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Clearwood Paddleboards - The Ripper
Clearwood Paddleboard's Knee Board

The Ripper, knee board

Original price was: $69.00.Current price is: $39.00.

  • 5’8″ Strip-planked knee board
  • 22 ½” board width
  • Performance oriented shape
  • Precision CNC cut framework optimized for weight reduction
  • Internal framework cut from Joubert 4mm BS 1088 marine plywood 
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The Ripper, knee board

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Printable Plans, Frame Kit, Frame Kit + Milled Paulownia Strips (US ONLY), Builder's Bundle (US ONLY)

 

The Ripper, a performance knee board

“The Ripper” knee board is a high performance surf craft and is a fun way to enjoy surfing, particularly on those days when paddling out on a SUP doesn’t look ideal. If you’ve ever surfed hollow waves and want a different perspective, this may be it! 

At 5′ 8″ long x 22 1/2″ wide and sporting a quad fin setup, this board is a modern version of a board type that goes back in time to the 1960’s and ’70’s. The knee boards created by George Greenough in the 1960’s were instrumental in the evolution of surfing during the transition from longboards of the 1950’s to the shortboards of the 1970’s and, even though knee boarding in the United States isn’t as popular as it is in Australia and New Zealand, there is still an active group of hard core knee boarders in the United States that are out ripping it up in all kinds of surf conditions.

The building of “The Ripper” is exactly the same as the other Clearwood boards. This is a hollow, strip-planked board with an internal framework covered with 1/4″ thick wood strips. When using paulownia wood for the strips, this board will weigh in at about 12 pounds. 

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