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Is there a general interest in participating next year by having a paipo division? It really isn't about the competition -- it is about the camaraderie of our kind and our brethren. We could even field wood and a foam/glass divisions, lol.

Hey... it is Southern California. What does one expect after all??? Home of the Beach Boys, Huntington Beach, DaCat and Malibu, Hollywood, suntans, sunshine, bonfires on the beach, my first real girl friend...

It is tough to find a rental paipo or alaia around the USA. Maybe not as challenging in Hawaii. I like my board and at my age don't want to be counting on an unknown board that is different in good waves someplace. This past month I left my Checkered RPM with a friend in PR. Wish I could do that in ...

Uncle Grumpy wrote:That's some infrasturcture!

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Formerly the Frisco Pier on the North Carolina Outer Banks. Amazing it survived this year's storms that shut down Hatteras Island (Frisco is on the SE facing part of the Island). It was battered a few years back.

soulglider wrote:Whats stringy thing on the front? She seems tame.

You are a dirty old man... she is just a minor and barely a teen.

Rick, that board looks kinda big for her. She deserves a 44 inch RPM model aka The Ted RPM Paipo.

The path of the paipo for me has been a long and fulfilling journey. It started back in the late-1960s, when I was still a beginning surfrider in Western Puerto Rico. An older schoolmate, a very accomplished and stylish surfer, Leon Lowman, was the first to really turn me on to paipo boarding and gi...

It seems like I come across a new paipo builder on the net once every month or two. A little blurb with pics. "Discover ancient form of surfing, personal connection with wave," interesting logo, etc. Rarely if ever do I see credit given about how they found this form of surfing. I don't t...

see my answer to Kages "Credit where credit is due (rant)." is this the person i've described in my credit where credit is do and it aint due someone who makes up a story that sounds cool and has a errrrr semi-famous shaper boyfriend (who rips others ideas and makes them into shiny things...

kage wrote:I found this in liquid salt http://www.liquidsaltmag.com/2011/12/ch ... railsford/
Who apparently makes paipos.

We are intending to do an interview with Christine Brailsford one of these days. She is in N. County San Diego.

Here are the fins I have been using. They seem to work great (on my board 51" by 22"). They are Futures Vector II 460s. The foil really helps accelerate on turns. I have only side slipped once, when a wave closed on me from behind. I was going to try their smallest fin also, the "Sup...

I have a hard time processing the 3-D drawing... at least the angle shown. Have to say that the spec drawings are very nice in presentation. Remain curious how the front end of the board will handle in easily breaking an edge from the face of the wave for a hard cut back at speed or when making a bo...

Love your paipo poem in your sig line, Uncle Grumpy

Most prone riding people probably should not rely on most surf board shapers to make their paipos. Not because they are bad shapers nor because they are prejudiced or bad people. They simply are not tuned to how a prone-ridden board differs from a stand-up board without having ridden one. As it is ...

mrmike wrote:the darker side ride sups. welcome to the fun site keep makeing them ply boards. I only have about 20 or so

SUPs are the Black Side.

ClanB, the figure above appears to show very square rails. The attached diagram presents a different view of the rails. Have you ridden a design similar to this? The forward nose area seems to have hard turned down rails which I have found tend to dig into the wave hampering maneuvering.

True enough, that's why I actually waited for a couple of years before deciding to let Mark who shaped my board make me one which is unusual for me as I lack patience when wanting to try a new kind of board. I looked into having an Austin shipped over but the cost was prohibitive. Read all the info...

spudnut wrote:Welcome to the dark side

The Light Side... the dark side rides long boards!

Boys and girls, this is where semantics matter. :ugeek: See, if a guy wants a paipo , he gets the appropriate lumber or plywood, makes one and goes surfing. 8-) But if a guy wants a bellyboard, he shell's out 600-1000 :o (OZ) dollars after chasing around looking for somebody willing to shape it. No...

mrmike wrote:Look at the post in your wave (father and son) that what it all about just pure fun look at the kids face it says it all

Amen to that!

Boys and girls, this is where semantics matter. :ugeek: See, if a guy wants a paipo , he gets the appropriate lumber or plywood, makes one and goes surfing. 8-) But if a guy wants a bellyboard, he shell's out 600-1000 :o (OZ) dollars after chasing around looking for somebody willing to shape it. No...