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- Tue Feb 15, 2022 4:57 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Bob's Paipo
- Replies: 16
- Views: 62243
Re: Bob's Paipo
Beautiful work
- Sun Feb 13, 2022 4:28 pm
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Basics.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 38022
Re: Basics.
Nice board, it should work.
I strongly recommend swim fins, they will allow you to catch waves very early, like a mini mal.
Enjoy !
I strongly recommend swim fins, they will allow you to catch waves very early, like a mini mal.
Enjoy !
- Sun Jan 09, 2022 10:52 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Bob's Paipo
- Replies: 16
- Views: 62243
Re: Bob's Paipo
Nice job !
- Thu Dec 16, 2021 3:02 pm
- Forum: Your Wave
- Topic: Prone surfing champion
- Replies: 2
- Views: 18974
Re: Prone surfing champion
Great story.
He surfs very well !
He surfs very well !
- Mon Dec 06, 2021 5:08 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Basics.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 38022
Re: Basics.
Any photos of the board so far ?
- Sat Dec 04, 2021 2:43 pm
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Mini Paipos
- Replies: 21
- Views: 119683
Re: Mini Paipos
Wow, Nice boards
- Sat Nov 13, 2021 3:21 am
- Forum: Your Wave
- Topic: Hand Plane Peahi
- Replies: 4
- Views: 22873
Re: Hand Plane Peahi
This Guy is crazy
He has rode Nazaré the same way.
He has rode Nazaré the same way.
- Thu Oct 21, 2021 2:18 am
- Forum: Your Wave
- Topic: Tidal bore wave
- Replies: 3
- Views: 20111
Re: Tidal bore wave
@OG-AZN It might be a first one at that place, at least for a wooden paipo (I have watched videos of bodyboards on it). I lost the wave because there was no longer enough "push" behind, at first the wave was ok but at some point it turns to a really really weak thing, this is why everybody...
- Tue Oct 19, 2021 12:46 pm
- Forum: Your Wave
- Topic: A Ripple in the Force
- Replies: 21
- Views: 99274
Re: A Ripple in the Force
Seems like he was a great guy, R.I.P Tom !
- Tue Oct 19, 2021 12:43 pm
- Forum: Your Wave
- Topic: Tidal bore wave
- Replies: 3
- Views: 20111
Tidal bore wave
Hi there ! In the spirit of testing weird prone things in the water, I had a chance to ride the tidal bore of "Saint Pardon" in France on a paipo board. It's a very weak wave that one normally ride on very long boards exclusively (kayaks, SUP, big longboards). Plus, it was a "small da...
- Wed Sep 29, 2021 5:22 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Paulownia paipo
- Replies: 11
- Views: 35491
Re: Paulownia paipo
Are you using the fibreglass board much. Once you have a few boards, it is hard to regularly use them all. It is fun, pulling out a board that you haven't surfed for a while. Not that much actually. It's a fun little kneeboard for good waves, but I don't like it as a prone board, too wide on the no...
- Sat Sep 25, 2021 9:16 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Paulownia paipo
- Replies: 11
- Views: 35491
Re: Paulownia paipo
I added 2 small wakeboard fiberglass fins to the board, as they are very easy to install, all I had to do was to drill 4 holes and screw the fins. I rode the board this morning in clean 4' waves. At first I tried to ride it "kneeboard style" for fun, the fins helped a little bit but not th...
- Mon Sep 13, 2021 5:25 pm
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: First Build
- Replies: 12
- Views: 36378
Re: First Build
By reducing the thickness you will gain flex, you can also make a concave to make the board lighter.
- Sat Sep 11, 2021 1:18 pm
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Paulownia paipo
- Replies: 11
- Views: 35491
Re: Paulownia paipo
I tested the board in small waves. It is actually pretty light and buoyant. For a strict prone use, I prefer my thinner and narower plywood board, for it has more flex and drive. I kneeboarded a little bit, super easy to "popup" cause the board is wide and flat, but then it is complicated ...
- Thu Sep 09, 2021 2:12 pm
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Paulownia paipo
- Replies: 11
- Views: 35491
- Wed Sep 08, 2021 2:28 pm
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Paulownia paipo
- Replies: 11
- Views: 35491
Re: Paulownia paipo
The board after 2 coats of linseed oil / "white spirit".
Very long to dry !
Very long to dry !
- Wed Sep 08, 2021 2:26 pm
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Latest Paipo
- Replies: 9
- Views: 25781
Re: Latest Paipo
Looks great
- Wed Sep 01, 2021 3:27 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Paulownia paipo
- Replies: 11
- Views: 35491
Re: Paulownia paipo
I started to oil the board with a mix of linseed oil and white spirit (I couldn't find turpentine), looks great.
I still need to apply several coats, but in the end it might be more efficient to protect the board than just a classic varnish, as the oil really penetrates deep inside the wood.
I still need to apply several coats, but in the end it might be more efficient to protect the board than just a classic varnish, as the oil really penetrates deep inside the wood.
- Wed Aug 25, 2021 3:00 pm
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Paulownia paipo
- Replies: 11
- Views: 35491
- Tue Aug 24, 2021 4:00 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Paulownia paipo
- Replies: 11
- Views: 35491
Paulownia paipo
Hi there, I found a paulownia provider near my city, so I got a 50x120cm, 2cm thick blank. I want to make an allround board, simple shape, finless, to use it as a prone paipo or as a kneeboard, depending of the conditions and the mood. I have a polyester resin paipo already (inspired by the elpaipo ...