| MY PAIPO BOARDS
Wave Riders: Intimacy or Evolution -- It's All in the Eye of the Beholder |
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Castles, South Shore Oahu, Easter Weekend 2000. (Photo courtesy of: JOSSPHOTO 2000, at http://www.hawaiiphotosessions.com) |
outrigger canoes | |
 Windsurfing at Maui's Jaws. (Photo courtesy of Maui Windsurfing). |
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windsurfing/ sailboarding |
Sunset Beach, Oahu. (Photo: Bob Twogood) |
unknown (Courtesy: SanO Surf Kayak Association) |
surf or wave ski |
South Shore Oahu. (Photo courtesy of: JOSSPHOTO 2000, at http://www.hawaiiphotosessions.com/) |
surfboards-tandem | |
 Hasaki surfing in Israel. (Photo courtesy of: Scotia Surfer, at http:www.scotiasurfer.com/.) Photo to right is a "Hasake" (lifeguard boat) at Ashkelon Beach. |
 Photo courtesy of: Wikimedia. | hasaki |
 The small conditions at Lawrencetown Beach, Nova Scotia, were ideal for stand up paddle (SUP) surfing. (Photo courtesy of: Scotia Surfer, at http:www.scotiasurfer.com/.) |
 Photo courtesy of: http://surfingsports.com/. |
stand-up paddle boarders (SUP) |
 Sally Fitzgibbons making the drop on a Peruvian caballito de totora. (Photo courtesy of: Agustin Munoz/Red Bull Photofiles at http://xgames.espn.go.com/surfing/.) |
 Photo courtesy of Will Meadows (photographer) and blog, Humanity's Vessel: The Art and Ecology of Canoes. |
caballito de totora Caballitos de totora are reed watercrafts used by Peruvian fishermen for the past 3,000 years. For more information see The History of Surfing by Matt Warshaw. |
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Somewhere in a small nation, Nov. 11, 2002, San Diego, CA, (Photo courtesy of: George Barnes, http://www.kneed4speed.com/ ) |
short boarders | |
Unidentified riding a ULI board (Photo courtesy of: Jim Weir, ULI Boards.) |
Jessica with an ULI Board. (Photo courtesy of: Jim Weir.) |
uli boards
The ULI™ (Ultra-Light Inflatable, pronounced ooo-lee), are "functional, lightweight, foldable watersports boards, constructed from the same sturdy materials used in military and commercial inflatable boats. ULIs include surfboard, bodyboard, and paddleboard shapes. Source:
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Sunset Beach, Oahu, (Photo courtesy of: Alan "Bud" McCray, Blast Kneeboards) |
kneeboards | |
Ron Romanosky at The Wedge, Aug. 1970 (Photo courtesy of: Ron Romanosky, Romanosky Kneeboards) |
Ron R. & Bud Browne with a flex spoon, Oct. 1998 (Photo: R. Romanosky, Romanosky Kneeboards) |
kneeboards-spoon |
Terry Hendricks riding his patent pending hydrofoil design, the "Super Slicer," somewhere in Deep Baja, July 2003. (Photo courtesy of: Terry Hendricks) |
(Photo courtesy of: Terry Hendricks) |
hydrofoil paipo
boarding
For more info and pics of
Terry's hydrofoil paipos,
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Sean Ross ripping at Pipeline (Photo: Alan McCray, Hawaii) |
Rod Rodgers, Wilderness, P.R. (Photo: Alex Rodgers, c1999) |
paipo boarding |
Unidentified at Pipeline (Photo: Neal Miyake, Hawaii) |
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bodyboarding |
Al Santos surfing with his son Kai Santos on the bodyboard. Sandy Beach, Oahu. 1968 (Photos courtesy of John Clark). |  | Hawaiian bag surfing Al Santos is the legendary master of the Hawaiian art of bag surfing. According to surf historican, John Clark, "Santos grew up riding paipo boards he made out of plywood and sand sliding on the sloping beachesin Nānākuli. With the influx of mattress covers during World War II, he began “belly bagging,” as he called it." Read more about Bag Surfing at Mat Surfers.com. |
George Greenough: Surfmat Master and Innovator Photo courtesy of ©2002 Harold Ward, www.funphoto.com, See more pics of George Greenough at: http://www.georgegreenough.com/index.htm |
(Photo: Dale Solomonson) |
surfmats
The surfmat pictured to the left is a typical Y2K model: 200/70 denier, textured polyurethane nonskid areas. Dimensions:
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unknown (Photo: BodyGun UK) |
unknown (Photo: BodyGun UK) |
bodyguns |
Unknown riding at unknown break. (Photo courtesy of: The Handboard Company.) |
(Photo courtesy of: The Handboard Company.) |
handboarding
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Al Mauzy setting up (Photo: Albydam, ca2000) |
(Photo: hand-cannon co.) |
handboarding
(on the hand) |
Andy Chiavetta killing it in Laguna (Photo courtesy of: Aaron Peluso, Skim Online.) |
(Photo courtesy of: skimboarding.info.) |
skimboarding
Skimboarding is a sport similar to surfing which takes place near the shore. Originally made of only wood, modern forms are made out of fiberglass or carbon fiber and high density foam. Tex Haines, owner of Victoria Skimboards, designed the first foam-core skimboards in the 1970's. Dimensions vary depending upon your size, experience and conditions. For illustrative purposes, an "average" board is: 46" x 20 1/2" x 5/8". Skimboards have no fins. |
Don King, 1999 Pipeline Bodysurfing Classic Day 2 (Photo: Thomas Lynch Videography, ca2000) © copyright Thomas Lynch 1999-2000 |
alt.surfing's Tom Keener |
bodysurfing |
Dolpins Taking off at Lower Trestles (Photo: J.P. Van Swae, in The Surfer's Journal, Vol 8, No. 1 (Spring 1999), p. 106) © copyright The Surfer's Journal |
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dolphins |
