Alex Knost surfs just like Alex Knost, and no one else. Photo: YouTube//Screenshot
There isn’t anyone who surfs quite like Alex Knost. There are only a few certain surfers who have a style that’s completely their own, and Knost is one of them. He rides a surfboard with the same kind of loose, devil-may-care attitude that he moves through life with — on the edge of too much; on the edge of falling without falling. He, like any good surfer, has a feel for surfboard design, and in the video you see here, he’s on his latest: the Blind Foil.
“The latest in Alex Knost’s exploration of the Twinzer, with an even rocker and tight swallow tail,” reads the description of the video you see below. “Still utilizing the belly channel to create a vee under the front foot and the tail channel to give the board hold through the last part of your turns.”
Knost, as you probably know, likes his surfboards a little on the longer end. He designed the Blind Foil to scale up without losing much speed.
“The swallow helps break the water, allowing for tighter redirections, and with a continuous curve to the outline, the Blind Foil scales form 6’4″ up to 7’4″ without losing any momentum,” the explanation says. “Go longer if you need more board and want to move around, or shorter to keep it tighter in the curve.”
Last year, he brought the final versions to Australia to test drive. He, along with Creed Mctaggart, Jack Lynch, and Holly Wawn took it through its paces, and it certainly does look like a fun way to get around a wave.
