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Have you tried just puling elbows in, tight against ribs, and taking most of those "hits" on your forearms instead of your ribs? Has helped me a lot but I am not that aggressive a rider and have not logged nearly as many wave hours as you likely have...

Never have done. But ponder the volume which is for arm paddling only followed by standing and skimming across relatively flat waves. I'd give one a go if nothing else was available but seems like it would be heck of a lot of board to wrestle.

The only little inconvenience that remains is that the filpper being bigger than my natural size, it is also harder to paddle (more surface), but this is something I ll get used to I guess. Yes, just a bit more muscle development from using them and end result will be greater thrust/speed. I go luc...

I lived in NorCal for some years and water temps only down to 8 or 9C at lowest. Always used Viper-7's w/ I think 5 ml booties. They fit inside just fine though I have small feet (size 7 US) and in warmer water I had to still wear the booties which was fine with me; Not bothered by them at all even ...

Excellent! there is a lot of treasure buried in there and easy to find so long as we have access

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?

I am hesitating on applying varnish or not, but I am afraid it makes the cork kind of crispy If you have a small piece of scrap to test on, try coat of thinned varnish, very firmly squeegeed in. Might not be too bad and surface I would think will soften back up with just a little use or rubbing, le...

The actual HPD company has newer model that is not guitar pick shaped. Having ridden a guitar pick plywood board a few times, I do not really like the outline though to be fair, it could have been just that the board overall was much too big for me. Anyway, check it out Hawaiian Paipo Designa~PAIPO ...

Rod, I don't want to put words in someone else's mouth but I think he meant to compare all 3 of your diagrams as "normal rail" to this i.e. "chine rail"

And it continues to this day

The fading art of stand-up bodyboarding

No idea about the surf etc. You are hereby designated "The Scout"!

Croatia’s 230-Foot Organ Uses The Sea To Make Hauntingly Beautiful Music "If you ever travel to Croatia you don't want to miss the opportunity to listen to the 230-foot organ strategically placed so that it uses the sea to create a hauntingly beautiful melody unlike anything you've ever heard ...

Never rode it in big, powerful waves so do not know about ultimate strength, but I have installed old school FU long box in board that was thin enough that the tail end of the box was through on the deck and needed to be ground down and glassed over. Worked find as hard as I worked it anyway.

I did wonder how twins would interact with the wings - might go well or work against each other. Like many of our boards - its a bit of an experiment. Bob Yes, I think fin placement w/ twins could be a very finicky deal vs the wings. If done just right the wings could act as canards or similar. May...

That is beautiful with a whole lot going on in the shape! To me, looks like perfect thickness and rail thickness as well; I tend to like thin.

That is a fine looking board! I'd be very curious how it would ride with small keels (either traditional 2 or more a "speed dialer" quad type set up) instead of as a single fin.

soulglider wrote:It's getting really hard to get motivated to go to the water anymore.

I actually moved to Colorado Rockies, that's how hard it got for me. I very much miss what used to be but not at all what is... Brief and rare visits only now and that to warm water warm climate.

Made the chorus of this old Mary Hopkin song pop back into my head Those were the days my friend We thought they'd never end We'd sing and dance forever and a day We'd live the life we choose We'd fight and never lose For we were young and sure to have our way. La la la la, Those were the days, oh y...

Can't remember who or when but old surf mag interview w/ well known surfer from 40's and 50's, now quite old and living on sail boat in Sea of Cortez. He said (approximate quote), "I feel very blessed to have lived when I did and will feel very fortunate to die when I do." As the saying go...