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Glen DeWitt Alan Galvin - Australia
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Bob Green
I just realised this is Keith Usher's handiwork. Did he shape it?

Simon Jackson
This is keith’s handiwork. A gentlemen, waterman, and scholar of board design. We based it around my old manta prototype bodyboard with a mini lis fish look..
Rides well too.

Jim Kelly a friend of mine, a serious Paipo guy, thinks it's a bit too fat up front. When I did it I was thinking of a Morey boogie . I'll see how she works.


John Mandybur - Australia
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5'x21,1/2" x 2, 1/2". Slight double concave.

Tom Stanley
March 16
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Joel Saltzman
Remember the fun we used to have in the '60's with those blue and yellow nipple ripping canvas air mats with the rope around them? It's taken nearly a year from conception to completion but, as usual, Jose and Corky nailed it again with this "Boogie Board on steroids". This "Scotty Board" was a special custom order but way too cool not to add to the Corky Carroll Surfboards line. Last step is the track pad we will be putting on the deck. As soon as we can lower the cost to build these crafts a bit more, they will be priced and available on Corky's site. https://www.bluemangosurf.com/store/c5/ ... oards.html Yoshiro Takeda for Mr Wayne
January 8, 2024
https://www.facebook.com/groups/paipobe ... 511910080/ Sooooo this thing, 4'5 1/4" by 20"
It was originally made as a belly board for my dad. (The piss funny thing is that I wrote 5' 5 1/4" on the stringer) Wanted to try and get him back in the water at 70 plus. It kinda failed, he never tried it. Injured his knee getting back in the ocean just swimming. So its been in the shed finished for over a year. Just daring me. Matt Williams always said I should try and surf it. I rode it a few times with flippers as a belly board, and the small fins you see in the last two pics, then I've had a few surfs where I have gone without fins and been getting used to surfing it. (Yes getting used to it, try popping to you feet on sub 4 1/2 feet of board at 47 years old. Buuut the MR fins have been a revelation for the standup potential of this thing. I've had two great surfs on it surfing stand up almost every wave. One at really fun lined up noosa on my back hand and another surfing some crazy fun left shore breaks on my fore hand this arvo.
Just left me giggling. The edge, the massive single to double conave.... highline speed like nothing I have ever experienced. And the thing is, IT WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE SURFED! It was supposed to be a prone board.
Hopefully I will have some footage sent to me from the noosa session soon. For the record I can surf, I was doing nice cutbacks and a few backhand snaps at noosa and getting a few speedy runs in the shorey but no real turns.

Titlah
44"
Bonzer fins but reversed twinzer setup
The edge is from a Greenough design

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been surfing for 20 years and just recently found out that Paipos are so much fun and turn micro waves into fun waves. Now I’m addicted

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Brett Tweedy
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Elijah Baley
https://www.facebook.com/groups/paipobe ... 635875080/ The hands cutouts are not really a problem when riding the board, I just don't think about it. They could be handy to attach a leash or a handle. The nice thing about this board is the outline, and the rocker. My previous boards were hand made plywood boards, no rocker and straight rails. They were a bit faster in small waves but I find this outline more efficient for quick turns, it works a bit like a boogieboard, more dynamic. Someone with the tools and the will to make his own could just imitate this outline, get some rocker using boiled water to bend the nose and get a nice functional board.

Yes it's bamboo. It's nice looking and strong but a bit heavy. I don't really feel differences for how it rides, feels like plywood.

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Had a test ride this morning on the Sniper "planky" paipo.
It went pretty good, I had some nice rides.
I like the outline, it works a bit like a bodyboard, you can easily dig the rail if needed or ride it flat for controled side slipping.
I didn't use the handles, but they didn't bother me.
On one ride I could do a late take off bodyboard style, then on the shoulder switch to the superman stance, then do a kick turn, kick again positionning backward and enjoy the reform the other side.
So that's a nice all-round wooden paipo to ride.



John DeVivo
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John DeVivo
My dream board… I think.
Rod Rodgers
Not going for the classic guitar pic HPD? When you mentioned a narrow glass paipo I was thinkg along the lines of an alaia plan shape.

John DeVivo
My beloved current board.
Rod Rodgers
Forever will be a beloved board!

Bob Green
I have ridden a HPD, im not sure if the skimboard would be very similiar. Even flotation wise, both are thin but the shapes are very different.

John DeVivo
I’m very intrigued by it, but it seems like it’ll be such a different ride.

Carl Ellery
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my good friend John Folliott @Biohazard surfboards
in Buena Park California
shaped it to my exact
specs
Surfboards Cypress California Here’s my backup board from 3 yrs ago that he shaped for me Pure fiberglass joy




Anthong Young
3 sept 2023
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5'1 x 23 x 2" thick

Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum

3 April 2023

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Brenda Be

Brenda Be
in reality, it's my second board but the first alone. I learn since a few time with a famous shaper in France Daniel's longboard (biarritz). this board have some defaults who don't really see in this picture.I practice belly shaping before shaping surfboards.

Robert Cosgrave
Dimensions?

Brenda Be
3.8 / 18 / 2 5/8

Keith Usher
That fin looks very large and far back, interested to hear if you can turn it from a normal trimming position

Brenda Be
yes

homemade fin from an old school fin belly template Rod Rodgers
Nice board. From a distance I thought it was an Austin paipo, in plan shape and color pattern, gloss finish and clear bottom. I, too, am interested in the dimensions Length, Width, Thickness and width at 12 inches from the nose and 12 from the tail. As Keith Usher noted, I also wonder how the skeg will perform across a variety of conditions. Forever, I have been a fan of removable fin systems and would move my center fin forward or aft depending upon the wave type and conditions.
Great job!


Graham Johnson
Looks awesome could try a twinny set up higher up the board loosens it up quite a bit


Rod Rodgers
or add two side-bites to work alongside the center fin... drive and looseness plus staying power.

Mitchell Pellgrin
20 August 2022

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Alan Brown

28 May 2023 Mahi La Pierre
8 November 2023
this board is 58"L x 14"W x 1" very fast like a bullet - no fins/skegs on the bottom trying to experiment with the technology of the older Hawaiian shapes - the wave spray off the rails gets you sometimes because of its width - hope to ride at a sunrise session in Waikīkī tomorrow

Dan Minton
6 April 2023
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The back third has a slight double concave.

Charles Schoonmaker

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Charlie Straumietis
- I had a kneeboard made with a tail like that (only not as wide - more like a fishtail) back in the 70's - only the points were much sharper. Called it a hook tail. Cut my eyebrow on one wipeout and ripped my flippers to shreds when taking off and hopping to the kneeling position. The flippers kept catching the sharp points. Suffice to say the experiment wasn't worth it and I went onto to better designs like concaves and keel fins.. - I had a kneeboard made with a tail like that (only not as wide - more like a fishtail) back in the 70's - only the points were much sharper. Called it a hook tail. Cut my eyebrow on one wipeout and ripped my flippers to shreds when taking off and hopping to the kneeling position. The flippers kept catching the sharp points. Suffice to say the experiment wasn't worth it and I went onto to better designs like concaves and keel fins.. - I had a kneeboard made with a tail like that (only not as wide - more like a fishtail) back in the 70's - only the points were much sharper. Called it a hook tail. Cut my eyebrow on one wipeout and ripped my flippers to shreds when taking off and hopping to the kneeling position. The flippers kept catching the sharp points. Suffice to say the experiment wasn't worth it and I went onto to better designs like concaves and keel fins..

20 September 2008
Olivier Bordenave-Coustarret
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Pierre Cazadieu (Zaka Surfboards) http://www.zakasurfboards.com/


27 November 2022
Mark Fitzpatrick

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Wow Mark, saw this one getting shaped, did the pics for Robbo for the mags and ABC, love the chequered swipe, look forward to the report...Hewy

Mark Fitzpatrick
he did a great job to bring my drawing to life

30 March 2024
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Bill Godwin
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David Kittrick Jr

yup, to be honest I had no real plan when I started to shape this, I was originally going to shape a kneeboard, then was going to shape a belly board, fins, finless, etc so now I’ve decided to go with the original kneeboard plan three fins thruster set up
Casey Proud
20 November 2023
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Very cool. I think I saw a board in the women's prone event with fin boxes on the deck: to help hold the lower body in place? I'd be curious to hear about or see photos of boards built specifically for para prone. Looks like your board is pretty much a standard shortboard. Any ideas on additional ways to make it prone friendly?

Casey Proud
yep - some surfers put fins on top to keep their legs from sliding off on steep drops or getting hit by whitewater. Personally I find it makes getting back on the board too time consuming but it's a trade off for sure. Yeah my board's an "adaptified" shortboard off Craigslist haha. I also have a second leg leash (pictured) I use that keeps my legs together as one going rogue can throw off my turning John Morris
Ha! 'Going Rogue' I love it. I surf prone due to old age and rotten joints. I continue to seek the prone board that allows me to employ the approach to waves developed over 60 years of standing on a board. My boards have a concave deck, but my body still goes rogue in some situations.

Casey Proud
I know Barry's sticks well! Super creative - definitely stoked for a future collab

John Morris
Barry is creative. I'd like to see details.

Dean Mitchell Kallsen
When my buddy Jerry was in a wheelchair I would take him surfing at La Jolla Shores on a soft board he loved it

John Morris
the fun doesn't have to stop after an injury! Might look a little different and need some help but the rush is still there to be found

Keith Usher
Prone boards need the fins further up as you have them.


Damian Coase
More power to you Casey, you are inspiring. There is a group of us here in Oz that ride prone because of old age/ injuries etc and we have reached similar conclusions as to fin placements for turning. Whereas a stand boarder can move their weight and drive point around prone surfers are more fixed in position. Not to say that you won't slide back for a late drop but lying on the board we find that your drive comes from your hips and thighs and so you want your fins up the board for real turns. But the most important thing is to get in the ocean somehow.

Harlan Fujioka
I’ve seen kneeboarders modify standup boards fin placement to work for them. Like what you did. GOOD JOB! Moving the fins forward makes the board easier to turn

Donald Walton
I have been prone riding for a short time. I also ride a 5’6” board, but it is 20 3/4” wide. Do you know why a narrow board rather than a wider board?

Bob Green
Did you start with fins in the original position? What difference did the further forward position make to you? My hunch the further forward position works better on these longer boards.

Casey Proud
I did start with riding boards with the fins in the original position, but got really frustrated with how hard it was to turn. My first ISA in 2021 my board was so sluggish off the bottom and I couldn't get to the lip before waves closed out. Now it's way more responsive

Bob Green
Thanks. There is a lot of trial and error with this territory, as well as persistence to follow the spark. The other factor is that as you are arm paddling, you can position yourself forward to catch waves, and surf, basically from the same spot. Have you ever heard of Leigh Wai Do who used to surf Ala Moana in the 60s?

Ian Anderson
Beyond respect and into admiration. I have known older surfers who after their first midlife body fail end up getting depressed and give up surfing because they have been unable to reconceptualise what it means to go surfing.

Casey Proud
mahalos Ian! I'm also really fortunate to have a badass wife that drags my butt into the water when I can't do it myself or I'm feeling lazy

Geoff Archdeacon
24 November 2023
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This one's about 12 years old.
Luv it!!!
Thanks Lee Hodgson

Diego De Jesus Ramirez III

8 February 2024

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5 August 2024
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David Laing

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5 August 2023

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the key to a shadow is to have a light surface for te shadow to have more of an effect. You could just do a thin highlight of a grey on one side to show a bit of depth. I would use a posca pen. Just do a mock up of your artwork and experiment.
Josh Tu

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Don Boland Just a bit of information on the shaper if I am not mistaken his name is Michael Saggus from Coffs Harbour
I am interested in the dimensions as well as the bottom shape,rails,foil etc
At 4’6”it’s getting out of the realm of those who have graduated from boogie board’s.
Would be great to get some feedback from Michael re the design and the waves that it’s designed to perform best in.

Damian Coase
just looked Michael up and he makes some seriously good looking boards, including a few edge models, on the south coast under the Surf Empire label.

Bob Green
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this one looks like it has a chine on the bottom
https://sunburntmess.com/products/surfempire48paipo

James Anson
20 August 2023

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Here is my quiver of boards. Each designed to ride in different conditions. Bumpy water has never been an issue.

I do put removable fins on all my boards.

Matt Bendt
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24 October 2023
Bob Green
Last time that I spoke to Tom he wasnt making boards but busy in the council. Is he making boards again? How long is your board?

Matt Bendt
hasn’t made any for about 5 years +. He’s not really making many but I’ve been using his boards since the turn of the century! 4’6”, So a special one, and I appreciate it greatly!


Conrad Elliot

12 July 2023

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Conrad Elliott
I have boards with cork but there needs to be a way of making the cork not take on water because it does over time. Mine were done with paulownia board with a cork deck. It did help with buoyancy. I don’t seem to be able to post an image but I did a lord board which was unreal in clean surf.



Jim Gardener

6 July 2023

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I love your random collection of shapes and use of beach stuff I used to live in Braunton but am now living in southern Sweden and making paipos from paulownia for freinds and family. Happy new year and say hi to the beach for me!

After 25 years surfing in the Uk mostly in north devon, Sweden rekindled my love for it. The surf here is pretty poor and inconsistent….but…. Every surf feels like an adventure, it’s relatively quiet, the conditions in winter are quite full on and I really love it. Frustrated at times.:::but love it.

8 January 2024
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Larry O'Brien
How long are they?

Jim Gardner
2’7” x 11”. +\-

Matt Miller

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Rod Treece
7' Why so long?

Matt Miller
its what i was use to surfing and because of back issue kicking was not an option. i wanted something i could arm paddle and not have to kick.

Ian Anderson
BB guns, a brilliant option for those who prefer paddling. The pic gives a good idea of the rolled rail/ hull.





David Tomasetti

Patrick Gromada
2 September 2023

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Nicholas Henriksen

30 June 2023

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3’9 X 20. deck is spooned out, so pretty thin but a lot of volume along the rails





Mattison Liebe


26 September 2023
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Allison Monastersky

14 November 2023

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Steve Milne
17 December 2023

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Dave Pegg


6 June 2023

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I now plan to whack 1 x 4oz and 2 x 6oz on both sides then Chuck it in the briny to see where it's at. Just making it up as I go.


Little update.... Been building up the fin.
Bit of a lob on the glass, grind back with the angle grinder balancing act going on.
No idea what I'm doing, it's the Chicken Joe approach.

Gregory Hall

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29 April 2024

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Nunzio Lagattuta
24 July 2023
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I prefer to ride the carbon fiber one. The nose is wider as you can see,a bit more rocker.

Dylan Newcomb
9 Febraury 2024
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Keith Usher
Any reason you left the front so wide? the corners look like they would be prone to digging in the wave face.

Dylan Newcomb
Keith Usher there was a guy who made one in San Diego and I thought the shape was sick so I just copied his but later when I met with him his was way better shaped. But the corners don’t really dig in because the way it’s shaped

Ian Anderson
probably enough nose rocker that far forward on the original board and the rail shape maintains its integrity, try it, test it and evaluate...

Trent Sutton
What is the stringer? Or did you lift the old glass from the donor board?

Dylan Newcomb
Trent Sutton I just took the glass off the old board

Donald Walton

17 February 2024
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John Morris
How long?

Donald Walton
5’7”x 21”
20 w20 weeks ago

Robert Wood
Are you kneeboarding or riding prone

Donald Walton
prone. My knees and quick twitch muscles retired so I graduated to prone riding about 18 months ago.
My wave ridding experience has been rejuvenated. I am still learning to adapted to bodyboarding equipment. It is a lot different turning a board on your stomach. Im having a ton of fun!

Pete Harwood
Nice looking board. Curious - are your twin fins going to be parallel or toed and canted?

Donald Walton
toed and canted.

Pete Harwood
Thank you. At 74, being forced to transition from stand-up due to trashed knees (even after a total redo on 1) and am intrigued with your design. Please post the finished board.

Donald Walton
I graduated to a body board at 66 years. Due to knee problems and my quick twitch muscles retiring. Since bodyboarding my wave riding experience has completely been rejuvenated. I am having the time of my life. I am new to bodyboarding and don’t know much about the equipment. I ride a lost mayhem puddle fish quad fin. It is 5‘6“x 21”. After riding it several times I became dissatisfied with the quad, set up and removed the smaller trailing fins. Since doing that the board has come alive and rides really fast. I have no back up board so I decided to have this board shaped in case my paddlefish ever got damaged. I feel like a thrilled teenager.

Jon Holden
15 October 2023
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Lynn Bellomi
Love it! Did you shape these?

Jon Holden
I did, the handplane and Paipo are solid Paulownia, the Fish is a hollow, hybrid Paulownia board, they can be made to order or i run classes supplying materials to self make your own boards, the most rewarding and satisfying way to ride a wave!

Duck Dive bellyboards - Mark Little
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Peter Waspe

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Sonja Kappe
28 June 2023
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Ross Mac

3 June 2023
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my favourite place to ride is Gwithian, Cornwall

Brent Schlea
Oct 2022
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Bob Green
Is the weathered board your older board? Were there many paipo boards at Honolua?

Brent Schlea
that’s Mike’s board. He was the only one that I knew that wrote a paipo at Honolulu. It’s all body borders and surfers. Now that’s his board.

Bob Green
Was this in the 60s or later you were riding them there?

Brent Schlea
70’s 80’s 90’s



Sharkboy bellyboards
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Jay Bayliss

13 Oct 2023
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Grahm Butcher
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7 March 2024
Incredibly easy to ridestarts planning real early but stays low enough to use board rails, elbows/shoulders and legs to control


Warren Clark
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Pierre de Villiers
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Max Temek

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6 July 2023

Miquel Coll
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Jarrett Liu
All the same heights and shape boards

Miquel Coll
Jarrett Liu Yes, they all are made in the same shape. we make them in cold press. We don't bend them by water or steaming the wood. Anyway we can make them wider or thicker too to customize. For example paipo shape is little different. Concave is is wider, 450 mm


Antony Gurtner
9 November 2022
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Saunton Pete
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Richard Gifford Palmer
5 July 2022

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Philippe Jussaume
18 February 2023
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Pani Marsh

3 January 2024

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Bob Green
A big bloke on a small board, Are you holding it out front like a handplane or lying on it and have all your weight forward, like a cantilever? What sort of waves are you riding it in?

Pani Marsh
belly riding slightly to the rear. I’m in New Zealand at a spot called Waipu Cove, top of the north island. It’s a chill beach break that gets an average 3-4ft clean NE swell in summer and gets big and gnarly 6ft+ in winter. I also make hand planes out of old skateboards

Jarrett Liu
it seems that it’s not always the size of a person it’s how they perform on “any-size” board. And then, the size of surf what powe

Keith Usher
That leash setup is somewhat puzzling.

Pani Marsh
I’m 6.2” and the board is 3ft10 so didn’t want it smack bang in the middle at the top or bottom. Offset to the side works for me, I don’t paddle much, just kick like crazy with me flippers.



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Edwin Salem
2 November2023
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Kalai Ahuna

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it's regular 3/4 marine plywood with 3 coats of resin to seal it. The nature of the resin changes the original color

Mechael Benitez
5 December 2022


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Don Boland
Yes Mechael lives just down the road from me

Bob Green
A former kneeboarder as well?

Mechael Benitez
I'm unable to do knee boarding "yet" as I have full right leg polio with zero muscle power from hip down. I tried prone with no expectations. It worked and I never looked back!

Lennie Ray Mendoza
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Got this last Father's day, got a call from Roger at beach house to come get it, probably the last one Renny will make...

McClendon
16 July 2023
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I like that. I made one out of some styrofoam I had laying around. It goes, but it's too short.

Kenji Miyajima
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5’ x 16.5” x 3/4”.
I’ll probably cut it down in the future

Bill Wright
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50" (127cm) overall length, 43" (109cm) to U cut out. 22.5 " wide (57cm) 1& 1/2" thick (3.8 cm)

David Guy
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Rod Rodgers

Paipo Meet Up in Cocoa Beach, Dec 1, 2022
My bad, too busy talking, so only shot some pics of Roger Harrell's boards after most everyone had departed. I believe John Hughes has several pics to share. You will notice a lot of variation in these three boards! These are the 3 he brought today.

Fun meeting everyone and talking story!
Ryan Johnson


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Holo Holo Pono
Classic

Damian Coase
The little Vektor fins are from a Hawaiian company that makes epoxy body boards. Have a look at their website

Ryan Johnson
for sure!! Checking it out now!!

Shirley Pierce Cowling
What did you use to seal the soft top

Ryan Johnson
epoxy

there is lots of Gorilla glue and Epoxy it worked way better than I thought it would. Next time I’m sealing the board better first and use less finishing it up. The idea was to use all 100% recycled materials I mean minus the 15$ of epoxy resins

Sam Pa'e
Looks like you did a bit of cutting, gluing, piecing, coloring, epoxy, and sanding. Seems like you did a bit of thinking behind this process as well. And this is your end result?......I FREAK'N LOVE IT!. I admire back yard guys thinking outside the box. Awesome build.

Ryan Johnson
Thank You so Much!! . I really did so Much work. It was sand shape, sand sand epoxy Miter saw, skill saw, gorilla glue. Epoxy, sand. Not flat enough paint the deck to show low spots. Better. Replaced pieces, foam. Epoxy, fiberglass the rails, sand fiberglass patches for tail and doubled the nose up. Sand, epoxy. more sanding fixing holes or bumps. It was totally awesome!!
I learned so much I mean so much. This is actually one of two. The better outline I didn’t use yet!!! So now I’m going to make a 45”.
I really Appreciate you commenting. It really means a whole lot to me. Very Grateful thanks

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Sam Pa'e
Looks Awesome.....I love this type of DIY work. Glad you got in the water.

Ryan Johnson
Sam Pa'e Thanks means a lot!! You told me to let y’all know how it goes!!! She’s so Fast little too much Rocker believe it or not but from what I understand once it gets bigger the rocker will help me. Really couldn’t believe it was so Floaty and Fast.

Bernie Chancery
Nice looking board. I’m from Va Beach too but haven’t been to first street in a while, too crowded and parking nightmares. I keep to the north end.

Ryan Johnson
yeah I was at Croatan all last year down by the American Flag
Helped my Brother with a house on 60th and went out a bunch there and floated way down
The only spot breaking on my day off was 1st street. The desire to get this thing in the water was Greater than the Crowd!! will be back to Croatan if it’s good. Would love to see you in the Water!!!

Claude Jones
Did you build it?

Chip Lane
A board that floats makes a huge difference when paddling back out !

Ryan Johnson
For Sure!! Especially when it’s only 40” long Honestly couldn’t believe how far I was sitting out of the water . My surfboard won’t float me this well!!

Mike Jax
Does it come with a splinter removal kit?

Ryan Johnson
it’s smoothed. It’s epoxied and there is no Splinters if you notice I did add a piece near the back just in case. In a special area. Lol

Clifford Vanrenterghem
Asymmetrical squash tail , very cool!

Ryan Johnson
I like to go Left Mostly lol and I hate math next one is a little more symmetrical. Less drastic outline.

Rod Rodgers
Fond memories of First Street Jetty, mostly in the 1980s/90s, before it become whacked out crowded. Think it was September 1985 or 1986, I was camping down near Frisco OBX and a tropical storm was rolling up the coast, mandatory evac, and headed up to VaBch grabbed a then off-season cheap motel and was riding real nice swell from out beyond the buoy area. Have fun with the new board... but watch those splinter in back!

John Geneva
Can confirm, you were ripping that ride! It was wonderful meeting you and I hope to surf with you again soon, dude.

Ryan Johnson
Heyyyy Jon!!!! Awesome!!!! I’ll be messaging you next time I can head out!!!! Totally Awesome

John Geneva
That sounds great, Ryan! I look forward to it and hope you have a great week, man.

Ryan Johnson
You too!!! Looks like maybe something near the end of the week!! Might try and go out later this evening. I got a lot of chores . Might be my only day off!! I’ll see You soon!! Once again looks like 1st Street is only thing going to break today

John Geneva
Yeah, I went out there yesterday with 52 people in the water. Checked from 80th down and nothing. It was a good session though, I wore my stiff fins and was getting in before the loggers, hehe. Good news is the bars are coming back and there are others streets breaking today. Seeya soon, man!

Ryan Johnson
Niceeee!!! Gonna try and hit it tomorrow!! I’ll message you where I end up!!! Probably just after work around 3-4 probably start on the North End and work back down to first. Saw some movement on Croatan too. Definitely lots of sandbars popping up!!! 52 people down there yesterday I’m sorry I missed it!!

Clifford Vanrenterghem
Nice stick s

Ryan Johnson
thanks its a lot of them lol

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Steven Halpin
Been great seeing you come back to the shop with that stoked grin mate. I just took my Bica out, so fast..Imagine how rad it was that your old man was tapping into the source all that time

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Andrew Turner
If you don’t mind me asking Adam what are the dimensions mate
I scored a nice little Paipo last summer looks a similar shape

Adam Williams
its 4'8" x 181/2" x 1 1/2" , basically a flat piece of paulownia with little rocker shaped into the bottom and the pad glued onto te deck for extra floatation , I have knelt on it a couple of times but it a prone rider.

Andrew Turner
very similar dims to mine

Turner Ocean Craft

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foamie

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Tom Woodward
Steven Halpin Exactly mate, a nice connection to the past and the history of surfing in the U.K. My Dad would have been stoked to see me on the Bica!

Asnar Esnal


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Bob Green
Kaixo, I'd like to be exploring the Basque coast. Where's the photo? In relation to your other question, some guys have been experimenting with XLPE. I like the look of your wood board better. Tom Wegener had been doing wood/foam boards.


Asier Esnal
san sebastian, zurriola beach, is a small beach very crowded by surfers, surf schools, now in summer swimmers,,,,,, but with the paipo I always find my little hole of enjoyment
cesca from sansebastian there is a company, Maderas Portu that sells paulowinia boards, but in thick thicknesses, I think the thinnest they have is 12, too thick to make sandwich, Tom Wegener styleI i bought 11 meters of fabric to make a surfmat and the necessary tools, I hope they arrive home in about 15 days
Thank you very much for the recommendation of XLPE, it is the first time I hear that reference https://www.shunhogroup.com.hk/what-is- ... ference-in...
What is the difference in IXPE foam and XPE(XLPE faom? - ShunHo EVA solutions
SHUNHOGROUP.COM.HK

Bob Green
XLPE - see viewtopic.php?f=4&t=981 and Swaylocks threads. I've never surfed san Sebastian, but have surfed further west. I have wanted to explore the coast just west of Zumaia.
Monolith 2001: XLPE - MyPaipoBoards Forums

Asier Esnal
What a great contribution, and the best thing is that the experiment is current. I'm already looking for xlpe in europe, it would be 100kg/m3, but now no luck

Bob Green
https://www.swaylocks.com/node/110143
Proneman's Handshaped XLPE Bodyboard

Bob Green
https://www.swaylocks.com/forum/109871/ ... -2001-xlpe I'm not so keen on the shape, just looks like a bodyboard, Perhaps more to my taste would be a thinner sheet with a plywood bottom or a wood/cork deck and an XLPE bottom.


Asier Esnal
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Alandrina
VALENCIAPLATO.COM

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I tried to do this with a piece of wood and a blue and white pool cork, it didn't work out at all, it failed.

Bob Green
I don't know about pool cork, my latest board had thin cork used for floors. The Alandrina was kind of interesting.

Tom Newton
As a New group These ideas of "morfing" are excellent. Providing the positive and negatives of what you have done. Am riding my Kneeon and Natives all the time. Just keep thinking "What else".

Asier Esnal
what is that board made of? foam and fiberglass? I'm looking for a way to make my own boards, but they have to be flexible material, I can't find ep or pp, typical bodyboard cores in Spain, I've tried with eva and some other foam, they don't work

Tom Newton
Both fiberglass as such. Flexibility doesn't equate to solid rails. These things are fast and so far have handled 2ft runners to maybe solid 6ft at the Farm.

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Asier Esnal
I have split the bodyboard stringer. It can be due to the pressure and force generated by the keels or a strong blow. 2m waves. to be able to continue entering the water while I think about how to do the next paipo. I have bought another bodiboard a depply with 4 channels.


Harry Alhadeff
Just one big fin can hang walls well

Asier Esnal
what kind of wood is it? millimeters thick? is very pretty.

Harry Alhadeff
twin fin turns on a dime

Asier Esnal
I like this one more. but what wood and thickness have you used? I don't think it's paulownia. It can be: marine phenolic birch board 7mm? En español tablero abedul laminado marino. .in case it is not a good translation

Harry Alhadeff
It a 3/4inch plywood comes with a birch top surface. Home Depot 13$

Asier Esnal
19mm uuuuooooo. do you have flexibility? or is it very stiff? with such cheap wood. you don't have problems gon the salt water? swells, rots or splits. I have found this wood that can be something similar to yours. 20mm https://www.leroymerlin.es/.../tablero-contrachapado...
Tablero contrachapado fenólico okume de 60x120x2 cm (anchoxaltoxgrosor)
LEROYMERLIN.ES

Harry Alhadeff
Yea they self destruct after a few of season I put 3 or 4 layers of polyurethane on them but they flex and water gets inside eventually.


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Tim Harrow
Donald Walton here you go mate

Donald Walton
holy smokes! I’ve never seen anything like that before. You are hardcore.

Tim Harrow
It’s about 20mm thick, shaped like a regular boogie board and made entirely of cork. It was shaped by a guy called Dave Hahn in San Francisco. He stopped making them about 5 years ago so I scoured the planet and managed to find a few blanks. It absolutely flies and is super-easy to punch through the big stuff because it’s only just positive buoyancy.

Robert R Rash
..cool board ..is it glassed or finished in any way..?

Tim Harrow
no, just plain old cork!

Bob Green
I surfed there a few years ago on a low volume board and found it wasn't real easy getting into them. Also lots of guys with much longer boards.

Tim Harrow
I didn’t struggle getting into them but the conditions were challenging. The waves were breaking really quickly so getting enough down the line speed was tough. I kept on getting nailed

Bob Green
I found that I had to take a high line to beat some of the sections. Some of the other waves were really fun.

The paipo forum had a few posts on this style of board, with contributions from Dave Hahn. This thread has a review by an experienced Hawaiian paipo board rider and some comments from Dave. viewtopic.php?p=4368...
California Surfcraft Bodypo Review - MyPaipoBoards Forums

Tim Harrow
super interesting, thanks for sharing. I did hear that Dave made a few carbon fiber boards as well. I’m still kicking myself for not buying one, I would have loved to try one out.

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4’0” Danny Hess Herman Peeters

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it is a board I made from a Palownia blank I had imported from New Zealand . The wood is white, but with some linsead oil and a bit of sunshine it turns dark brown.
Nowadays we can get palownia blanks in Spain, so time to order another one
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James Lintott
Well, after my chronic back got worse, I started bellyboarding on my 10' Pipeliner pintail. It went better than I thought it should. so... I switched to a 9'4 John Holley pintail, it worked better than. the 10 footer. After all that body-whompin' on longboards, It seemed like a smaller board would improve my situation. Those full size boards did go fast! My first true "bodyboard" was a little moontail quad finned wake surfing board. 5'8". in epoxy,and styrofoam. It is called "DEVILFISH" Perfect for small beachbreak.I could meet somebody who can see my quiver, and take photos, But I am almost computer illiterate, so....I also have a recently shaped 6' fish, shaped by Larry Gephart, That board is amazing, Larry evolved his newbreak fish, along with PLHS buddy Steve Lis. They were always there whenever it was cracking. I usually had to work after age 16, Then attaining adulthood became my main time-consuming feature. I have another board, which will be compleated in 4 or 5 weeks. I better not brag about that one, except to tell ya that it will be bright RED!!!

John Morris
I'd like to see that Lis/Gephart fish

Virginia Phillips
Awww…my band of brothers. One very special one, Steve Phillips, my husband of almost 17 years (third from left).

James Lintott
sea level streakers !!! I doff me hat to you boys.


James Lintott
In Mr Peters' Collier Junior HS woodshop, I made a pine board, with a glassed, concaved botton. 3/4" thick, NO ROCKER. I tried it down by the pier. It went too fast. I hit a patch of kelp, and it stopped, I kept going. deck wax might have helped, but it was pretty, and shiny The template was from a Newport Paipo owned by John Brockway. two small fins. I kept it in my mother's flower bed. It sort of never got a second chance. I an interested in making a paipo board out of 1 1/4" ply. Or mabee some 1 1/2" sugar pine.

Tom Wolverton
James. I made a paipo in Mr. Peters class the next year. A single fin.

James Lintott
Mr Peters was a "barefoot" water skier: very sympatico to water sports. Imcluding surfers. Back in those days, surfers were frowned upon by school administrators, and other sectors of "the establishment" I got an A in the class. Peters was stoked with my project, and so was I. In 11th grade, I was really into making my own surfboards, So, I took woodshop at PLHS. First day, the teacher said: no surf boards, no fins, nothing to do with surfing would be allowed. I earned myself a D.

Chris Bruns
I had Mr. Peters, too. Funny that we both went on to be woodworkers. IIRC. I got a D. in Peters class, I didn't finish my project in time.

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Bob Green
Neil Luke I saw an old board of yours with a belly channel. Any thoughts on how these work, as opposed to a channel that goes all the way through to the tail?

Neil Luke
I mainly used them in a tri fin set up , then I went to double concave.
Out through tail was good if fins set further back or she would float in the tube , I eventually settled on single to double concave to vee thru tail which I have mainly used up till now with a hull type bottom and chine rails.
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polystyrene foam,epoxy resin/glass.
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