They were bellyboards, not paipos
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They were bellyboards, not paipos
As shown in this photograph shot at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, California, you will see that the ancients clearly rode bellyboards made of wood, not paipo boards. Note the belly hole in the back of the board!
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Re: They were bellyboards, not paipos
Reminds me of the story I heard about someone who paid a lot of money for an alleged ancient Papuan surfboard that someone else claimed was a table top.
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Re: They were bellyboards, not paipos
The "Lintpicker model" aka "French bellywasher" was patented in the USA in 1985 by French inventor Georges Hennebutte:
http://www.google.com/patents/US4507094
http://www.google.com/patents/US4507094
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