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I had a friend who uses(-d) a bellyboard/kickboard at his exercise pool. Although fresh water is less buoyant it should still be a workout. Makes sense to lay on or to hold the board in the same position as out in the ocean to replicate as closely as possible your ocean motion. How do you like your...

Link to my vid of kickboard practice of my UK bellyboard at the local pool swim lanes…. Catch my farside duck dive?
https://youtu.be/le_xUigTfU4?si=5iVfoDY85TT9sANW

IMG_0964.jpeg I know this sounds ridiculous but since I’m a landlocked surfer in Denver, Colorado who is new to bellyboarding and somewhat new to matsurfing; my leg kicking with fins absolutely sucks. Too many decades of regular surfing and arm paddling. Anyway, trying to up my leg kicking skills a...

Promise to eventually get back to the topic of “River Surfing Paipos-n-Bellyboards as I am back in Denver, CO; though staying a bit ocean here. I often quote Gerry Lopez book title, “Surf is where you find it” as a personal mantra I have unknowingly and knowingly followed all my life since I first s...

Spent 2 1/2 hours in very small clean surf in the ocean just having good old fun last Friday at the Washout (Folly Beach, SC). My wife filmed a few my early rides. Too bad she didn’t get my down the line ones. Oh well, you kind of get the de-evolution surf vibe I am after in the brief vid linked bel...

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Well made and cool looking boards. That bench is just what you need to make these boards. Whether in the surf or river, these boards need some push, because of their low volume. A simple piece of wood can be a lot of fun, though harder work if there is a current or a long paddle. Thanks. Seems to w...

Tested out one of my bellyboard builds even though it has not fully cured (tung oil takes 15-30 days to fully cure). Was in Folly Beach, SC for my surf buddy’s funeral and wanted to catch some waves in his honor. IMG_0453.jpeg My first time surfing a bellyboard and after a bit was getting down the l...

rodndtube wrote: ↑Mon Dec 04, 2023 11:21 pm Nice job on them!

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My surf buddy of almost 40 years went into hospice today from lung cancer. Me and my wife were lucky enough to have visited him last week in Charleston, SC. When I got the news this afternoon it was devastating, so I went to work more on my bellyboards as a way of dealing with my friends situation. ...

Have been on the search for bellyboards to buy here in the US. No luck so going at it myself. Trying to copy the classic UK dimensions of 120cm tall x 30cm wide x 0.9cm thick (mine is 4’x12”x1/2” birch plywood)…. Here I am mid build…. Will post up more pics as the project continues IMG_0310.jpeg IMG...

That is rad 40 plus years ago!!... Credit is due even if it was just paddling surfboards. Actually there is a solid river surfing scene in Montana today on some good river waves in MT. Rad guy by the nick name of “KB” is one of the best river surfers in the US and lives/surfs in Missoula, MT. Fun re...

Still on the hunt for vids or pics of anyone bellyboarding or surfing a paipo on a standing wave pool (aka rapid wave). In the meantime, here is a pic I screened shot off of @barrel_pig Instagram that I hope @barrel_pig does not mind me posting up here of @barrel_pig gettin covered up on a bellyboar...

Here is another video of Longboard Bill river surfing his handmade bellyboard on “Wave Sixx” at River Run Park minutes from Denver, Colorado in a cool town by the name of Sheridan that helped pay for this wave to be built along with its neighboring town of Englewood. Note how after Bill skims onto t...

Longboardt Bill bellyboarding Metro Denver, ColoRADo…

River surfing is becoming more and more popular especially with whitewater parks that have purposely built steep green-faced fast moving river waves. Gone are the days of sloppy kayak holes that mainly SUP surfers rode. Look up Eisbach, Boise, Bend, River Run Park (Denver, Colorado), Scout (Salida, ...

Kicking off this topic re: river surfing paipos and bellyboards on standing waves in rivers and wave pools. *CAUTION river surfing can be sketch or worse. Never river surf a wave unless it has been vetted as safe (some river waves may look surfable but are actually hydraulic drowning machines and t...