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by Poobah
Wed Sep 11, 2013 8:19 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Building my first Paipo
Replies: 27
Views: 15226

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 ...
by Poobah
Wed Sep 11, 2013 8:04 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Building my first Paipo
Replies: 27
Views: 15226

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...
by Poobah
Wed Sep 11, 2013 7:42 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Building my first Paipo
Replies: 27
Views: 15226

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...
by Poobah
Thu Aug 29, 2013 12:41 am
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: HPD Flex Paipos - Small
Replies: 21
Views: 15520

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 ...
by Poobah
Wed Aug 28, 2013 1:05 am
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: 60s Bon Aire Bodyboard / Skim Board
Replies: 4
Views: 3888

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...
by Poobah
Wed Aug 28, 2013 12:38 am
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: HPD Flex Paipos - Small
Replies: 21
Views: 15520

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. ...
by Poobah
Wed Aug 28, 2013 12:18 am
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: HPD Flex Paipos - Small
Replies: 21
Views: 15520

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...
by Poobah
Fri Jul 05, 2013 1:59 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: Music?
Replies: 11
Views: 4398

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
by Poobah
Wed Jun 26, 2013 1:08 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: Surfoplane Vintage Film
Replies: 4
Views: 2163

Re: Surfoplane Vintage Film

Alternate spellings are surfo-plane and surf-o-plane. More History:

http://www.surfresearch.com.au/00000146.html
by Poobah
Wed Jun 26, 2013 12:34 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: Surfoplane Vintage Film
Replies: 4
Views: 2163

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/
by Poobah
Wed Jun 26, 2013 12:31 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: Surfoplane Vintage Film
Replies: 4
Views: 2163

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
by Poobah
Thu Apr 11, 2013 11:07 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: paipo sighting in 60's beach movie
Replies: 7
Views: 3408

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...
by Poobah
Tue Apr 02, 2013 3:11 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Paipo Building Advice
Replies: 14
Views: 7421

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
by Poobah
Tue Apr 02, 2013 12:30 am
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Paipo Building Advice
Replies: 14
Views: 7421

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...
by Poobah
Mon Mar 25, 2013 10:24 am
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: Old Santa Cruz bellyboard
Replies: 6
Views: 3266

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 ...
by Poobah
Wed Mar 13, 2013 4:43 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: 1927 Portuguese surfing film
Replies: 7
Views: 2495

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.
by Poobah
Wed Mar 13, 2013 4:38 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: 1927 Portuguese surfing film
Replies: 7
Views: 2495

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...
by Poobah
Wed Mar 13, 2013 3:11 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: They were bellyboards, not paipos
Replies: 2
Views: 1432

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
by Poobah
Thu Mar 07, 2013 12:48 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: 1927 Portuguese surfing film
Replies: 7
Views: 2495

Re: 1927 Portuguese surfing film

The Poruguese also grow their own cork.
by Poobah
Thu Mar 07, 2013 12:35 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: Surf Bathing Postcard
Replies: 1
Views: 985

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...