Kneeboard

[1] 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.

Towed kneeboards have a padded deck contoured to the shape of the shins and knees and a strap holds the rider in place.

However, it still enjoys popularity among water skiers and newer models of the kneeboard remain in production.

Surf kneeboard innovators include George Greenough, Steve Lis, Peter Crawford and Ron Romanosky.