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I have rode bodyboards for 20 years not a fin in sight, and now onto a new life adventure on a finless paipo. I can say that it holds a rail better than all my previous bodyboards. I spent the winter in cali with plenty of double over head day in one of my fave heaving beachbreaks and not once on a ...

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Well I love my first board from my other thread, but I have battered the crap out of it, I was surfing it 6 days a week for 3 months solid on my cali trip and its pretty dinged up. So good excuse for A new one!! I'm off back to G-land for a think my 8th trip there and am so stoked to be taking a pai...

I saw this on their facebook page, cool board.

whats the rider weight,

I;m 5.10 170lbs and i ride 3'8 x 21 1/2 x 2 7/8' I cant imagine being able to turn a board that big and no way i could sink it to duck dive, but as long as it work for him its all good.

on volube all i know is It floats be the same height when sitting on it as as my standard 41/42" bodyboard , it was made from the center of a 7.2A usa blank, I think its 1/4" tail rocker and much more in the nose.

Krusher, The surf in the video looks like fun. I am a similar bodyboard to paipo convert. The bodyboard is a really efficient vehicle for catching surf. Taking a no-paddle late drop on a floaty (e.g., Austin 50") paipo is similar to taking the same drop on a bodyboard - except the paipo is har...

Just a board update. I spent the winter in cali surfing mainly mosslanding. The board has performed flawlessly (bar hitting me in the jaw when a fell of a barrel and nearly needing stitches) I manage to fulfill my goal and on a Wednesday trip to LA to see friends scored Rincon around lunch and then ...

LINDSAY LORD (1902-1991) was a New England naval architect with a doctor’s degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His expertise was in the field of planing hulls; small craft that skim the water. It was during the American prohibition of alcohol that Professor Lord gained attention...

The low volume and dished deck look attractive to me. Rod's 2" sidebites with 4" center work great on the Austin, but after riding a finless board for a while, I wonder how much fin is needed. I agree totally, i have never had a finned board, when i had a go on a friends paipo with fins i...

I have the The "Hot Curl"/Boogie Board \_______/ rails on back half of my foam and fiberglass paipo, they have a great hold on the wave face and never slide out test up to double over head. This is also called a chine rail,i dont think there is any need for a top chine. (And maybe the &quo...

wow, another paipo rider in swansea! I have been out in california since before christmas riding my paipo and its been working awesome. We will have to get in touch and have a surf together and a board swap day. I have another friend who has a paipo glide from andy bick who alos lives in swansea. Wh...

On my other Xylem board, it most certainly does NOT push water. It also really helps with bump and chop in the water. I would think the help with chop is the fact its more of a displacement hull, cutting through chop rather than skimming and bouncing across it. When I used the term "pushing wa...

Very cool!

Interesting line up!

I notice a lot of very far forward wide points and straight rails, i would like to try a board that shape, I would guess there fast but are they stiff to turn? track?

I think that you are correct. By going as wide as they are, planing should be easier than in a narrow board. I am having another Xylem shaped with rolled bottom (belly) and it is going to be 22 inches wide like the No-Fin. Will be interested to see how the "belly hull" goes, i would think...

Cool photo's, beautiful location!

I would not guess the boards size from the pictures.

I found this today http://www.essentialsurfing.com/bottom_contour.html

Seems the nofin would be a belly hull.