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	Duke Kahanamoku - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Made from the wood of a koa tree, it was sixteen feet (4.8 m) long and weighed 114 pounds (52 kg).
		The board was without a skeg, which had yet to be invented.
		In his later career, he would often use smaller boards, but always preferred those made of wood.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Duke_Kahanamoku (980 words)

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		In surfing, a skeg is a stabilizing fin located at the rear of the surfboard.
		A skeg has the effect of keeping the board moving forward in a controlled manner.
		Without any fins on a surfboard, there is a tendency for the board to side slip and rotate.
	encyc.connectonline.com /index.php/Skeg (379 words)

	LEGENDARY SURFER: John Heath "Doc" Ball (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Read his story and those of his surfing breathern contained herein, to find out what it was like before there were skegs on surfboards; before there were surf magazines or movies or videos; and of a time when surf photography was synonymous with the name "Doc Ball."
		A hero more accessible and even a close friend was Tom Blake, inventor of the hollowboard, the skeg and the precursor to the sailboard.
		The fixed fin -- or skeg -- was invented by Blake in 1935 in an effort to solve the problem of the hollow board's tendency to "slide ass." This innovation allowed surfers to track and pivot more freely and gave the board more lateral stability.
	www.legendarysurfers.com /surf/legends/ls07.shtml (10168 words)

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