All About Drop Knee

Drop Knee Riding (AKA DK, Jack Stand or Hawaiian Stand)

Once you pull all the tricks prone riding, you can try Drop Knee riding as a bodyboard can be ridden in both stance and the panel of figures is just as wide.

Drop Knee Riding

is kneeling on a bodyboard with one knee at the back and one foot up at the front, for natural bodyboarders the left foot is at the front.

Drop Knee DK Riding is a different approach to bodyboarding compared to prone riding ; it is very close to surfing in terms of maneuvers and technique but in the same time the panel of tricks is wider and it is actually much harder, just think about standing up on shortboard without fins.

The story about Drop Knee Riding said that Jack "the Ripper" Lindholm was the first bodyboarder to ride like this and it was during a demonstration in between two heats of the Pipe Master ; it was a solid 12 feet + on that day .

What is Drop Knee Riding?

You are kneeling on your bodyboard with one knee at the back and one foot up the front ( for regular bodyboarder , the left foot is at the front )

How to Drop Knee Ride?

In the beginning, you have to choose a flat wave with an easy take off ; once you feel that you can take off and be in drop Knee quickly enough to go for a bottom turn , you can start to take off in hollow wave.

5 Easy Steps:

Note : described for a regular bodyboarder riding a right-hander, just reverse all the body hand and arm positions for a left-hander and if you are not regular .

1. Once you have started taking off prone riding (picture 1), get up on your knees (picture 2)
   
2. With the palm of your left hand , apply pressure on the middle of left rail to get a better control of the bodyboard while lifting up your leg (picture 3)
   
3. Start to lift up from the water your left feet and put it on the nose of the bodyboard ; in the same time , use your left hand to compensate and keep the bodyboard balanced. (picture 4)
   
4. Take out your right hand which was, since the take off , holding the top right corner of the bodyboard (picture 5)
   
5. Hold your left hand in the (position of 2) until you feel completely stable

Note : your right foot should be in the water with your fin acting as a rudder.