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Looks like fun.

I was searching rotomolded products and found this oddity.
https://www.bellyak.com/the-bellyak/surf/

Ahoy Bob,
Might want to revise your title.
Santa Monica is in their name and their email address but the company is in Tracy, 300 miles north of Santa Monica and about 70 miles east of San Francisco.
IIRC OG AZN and Poobah are the closest.

Glad to hear Mike is still active..
Hope you and yours are as well as could be expected....

Have not seen nor heard from Mr. Mike for some time.
Have you had any contact with Mike, Poobah?

Looks like a stall from here.
Bodyboard version of a tail stomp.

Mike Stewart has a couple videos that go into the details of skillfully riding a BB much of which can be applied to Paipo riding as well.
The sound quality on this one is pretty awful but it's worth watching.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEhXYm6UAyg

The first alaia I built was slightly oversize. Over time I slowly paired it down little by little eventually thinning it out to to where it was thin enough to flex enough to really give some spring back when it was pushed. Less than 3/8ths" It was the best thing ever. It felt alive and was such...

Those first gen boogies perhaps too flexi. Still fun.

took it out yesterday in small waves with offshore winds and had a frickin’ blast.

Simple works.

Right before the Covid hit SHACC opened an exhibit featuring Surfing in The Movies. We had Greenough's Big Wednesday camera rig on display that weighs over 30lbs. A Go Pro weighs a little over 4 oz. There's also a 35MM film case carrying a copy of Jack McCoy's film Storm Riders (two reels) that weig...

+1
Tom Morey is one of my favorite people.

Given the reasons for the nose design, does it add much thickness? You'd assume it does but the nose rocker would thin it out a bit. Has it been in the water yet? I naturally used the cut off from the front of the board for the scarf to get the increased nose rocker, handle and leash plug into the ...

A couple of the wetsuit makers do a vest with the hood attached. I have one I use when it's really cold and I put it on last which does a really good job of sealing off the neck and zipper. If it's really cold, I sometimes wear a thin wool sleeveless undershirt under the wetsuit as well. It works su...

From Sweden; well known as a hotbed of paipo surfing.

If this is something one wants to pursue, the old Pope Bi-Sect travel boards worked. Need thickness though. And I think I mentioned earlier kayaks, and i believe paddleboards in design phase, have various methods to join two parts. Having handled several of the Bi and Tri sect type boards; They are...

zensuni wrote: ↑Sun Aug 16, 2020 1:50 pm Looks great
What is the extra thickness on the front for ?

The added thickness scarfed to the nose allows for increased nose rocker, provides a convenient hand hold and increases the strength of the leash plug.

New for 2020
Paulownia Paipo 53" X 19" Displacement Hull w/Concave Deck
Sort of a mash up of Froiseth and Old Skool Paipo styles
Covid Cruiser

I made a 15" x 5'5" alaia style board a few years back. It's the one I use when the surf is small.