• Atlantic Surfing (ATS). First published Summer 1965, by Chapey and Gundersen. According to Surfing Collectibles Guide author Tim De La Vega, "the 'right coast' was never too far behind with these nicely produced magazines. Sadly, their staying power was never very long." There were only 10 issues published total.
• International Surfing (ISM). (Dick Graham) In 1974, Lopez Publications dropped "International" from their name to create "Surfing Magazine." The publishers noted, "When we, Richard Graham and Leroy Grannis, received word that Petersen's Surfing magazine was no longer being published as a monthly, we began looking around for backers to enable us to continue the magazine." This quote from the editorial herewith sums up how the present-day Surfing Magazine started so many years ago. Vol 1 (1964) through Vol. 9 (1973).
• Petersen's Surfing Magazine (PSM). Petersen published the first Surfing Magazine in December 1963 (Vol. 1, No. 1) and the last in the series was published November 1964 (Vol. 1, No. 8).
• Petersen's Surfing Yearbook (PSY). The first Yearbook was published before Surfing  magazine's first issue, about the same time that SURFER published its first photo annual, according to Surfing Collectibles Guide author Tim DeLaVega. Petersen published four yearbooks, in 1963, 1965, 1966, and 1969.
  
• Surf Guide (SG). Bill Cleary, former editor; John Van Hamersveld, former art director; Larry Stevenson, former publisher. Published 1963-1965. More history is discussed here.
  
• Surf International (SIN). Editors: John Witzig, Paul Koller. Vol. 1, No. 1, was published December 1967 - January 1968. An  upmarket, alternative to Surfing World. Introduced music, lifestyle, enviroment and politics. The dates of Surf International magazines are not specified in the publication details. Some commentators have dated this issue September 1967, yet the cover article on the Newcastle Contest notes it was won by Russell Hughes on 10th September 1967. Given the publishing lag in this period (up to 6 weeks), a later date seems reasonable. The magazine's agenda was to be futher explored by Witzig in Tracks magazine. Published around 1967-1970, by Gareth Powell Associates. Information compliments of surfresearch.com.au.
• Surfabout: Australasian Surfer (SAS). In August 1962, Surfabout Australasian Surfer was published as a quarterly that would run for 24 issues until 1968. In the debut issue, editorial staff included Jack Eden who was credited as photographer and co-editor; Garry Birdsall was credited as cartoonist and co-editor, and Bob Weeks was credited as photographer. Source: Paul Scott (2005, 29 Nov-2 Dec). Australian Surfing Magazines: The First Wave (1961-1962). Refereed paper presented to the Journalism Education Conference, Griffith University.
  
• Surfer Magazine (SMQ). Also known as The Surfer Quarterly, The Surfer Bi-Monthly, Surfer.
• Surfer's Path, The (TSP). Started publication in 1997 in the UK. According to Wikipedia, "The Surfer's Path is an international surfing journal which is published every two months. Founded in 1997, the magazine is a bit of an anomaly in the surf-publishing world. Based in the United Kingdom, the Path is low-key and philosophical. From the start, its Caribbean-born editor, Alex Dick-Read, aimed the mag at the environmentally and culturally conscious global surf traveler. The magazine has its international headquarters in Oxon in England with publishing offices in New York City. An American edition of the magazine was formerly edited by Drew Kampion from Washington State. The magazine's website has full information and upates: click-surf to www.surferspath.com."
  
• Surfing Action (SAP). Published by Petersen, 1968-1972, also known as Surfing. Petersen Publishing decided to make another go at it with this magazine, according to Tim DeLaVega, author of the Surfing Collectibles Guide. Editor Richard Graham started off with America's first shortboard cover and this magazine covered quite a bit of the new counter culture movement. The magazine barely made in into the 70s before Petersen finally gave up in 1972.
• Surfing Illustrated (SIL). Published by Walt Phillips from 1962-1967. Photographer Leroy Grannis had a major influence on classic covers and layouts. Phillips also produced surf films and TV shows, "Surf's Up" and "Walt Phillips' Surfing World." (Sources: Tim DeLaVega' Surfing Collectibles Guide, 2000; Matt Warshaw's Encyclopedia of Surfing; vol. 4, no. 1, June 1966.) Published by Jack Pelzer and Edited by Peter L. Dixon beginning with v4n1 (June 1966).
  
• Surfing Magazine (ISM). In 1974, Lopez Publications dropped "International" from their name to create "Surfing Magazine." In 1974, Lopez Publications dropped "International" from their name to create "Surfing Magazine," which has become a household name in surf mags and SURFER's primary competitor for the last 30 years. This publication should not be confused with "Petersen's Surfing," which thrived in the 1960s. Vol 10 (1974) to present.
• Surfing World (ASW). Vol. 1, No. 1 was published Sept. 1962, edited by Bob Evans. First issue was titled The Surfing World Monthly and The Australian Surfing Magazine, and is also known as Australia's Surfing World. Still published today, it was and is "a monthly magazine published in the interests of promoting surfing in Australia and overseas." Editor 1966: Albert Falzon, others include John Witzig, Bruce Channon.
  
• The Surfer's Journal (TSJ). Published by Steve Pezman (former Publisher, Surfer Magazine) and Debbee Pezman (former Marketing Director, Surfer Magazine), the Journal was founded in 1992.
• Tracks. Published since...

• Val Valentine (1965, October). Paipo Nui. International Surfing Magazine, 1(6). Story about how John Waidelich evolved from being a bodysurfer to becoming an avid paipo boarder. He gradually improved the board from a basic slab of marine ply to a highly articulated board with a scooped nose and a larger planing area in the aft section resulting in a delta shape. Commercially, this shape became known as the Paipo Nui and went on to be ridden on the famous North Shore breaks, including Waimea Bay. Article with photographs, pp. 50-52. Click on the link to the article pages here (JPG): Page 50 - Page 51 - Page 52.
  
• Ron Haworth (1965, October). Surfing Girl of the Month: Nina Cherry. International Surfing Magazine, x(x). One page cameo on water woman Nina Cherry. An accomplished bodysurfer, she was also a paipo rider, stand-up surfer and a member of a wahine paddling team at the Outrigger Canoe Club. Click on the link to the article pages here (JPG), Page 55.

• Unkown. (1965). Belly Boarding: You've got to have the stomach for it... . Petersen's Surfing Yearbook Number Two. Los Angeles, Calif.: Petersen Publishing Co.

Excerpt from the section titled Offbeat Surfing: You name away - somebody's already tried it. Article with photographs, pp. 192-195. Click on the link to the article here in PDF [4.5MB].

• Haworth, Ron. (1966). Belly Boarding. Petersen's Surfing Yearbook Number Three. Los Angeles, Calif.: Petersen Publishing Co.

"The bellyboarding fan finds a whole new dimension in surfing because he gets a faster
ride on a wave than a regular board rider, particularly on the drop down the curl." Article with photographs, pp. 108-111. Click on the link to the article here in PDF [725KB]. Click here for JPG images: p108 websized | hi-rez; p109 websized | hi-rez; p110 websized | hi-rez; p111 websized | hi-rez; photo spread on pp110-1 websized | hi-rez

• Valentine, Val (1965, January) It's Smaller, Faster and 300 years Old: The Paipo Board. Surf Guide, 3(1). Article with photographs, pp. 17-19. The article touches upon the early history of the paipo board in ancient Polynesian times up through the then current types of paipos in Hawai`i. The article implies that all paipos are made of wood, vary in craftsmanship from the plain plank to sophisticated woodworkings and sealants (oil or fiberglass), and may or may not have a skeg. There is also mention of experimentation with a hydrofoil paipo. The article cites the recent development of the delta shape board and a commercial version called the Paipo Nui. Also mentions that the word paipo is not in the Hawai`ian dictionary and speculates how the word was derived. Click on the link to the article here in PDF [700KMB], or JPG image files of about 450KB each [p17,  p18,  p19].
  

• Magazine Cover Shot (1969). Nat Young at Winkipop, 1969. Surf International, 2(4). Magazine cover.
  

  This issue features a cover shot of Australian surf rider Nat Young at Winki in 1969. The paipo rider in front of Young is Jeff Callaghan, confirmed by both Rocky Hall and Jeff Callaghan. In a review of John Witzig's newly published Surfing Photographs From the 1960s and '70s, Geoff Cater of surfresearch.com.au notes that the photograph, "Nat Young at Winkipop, 1969," was originally published in 1969 on the cover of Witizig's Surf International magazine (Vol. 2, No. 4) and that the bellyboardrider (riding on the outside of Nat) has apparently been brushed out of the later version.

• TBD (1965, Summer) Belly Boards. Surfabout: Australasian Surfer, 3(1). An article on bellyboarding.
  

• Unknown (1965). Bellyboarding a sport!!! Surfer Magazine, 6(4).

Click on pic for a PDF version. Hi-Rez image files: page 1, page 2, page 3.
Summary:

• Unknown (1967, September). The Unsung Body Surfer. Surfer Magazine, 8(4). Excerpt of article cameo of Bob Gardner. Article with photographs, pp. 100-103. Click on the link to the article here in PDF [5.5MB].

• Kampion, Drew (1969, September). one step beyond... The Legend of Spyder Wills. Surfer Magazine, 10(4). Article with photographs, pp. 100-103. Click on the link to the article here in PDF [5.5MB].

• Unknown (1970, May). Toward Unencumbered Flight. Surfer Magazine, 11(2). Introductory pages 110-111. Link to the introduction and the three supporting articles is here in PDF [6.5MB].
• Gary Crandall, "Potato Chip Thrills In a Washing Machine," page 112.
• Ron Romanosky, "A Wilderness of Knees and Spoons," page 113.
• John Ramuno, "Specifications for the Revolution," pp. 114-117.

• Carson, David and Kenvin, Richard. (2009/2010, December/January). Deaf Musicians and Silent Dancing: Wave Riding with Richard Kenvin. The Surfer's Path, 75, 40-53. Article with several photographs. Below is an excerpt from the article that discusses paipo boarding. Also see this section in PDF format.
  
  

• Shipman, Chuck (1969, September/October). Heritage Series: Surfing at the time of Capt. Cook. Surfing Action, 2(5), 68-70.
  My reading of the article is that a board similar to what is now called the Alaia was most popular and that this board was usually ridden prone. There is a mention of some very skilled riders that rode on their knees or standing. Certainly provides a good departure point for some serious research. Click here for a PDF version [2GB] and Hi-Rez image files: page 1, page 2, page 3 [200KB each].

• Newell, Skip. (1970, January/February). Paipo Part I: It's not how long you make it... . Surfing Action, 3(1), 56-59.
  First in a 3-part series focused on the paipo board. Click here for a PDF version [400KB].

  Bob Simmons built a modern day balsa paipo around 1950. Skip Newell produced the Newport Paipo. Con Colburn also shaped for Newport Paipo board builder. Bud Hulst is the manufacturer of the El Paipo "spoon" shape. Jack Hokanson, of Jack's Surfshop, was the first to market mass produced belly boards.

  "Almost twenty years ago,1 some work in the development of a board having a surfboard-like shape was begun by Bob Simmons, the man who created many innovations in the design of the surfboard as we know it today. He built a paipo board that had contoured rails, two fins, and was shaped of balsa." Newell then notes that the small board concept lay dormant for many years until the advent of foam/fiberglass construction. However, these boards were rather large and the excessive floation made paddling out difficult in large wave conditions. However, the boards were small enough to ride waves on beaches that did not allow surfboards.

  
  "There was a need for a very thin and very fast paipo board that could adapt to any wave of any shape in the country. A series of foam, hand shaped, high peformance paipo baords were introduced by the author early in 1966. Known as the Newport Paipo, they has a flat bottom which ended in a a realse area at the tail. They were designed to produce as little turbulence in the water as possible. The rails were hand shaped and turned down sharoply towards the rear. The idea worked out quite well becasue with two fins, aka Bob Simmons, the Newport Paipo rode higher in the wave and never spun out on hollow tubes." Newell goes on to note that he experimented with different bottom countours (e.g., "V," concave, convex, slot) before settling on a concave bottom, naming this design the Newport Paipo Concave Vector.
  
  Newell takes some credit for the popularity of kneeboarding with Rick Newcomb riding his paipo design at The Wedge, and hence the evolution of the "Knee Machine." Then the bluring between paipo riding (prone) and kneeboarding -- the paipo board basically meaning "short board" regardless of whether ridden prone or on the knees, or even stand-up style. Newell goes on to write, "The paipo offers the surfer tremendous speed and involvement with the wave, whether ridden prone or as a knee machine." Jack Hokanson famous quote: "Belly boards will soon outnumber surfboards."
  ¹Editor's Note: ca1950.

• Newell, Skip. (1970, March/April). Paipo Part II: Greenough-Man in Motion. Surfing Action, 3(2), 62-63. Second in a 3-part series focused on the paipo board. The author notes Greenough's influence on riding waves, from mat surfing to erectile boarding riding, in particular kneeboards. There is no mention of Greenough riding a paipo (notwithstanding riding a "soft" paipo, aka a surf mat). Newells states, "What Greenough gave us is more than a new concept, it is a new impetus to develop the paipo board or knee machine to further degrees of refinement for more and more people." Click here for a PDF version [450KB].

• Newell, Skip. (1970, May/June). Paipo Part III: Wave Test. Surfing Action, 3(3), 66-68. Third in a 3-part series focused on the paipo board. "To bring this rapidly growing segment of surfing into clearer focus, SURFING Magazine conducted the most comprehensive research and testing program ever attempted. Performance, design, and specification tests were made both in and out of the water on the contemporary boards available on the market today. The results and evaluations are now available for publication." Click here for a PDF version of the entire article (2.5MB) or the Table of Boards (250KB). Medium-resolution image files: page 1, page 2, page 3.
  
  
  

• Bellybogger advertisement. (1978, August). Surfing World, 27(5). Issue 167, inside back cover. Thanks to Jeff Bickerstaff for a copy. [Note: Date is approximate.] Also see the Dick Ash interview.

• Unknown. (1995, Fall). Indiana Seymour in the Temple of Oceanian. The Surfer’s Journal, 4(3), 3. In "Collector's Corner." [PDF (240KB), JPG (400KB) ] [Note: the PDF is text-searchable, the JPG is cleaner to read.]

• Gault Williams, Malcolm. (1997, Winter). Surf Drunk: Wally Froiseth. The Surfer’s Journal, 6(4), 105. [PDF, 170KB]. Picture of Wally Froiseth riding a paipo board vertically at Makaha - no other references to paipos in the article.

• Pezman, Steve. (2009, August-September). Hobie's Story - Chapters from His Early Years. The Surfer’s Journal, 18(4), 49, 54-55. [PDF, 320KB & 570KB]. Bellyboarding as a youth, swim fins and using a belly board mold in early poly foam experiments.
  
• On p. 49, Hobie Alter mentions his early days surfing as a kid at Laguna Beach: "When you think about how we get into stuff, well, there's a lot of luck involved. In my case, I picked good parents. If there was ever a spot where you wanted to be: I had Brooks Street right here and Oak Street there, and Thalia down at the other side of us. I mean, that's it! That's surfing in Laguna. Dead center. Best bodysurfing of anywhere around there. That's what we did. A group of us kids grew up bodysurfing and skimboarding and bellyboarding." Hobie also mentions using swim fins: "We had Owen Churchill swim fins, but you couldn't get rubber during the war so they were made of black synthetic rubber that wore holes in our feet. We'd wrap cloth around them, tape, everything. There were even some wood ones on the market then, but they didn't look like they workedvery well."
  
• On pp. 54-55, he mentions a bellyboard mold that was used in his early experimentation with polyurethane foam: "You can't believe what a shock it was after Styrofoam didn't work. That was the first I had seen of urethane foam. After that. I had a belly board mold that I tried tofoam up. I went up to Reichhold and did it right in their lab."
  

• Pu'u, David. (2000, Summer). Mothball Fleet: A Moment with David Swanson, Paipo Boarder, in “Undercurrents.” The Surfer’s Journal, 9(3), 122-3. [PDF, 1.6MB].
  

• Growney, Jim. (2008, Summer). More Paipo Magic at Waikiki, in “Surf Story: The Longest Ride.”  The Surfer’s Journal, 17(4), 125. [PDF, 75KB].