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Tunnel Board. Adventures in Water Skiing, Kneeboarding

 

 
4: TUNNEL BOARD
I made my first video appearance at 10 years old on another one of the early kneeboards. Tunnel Board was founded by my uncle Mike and Andy Remy. The gas crunch was over, and with that Mike and Andy opened two businesses at the same time in 1976. The first was Murphy’s Water […]

Glide Slide. Adventures in Water Skiing, Kneeboarding

 

 
3: GLIDE SLIDE
In the early days of Knee Ski, Hulst asked Murphy to find another water skier to help with promotions. Murphy chose fellow skier John Taylor who was ready to go to work right away.6 But bringing John on board was jumping the gun. Murphy was still at work shaping the original test boards […]

The History of the Kneeboard, Knee Ski. Adventures in Water Skiing, Kneeboarding

 

 
1: THE HISTORY OF THE KNEEBOARD
Kneeboarding has had a rocky road on its way to becoming one of the mainstays of the water ski industry. 2013 marks 40 years as a commercially produced product. That’s been enough time for the kneeboard to grow from a fad in the 1970s, to public darling of the 1980s, […]

A Turning Point. Adventures in Water Skiing, Kneeboarding

 
A TURNING POINT – THE JOKER’S WILD
The UPS truck pulls to my house with a special delivery from HO Sports. I have been waiting for months, and I tear into the large box with great anticipation. A swash of primary colors covered in plastic emerges from the cardboard cradle. I’m ecstatic to see my new […]

Adventures in Water Skiing, Kneeboarding. Table of Contents, Preface, Acknowledgements & Photographers

 

Table of Contents, Preface, Acknowledgements & Photographers

 
TABLE OF CONTENTS 
 

A TURNING POINT – THE JOKER’S WILD – A vision quest with Herb O’Brien.

1: THE HISTORY OF THE KNEEBOARD – Waves, discs, and dreams.

2: KNEE SKI – The first production kneeboard by Mike Murphy and Bud Hulst.

3: GLIDE SLIDE – John Taylor creates the modern day plastic and foam filled board.

4: […]

History of the Layout (AKA Air Raley)

 

Jump! Let your feet fly back in an act of faith. Tug on the handle to ride it out. It’s commonly known as an Air Raley, but the generic term for this gravity-defying trick is the Layout. Versions of it have been performed for decades on just about everything. Here’s an inside look at the […]