. While their dimensions, material and specifics vary from model to model, a kneeboard, by definition, includes the following components:
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The next day, two surfers stumbled upon Boren's kneeboard, which had washed ashore at Asilomar State Beach with an 18-inch (46 cm), crescent-shaped bite taken out of one side; the board's missing piece was found nearby. [92] Analysis of the bite mark showed the presence of embedded teeth fragments from a great white shark.