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by Papa Paepo o
Sat Nov 26, 2016 6:49 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Need feedbacks on the HPD XL
Replies: 51
Views: 21384

Re: Need feedbacks on the HPD XL

I wanted to test the board Today, unfortunately it was very small, here is the longest wave I had: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysItAYkQ6ww So I couldn't really test the board in normal conditions, but I can tell that this board makes tiny waves very easy to catch. Nice board, cool fun wave too....
by Papa Paepo o
Wed Nov 23, 2016 1:26 am
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Need feedbacks on the HPD XL
Replies: 51
Views: 21384

Re: Need feedbacks on the HPD XL

Don't these boards behave a lot like plywood when you lose them in that they rarely if ever get carried very far by the wave, popping back up right near you? The board generally stay pretty close if you get separated. There are exceptions, but at least you have on fins! First you need to know your ...
by Papa Paepo o
Mon Nov 21, 2016 10:10 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Need feedbacks on the HPD XL
Replies: 51
Views: 21384

Re: Need feedbacks on the HPD XL

Aloha, Mahalo, I'm not doing spoon boards just yet but I am working on the mould for couple of sizes. The boards that you see does have a nose-rocker with a nose contour for riders. I used to ride those type of boards before but now I just ride flat bottom. The photo you see there is a flat-bottom ...
by Papa Paepo o
Mon Nov 21, 2016 10:07 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Need feedbacks on the HPD XL
Replies: 51
Views: 21384

Re: Need feedbacks on the HPD XL

Aloha, Mahalo, I'm not doing spoon boards just yet but I am working on the mould for couple of sizes. The boards that you see does have a nose-rocker with a nose contour for riders. I used to ride those type of boards before but now I just ride flat bottom. The photo you see there is a flat-bottom b...
by Papa Paepo o
Sun Nov 20, 2016 10:50 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Need feedbacks on the HPD XL
Replies: 51
Views: 21384

Re: Need feedbacks on the HPD XL

You direct it from the tail Do you mean it is a little bit like a bodyboard, where you really have to slice the wave's face to turn ? Also, I'm quite short, 5,5 foot, I am concerned about the board (especially this XL model) being just too big for me. Aloha, I have two XL HPD boards it's really lig...
by Papa Paepo o
Sun Nov 20, 2016 10:25 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Need feedbacks on the HPD XL
Replies: 51
Views: 21384

Re: Need feedbacks on the HPD XL

You got the message, using a leash will cause pull-over or drag under with the white wash. Just keep on riding your board, try using a nose pevit into the face, meaning shallow breaks try lifting outter rail n nose diving along the bottom face of the wave. To deep of a dive will hit the reef, got to...
by Papa Paepo o
Sun Nov 20, 2016 10:02 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Need feedbacks on the HPD XL
Replies: 51
Views: 21384

Re: Need feedbacks on the HPD XL

I received the board, I m impressed by the width :lol: As expected it doesn t have a leash plug. Do you think that gluing a classic surf leash plug would work ? Aloha, adding a leash-plug would have to be a custom made plug. The smallest (thickness) surf plug is 1/2" thick, how thick is your b...
by Papa Paepo o
Thu Nov 17, 2016 12:12 am
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Need feedbacks on the HPD XL
Replies: 51
Views: 21384

Re: Need feedbacks on the HPD XL

This may be a bit late, hope your board is still available. I ride HPDs about 90% of the time and like them a lot (obvs). I'm 5'6" and rode the XL for about 10 years and then switched to the mini. I like it better but I would recommend the XL too. I use a leash, no need to get into that issue ...
by Papa Paepo o
Wed Nov 16, 2016 11:53 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Need feedbacks on the HPD XL
Replies: 51
Views: 21384

Re: Need feedbacks on the HPD XL

I do shape Hawaiian Papa Paepo`o Boards, These are some of my boards, getting ready for the Makaha Paipo Contest. 10665138_10203242220887289_397122057281166864_n.jpg I also make these personal boards: 10959295_10205956994154114_7492716746874703221_n.jpg No leash is needed, just gottah` find youself ...
by Papa Paepo o
Wed Nov 16, 2016 11:37 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: New H fin board
Replies: 39
Views: 10813

Re: New H fin board

New H fin board After going through a short small board faze and having some of the beast waves of my life on the black board .And after some deep reflection on witch of my ‘’ can you make a better body board ‘’ experiment s is best , here is another stab in the dark . this will be the last red boa...
by Papa Paepo o
Wed Nov 16, 2016 11:32 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: New plywood paipo
Replies: 12
Views: 5144

Re: New plywood paipo

looks good. :D once you get a shape you like you should try out some paulowina, my friend had a go on my board and liked it, so he bought some ply to make a cheap copy. He reported back that the ply board was much heavier, sunk and was much harder to paddle due to lack of buoyancy. Why don't you tr...
by Papa Paepo o
Thu Aug 11, 2016 10:04 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Old Skool bodyboard shape but configured to your body shape.
Replies: 3
Views: 1873

Re: Old Skool bodyboard shape but configured to your body sh

bgreen wrote:How does the small wave board differ from the Makaha Kahuna size wave board?
No, difference just in genreal that these three size boards can be ridden in small to Makaha size waves.
by Papa Paepo o
Wed Aug 10, 2016 11:56 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Old Skool bodyboard shape but configured to your body shape.
Replies: 3
Views: 1873

Old Skool bodyboard shape but configured to your body shape.

Just started shaping my own wood boards. Generated three different size boards that could tackle small ankle surf to Makaha Kahuna size waves. These are my mid-size wood paipo "Papa Paepo`o" boards. Shaping your own design and fine tuning them to the surf breaks really made me realize that...
by Papa Paepo o
Sat Dec 26, 2015 10:07 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Very latest wing board
Replies: 100
Views: 65158

Re: Very latest wing board

Aloha brother, it's all good, I like how you shape your board, we had a guy name "King-Kai-Da"and his shape is similar to yours and all he wanted was speed. It's NEW and if you just want speed, then "speed it is". I'm 5'-11" @ 220lbs Kanaka and I shaped my own boards after l...
by Papa Paepo o
Sat Dec 26, 2015 9:11 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: mike's finished boat
Replies: 18
Views: 12075

Re: mike's finished boat

That's Beautiful brother Mike... Nice peice of ART.
by Papa Paepo o
Wed May 13, 2015 3:32 am
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: new mahogany board
Replies: 9
Views: 4756

Re: new mahogany board

EPIC Wood @ 1/2" nose~lift dah` rest flat~bottom. I like that style as well, pretty useful in surf from 1' to 12'ft., best at surf in 2'-4'ft. fun waves. Nice piece of art......
by Papa Paepo o
Thu Nov 20, 2014 12:56 am
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Good first paipo
Replies: 9
Views: 5929

Re: Good first paipo

matt23 wrote:Doesnt matter which you ride. At some point DO build yot own, riding something youve made is such a good feeling ;-)


You got that right. Once you start building your own paipo you get a good feeling. Learning your woods it's good.
by Papa Paepo o
Wed Nov 19, 2014 7:28 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: November welsh waves
Replies: 4
Views: 2472

Re: November welsh waves

Aloha gang,
Those are beautiful surf. Epic 4'-6'ft.surf and some offshore winds blowing.
by Papa Paepo o
Wed Nov 12, 2014 9:18 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: Technique: Papa Paepo o & duckdiving
Replies: 9
Views: 4298

Re: Papa Paepo o & duckdiving

If the surf is shallow, dont you want to be keeping the board flat and shallow, or am i misunderstanding the term "shallow surf" ? :? Shallow surf, surf break on shallow grounds (reef) causing you to either paddle out board above white water or performing a duck-dive on shallow surf (reef...
by Papa Paepo o
Sat Nov 08, 2014 10:21 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: Technique: Riding position
Replies: 31
Views: 17906

Re: Riding position

Fun surf during dawn-patrol
Fun surf during dawn-patrol
Sandy Beach shore-breaks Dawn-patrol
Sandy Beach shore-breaks Dawn-patrol