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- Wed Sep 11, 2013 8:19 pm
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Building my first Paipo
- Replies: 27
- Views: 16213
Re: Building my first Paipo
As far as bending cedar, I've only messed with fence boards. And not that many. I had some trouble with cracking at the far end during the drying process. Usually about an inch. At worst two inches in from the end. I had similar problems with redwood. Maybe it's a softwood problem. It could also be ...
- Wed Sep 11, 2013 8:04 pm
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Building my first Paipo
- Replies: 27
- Views: 16213
Re: Building my first Paipo
I also experimented with bending three boards at once, and then later glued the vertical joints after the wood dried for a couple of weeks. This worked with different woods. I put a 1x2 mahogany in between two pine 1x6's. You could go as wide, or use as many pieces as your bending jig will handle. T...
- Wed Sep 11, 2013 7:42 pm
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Building my first Paipo
- Replies: 27
- Views: 16213
Re: Building my first Paipo
Without debating the merits and unmerits of nose kick, I think it's worth mentioning the methods. The scarf method involves gluing wood onto the very nose end of the deck, and then shaping the kick. You get kick and a nose handle. In some case the handle might be your bigger goal. Then there' s boil...
- Thu Aug 29, 2013 12:41 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: HPD Flex Paipos - Small
- Replies: 21
- Views: 16197
Re: HPD Flex Paipos - Small
Bob, excellent. That's the triangular flex paipo that Dale made. It's probably a good time to mention that aspiring mad scientists can have fun modifying old bodyboards with just two simple tools...a long serrated bread knife and an 80 grit sanding block. What? You don't have a bodyboard in a cubit ...
- Wed Aug 28, 2013 1:05 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: 60s Bon Aire Bodyboard / Skim Board
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3982
Re: 60s Bon Aire Bodyboard / Skim Board
Somewhere in storage I've got a Bon-Aire and it's Eighties incarnation...a Sandpiper. At least I'm told the Sandpiper is a reissue. The Sandpipers supposedly even had team riders. No fin slots on the Sandpiper. My Bon-Aire has the slots, but no fin. I do have the cardboard box for the Bon-Aire...wit...
- Wed Aug 28, 2013 12:38 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: HPD Flex Paipos - Small
- Replies: 21
- Views: 16197
Re: HPD Flex Paipos - Small
And then a couple years later Dale replies at the end of a spoon thread started by Paipo Jim. There's still a drawing on this one. He also talks about corner shapes on this one. More good stuff: http://rodndtube.com/paipo/forum/viewtopic.php?t=357&highlight= Long image...don't forget to scroll. ...
- Wed Aug 28, 2013 12:18 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: HPD Flex Paipos - Small
- Replies: 21
- Views: 16197
Re: HPD Flex Paipos - Small
We step into the Way Back Machine and visit the archives....no photos, but there are descriptions. At one time I copied the photos, but lost them in a hard drive failure. Maybe some old timers here still have some photos? He used 12 to 15 layers of 4 oz. glass, and then ground the tapers for flex. I...
Re: Music?
I listen to just about anything if the musicians are good with their instruments. I especially like stuff that's beyond the fringe. Here's a self empowerment song for paipo boarders approaching retirement:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCRtAwKPrS4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCRtAwKPrS4
- Wed Jun 26, 2013 1:08 pm
- Forum: Your Wave
- Topic: Surfoplane Vintage Film
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2199
Re: Surfoplane Vintage Film
Alternate spellings are surfo-plane and surf-o-plane. More History:
http://www.surfresearch.com.au/00000146.html
http://www.surfresearch.com.au/00000146.html
- Wed Jun 26, 2013 12:34 pm
- Forum: Your Wave
- Topic: Surfoplane Vintage Film
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2199
Re: Surfoplane Vintage Film
Here's an interesting take on surfoplaning. Also a reminder why you should never turn your back on the ocean...when Mr. Mike is out riding his surf mat.
http://petebowes.com/2010/11/24/surfopl ... of-things/
http://petebowes.com/2010/11/24/surfopl ... of-things/
- Wed Jun 26, 2013 12:31 pm
- Forum: Your Wave
- Topic: Surfoplane Vintage Film
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2199
Surfoplane Vintage Film
Well...I'm assuming they are surfoplanes, or something similar. Some of you may have seen this on Tablers Blurb, but many probably haven't. Fun stuff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rbgeYat7Is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rbgeYat7Is
- Thu Apr 11, 2013 11:07 pm
- Forum: Your Wave
- Topic: paipo sighting in 60's beach movie
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3474
Re: paipo sighting in 60's beach movie
Annette passed away the day after Kfitz started this thread. I've often wondered if Annette was a bellyboarder. Maybe we can work on that. As for the Gidget....I asked her once, and she said she wasn't a bellyboarder. Although a friend of hers standing nearby said he always kept one in his car...jus...
- Tue Apr 02, 2013 3:11 pm
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Paipo Building Advice
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7915
Re: Paipo Building Advice
Likewise....kneeboarders need a longer board if they want to compete for waves with the stand-up paddleboarders:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdhgVlbxygI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdhgVlbxygI
- Tue Apr 02, 2013 12:30 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Paipo Building Advice
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7915
Re: Paipo Building Advice
I don't think layer cake or sandwich construction will work for you, because you need a lot of length. I think you have to go hollow wood or epoxy glassed foam. You might be able to buy a used prone paddleboard, especially at this time of year. But there are some nice kits, also: http://www.clcboats...
- Mon Mar 25, 2013 10:24 am
- Forum: Your Wave
- Topic: Old Santa Cruz bellyboard
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3564
Re: Old Santa Cruz bellyboard
Interesting...sort of a cross between an ironing board and a casket template. Perhaps the nose end of a broken pintail surfboard? In my old photo files, Swaylocker Steiny from Santa Cruz had a plywood bellyboard with penguin decals. The ice house was also the possible source of the decals. I recall ...
- Wed Mar 13, 2013 4:43 pm
- Forum: Your Wave
- Topic: 1927 Portuguese surfing film
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2511
Re: 1927 Portuguese surfing film
P.S. I understand that the Captain Cook collection is in Australian hands...in Sydney. Perhaps the answers are there, like a bellyboard blueprint mixed in with all of the drawings of flowers and plants.
- Wed Mar 13, 2013 4:38 pm
- Forum: Your Wave
- Topic: 1927 Portuguese surfing film
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2511
Re: 1927 Portuguese surfing film
The sport does seem to flourish better in warm waters, and alongside the rise of swim clubs and volunteer lifeguards. Tourism hype is also an important factor. When it comes to influence, then I think we have to give the credit to British seamen that visited Tahiti and the Sandwich Islands. They wer...
- Wed Mar 13, 2013 3:11 pm
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: They were bellyboards, not paipos
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1444
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
- Thu Mar 07, 2013 12:48 pm
- Forum: Your Wave
- Topic: 1927 Portuguese surfing film
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2511
Re: 1927 Portuguese surfing film
The Poruguese also grow their own cork.
- Thu Mar 07, 2013 12:35 pm
- Forum: Your Wave
- Topic: Surf Bathing Postcard
- Replies: 1
- Views: 992
Surf Bathing Postcard
Rod's recent mention of a South African postcard has reminded me of another old postcard. I grabbed the image from an ebay auction several months ago. I didn't bid on it, because it wasn't postmarked. I haven't seen this one before or since. Keep an eye out for a dated copy. Use surf bathing in your...