ok prone - I do a few tricks
DK - consider myself pretty proficient altho im yet to regain the form & consistency I had b4 i left the sport.
standup - can handle below 5ft i would say.
I choose to DK 90% of the time as I just think its such a unique form of waveriding as one is on the sponge but is doing all the things a standup would do ie: carving the same sort of lines and doing the mad sick cutties and gouging the heck outta sections that dare opose us, and all of this using only a simple rail with a ratio of either 50/50 or 60/40 means soo much to me man.
Basically we have perfected something that standup boards need 3 fins to do and Im really stoked and proud of that fact as we can carve as hard, if not better sumtimes, as they can without the aid of these.
I grew up on the Roachman, AKA, Sasaki, Taljaard was an inspiration in my Durban days, Maligro, Kainoa and the crew I used to surf with from Pinetown (Danny, Phil and the boys we all really pushed each other to get better all the way noting that style was a big factor too), all of them, their styles just spoke to me man and like Sean I just found myself drawn to droppin the knee rather than entering comps and honing the lyin down stuff.
Also i find a surfboard waaaay to hard and a big las to mission around with when surfing with mates.
I have been injured a few times with the fibreglass and just really feel so much more comfortable on a boog, especially when the swell is nigger that 4 ft, then a surfboard can duck yo!!!
Dk for life, Sponge forever