"That glide in Dane's takeoffs. That jazz musician's caesura, that Shakespearian pregnant pause. He got that from Al Knost," wrote Scott Hulet on this blog last week.
Apparently that's not all Dane Reynolds has been getting from Alex Knost. It would seem the enigmatic surf star also swapped Knost his Neck Beard for a couple of hand-shaped single-blades.
This video appeared on surf scribe Michael Kew's blog this morning, and goes a long way in explaining what Reynolds 2.0 may look like.
"Dane Reynolds ... on two Brown Microwave Television single-finned surfboards shaped by Alex Knost," reports Kew, who keeps a trained eye on all things Queen of the Coast-related.
No airs or fin chucks, just clean, down-the-line gliding on a chest-high day at Rincon ... and no jersey required.
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