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Anyone else find predawn a spiritual time to surf just before the sun rises , on weekends my local is off the charts crowded so I was first out this morning and had it to myself for 3/4 of hour offshore 2m cruising along a easy wall I had time to look around and realised how a beautiful sunrise give...

Hi Zensuni I put elastic bands around my ankles never seen these before, I looked at some dive suits but arm movements are limited as I use one arm for padding on to waves they won’t work.

Hi Cage yea got a hood and socks current suit is Adrenaline brand will have to try something else .

What wet suit do you use in cool water 15 - 18 my 4 3 isn’t cutting it after 2 hours paipo surfing I’m shivering has anyone tried diving wet suits as we are submerged unlike being out of the water on a bigger board.

I have been looking at making a 12mm ply board that folds in half so it fits in a suit case , thinking of epoxy glueing hard wood and using hinges two problems I see are pinching skin when flexing and how to lock it open has anyone made anything similar.

I taught myself to glass boards many years ago I have only used epoxy after a couple it’s not too hard just time consuming,I started doing my own so I could triple 6oz top and double 6oz bottom my Mal’s the first one is well over 20 years old and still going strong.

Hi foil been testing the 12” paipo and find it has really high top end speed down the line but I have to bend it to turn , I found this out by watching jack johns video on the original surfboard company site he’s pretty good check it out.

Just finished a 12” wide board it’s just under 4ft long 12mm ply has anyone played with narrow boards.

Just finished a mini paipo similar to yours with a square tail hope to use it this weekend,it’s about double the size of my largest hand plane and about 1/3 the size of a paipo hopefully a bit faster than my hand planes and less pain when it clobbers me like a full size board, don’t know if catchalo...