2007 Vic Champ Red Ceglowski
Hi everyone,
The Victorian kneeboard Title is on the line. The Victorian Masters Titles is being held at Woolamai Phillip Island 3rd & 4th May 2008. Entry has to be in by 25th April.

Entry can be downloaded from http://www.surfingaustralia.com/eventdetail.aspx?eid=15042. Contact details are
Po Box Torquay Vic 3228 Phone (03)52612907 or fax (03)52614460.

You will also need to have surfing Australia Membership; you can get it from here. http://www.surfingaustralia.com/ratings.aspx
We need as many K’boarder as possible to go to and support this event. To show surfing Australia that we have a strong following and a voice and opinions that need to be considered in all their decisions with surfing at a Amateur level. If you love the sport and want to see it survive TURN UP to this event.

It’s a great event and heats are 20 mins. Longer than the 15 minute heats you get at the ProAm events.

The Vic titles is a prestige’s event, has a great history and some of the best
kneeboarders in the World have won this event.

Just to name a few whom have won this event: Kneeboard Legend Neil Luke, Phill Chadwick, Rob Taylor, Tim Kadwell, Mick Decasio, Mick Brockly, Pete Fairweather, Dean Bould, Stan Kofoed, James Anderson, Red Cegklowski the Current holder of the state tital
.

All these surfers on their day are world beaters.

Contest are Awesome fun and will/do Improve your surfing so if you wan too surf hot compete and maybe your name can be added to this list. Not only that you will get to meet some great people , catch up on stories and have some fun going freesurfing with other like minded super keen kneelos and keep k boarding alive in state rounds .

By the way Red reckons he's gunna keep hold of his title and we aint got a chance of taking it away from him .I for one want to test his non founded foolish theories. And I need others to help humble him. He tells me his newly remodelled board with the new improved nose (thanks to a reef at a secret location) has improved his chances of 2 state titles in a row… “we will see Red”…

Second I want to get a kneeboard club started in Vicco.

Our Kneeboard club can be associated with either Phillip Island Board riders or Peninsula Surfriders clubs. This is a great idea as this lets us use their clubrooms and gear .

But we run our events for ourselves some of my Ideas are: An open event for all age groups… Double elimination… So every one gets at least 2 heats and a chance to make a final.
Age group event, open the age division up so we can have more surfers per division.
IE. Cadets 10 to 16 yrs
Juniors 16 to 25 yr
Open senior 26 to 45 yrs
Masters 46 to 55 yrs
Senior masters 55 + yrs

So you can see the minimum amount of surfs per contest would be three times, x 5 rounds. Best 3 results would give you your aggregate score.

And in the event that surfing vic takes Kneeboarding out of their events we could still get a state champ out of these contests in the open and age divisions “Yes an age divisions state champ”.

This would also allow Vicco Kneeboarders compete against the NSW clubs in their team’s challenge event.

Please Pm or email me your interest so we can get thing on the go. remember there is nothing like that kneeling of the ceiling feeling

Cheers Stan

How YOU can improve Your bottom turn so You can Smack the lip harder

Bottom turn at Bendalong Pro

The first and most important maneuver/turn you should learn to master after knowing how to take off on waves is your bottom turn…

You see every mind blowing Wow factor turn off or above the lip is normally set up through a bottom turn..

Yes every turn you do off the top of the wave is a direct response and reflection of the bottom turn.

So if your not happy with the way your hitting the lip or trying to snap a radical carve of the wave.

This is evident of a poorly executed bottom turn .


YOU need to and must must must ( I cant emphasize this enough) work on and improve your bottom turn to get the most radical top turn you could possibly ever do…


The best Kneeboarders and surfers in the world have really worked hard on getting their bottom turns right so they can produce their magic on the top half of the waves.

These surfers and kneeboarders include the likes of Tim Kadwell, Simon Farrar, David Parks, Matt Galiga, Gigs Celliers, Dean Bould, Gav Coleman, Steen Barns, Pete Fairweather, Craig Ashdown, Neil Luke, Simpson Brothers and my favorite bottom turn surfer Kelly Slater, the list goes on so I’ll just to name those few.

What have they all got in common? They all rip and are some of the best water men in the world. They also have AWESOME BOTTOM TURNS..

I challeng YOU to sit down and watch footage of these surfers slow the footage down and watch the bottom turn they do before the major turn off the top of the waves. Try to implement that in to your own Kneeboarding


How do I do a good bottom turn Stan?

As you come from a previous turn or take off your board will gather speed down the face of the wave. You should observe the changing face waiting for time to execute the turn. Lean slightly forward to keep lower center of gravity and speed.

To start the turn lean towards the wave face which will make the inside rail of the board bite into the wave to start the arc of the turn.

You should observe the changing shape of the wave so you can determine how to time the turn and how fast you need to go.

When you want to drive in to the arc look in the direction you want to go and twist your trunk from the hips in the direction you want to go, so your body starting with your head ,trunk and arms start the turn then your board will come around with you and this way your guaranteed that your rail will dig in to the wave .

The angle of the tilt of the board steadily increases the result is for the board to be carving an ark across the wave face. The board reaches maximum tilt into the wave face which causes it to turn more rapidly. As it becomes more vertical the board begins to flatten on the face of the wave taking its path across and up the wave.
This is the completion of the bottom turn.


Trying to turn the board at the same time as your body will result in a flat turn decrease in speed and less control with out rail biting in to the wave.

So practice your bottom turn not till you get it right but as Craig Ashdown once said to me .Till you cant get it wrong.

Hopefully I will see a lot of you readers At the Phillip Island Kneeboard Classic in November.

And if I don’t, remember there is nothing like that kneeling of the ceiling feeling

Cheers Stan

Join a club the fastest way to improve your kneeboard surfing

Neil Owen off the top Flyns Reef

Mentoring… the quickest learning curve to get the most out of your surfing…

No matter what age YOU start surfing 13yrs of age or 50 yrs you can still short cut the time it takes to kneeboard surf at a good level, so if you are interested in improving, getting more out of your surfing and having more fun on the waves you had better read on!!! .

So Stan how do we short cut our way to better surfing success Easy get yourself a surfing mentor. .what I mean by mentor is surround yourself and hang with the best kneeboard surfers in your area …You will learn a lot…

If there is anything in life you want to be better at, associate with people that are better than you in those areas and you watch your level elevate, you will be amazed..


How do you find people to mentor you to better surfing success Easy join a
kneelo boarding club and if you don’t know where to look I’ve got links attached to this sight click on the ones in your country and try to contact someone through that sight they will be able to help you.

Stan I’m not good enough to join a club and compete in contests… This is rubbish and an attitude that won’t allow you to grow & improve your surfing… I call this self sabotage.

Joining a club will get you in contact with some really great people and improve your surfing to a level that you would not of achieved if you were surfing with nobody you could learn off.

“I don’t care if you never win a heat in club contests” and if you think that’s its not worth you surfing because you can’t win, get off your high horse you’re missing the lesson… Your not competing for ego. You should be there to enjoy the company of others the mentoring that comes with it and the growth in your own surfing ability you have achieved just by hanging with better surfers.


I know I’ve been there I started surfing on a body board when I was 16 yrs old 6 months later I got my first kneeboard and my friends were surfing in a club I went to watch. The President of the club (who has became a close friend) asked me to join I said I wasn’t good enough but he convinced me to join and I did.

I was lucky because in the club were three of the best knee boarders in the world
Tim Kadwell, Phill Chadwick and Peat Fairweather as well as a host of other hot kneelos.

I had it tuff from the start these guys were so good at surfing that I was too nervous to even speak to them, but I knew I wanted to try and surf like them. They gave me the vision and this was only given to me by joining a board club..
I think I came last in the first heat for 3yrs, did I give up, no but with surfing against better surfers. I began to become a better surfer to finally in my fifth yr in the club I won our club title. From these initial humble beginnings I have achieved Several Club titles in 3 different clubs, State championships and have been the first Victorian to win an Australian title .

I’m not stating these facts for ego but to show you that if you want to be the best kneeboard surfer you can, join a club. I would have never accomplished what I have done in kneeboarding if I never surrounded myself with better surfers .

Another great Kneelo surfer I know Neil Owen started surfing at age 38 joined a club and also entered Australian kneeboard pro am events, not that he could win but wanted to improve his surfing. He lost lots as well, but he knew to get good and to get something out of the sport you have to surf with better surfers.
Finally in 2006 He won the 2006 Australian Pro-am title in the R.O.B division 11 years after he began kneeboarding against kneeboarders that have been surfing for 30yrs longer…

Become a better knee boarder join a club surf with and against better surfers, surf state rounds and Pro-Am Events lose lots DON’T SPIT THE DUMMY but learn the lessons and enjoy how much you grow as a person and surfer…

If you want to see learn and surf with the best Kneelos in the world and you would love to watch kneeboard action that will blow your mind no matter what country your from. The hottest kneeboard action and intense and longest running contest in the world. Join us at The Phillip Island Kneeboard Classic 24th & 25th November.

Because there is nothing like that kneeling off the ceiling feeling Cheers
Stan Kofoed