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I don't have a lot of experience in the handplanes field, I tried it once only, I shaped one from a piece of pine plank and rode it. That was fun, but I got plenty of water projections in the face. It could probably have been avoided or at least limited by shaping the bottom differently. Having said...

Great look, I like the rails paterns

On my long and narrow plywood paipo, when I turn, I feel like the pivot point is at the front of the board, the back of the board just reacts by "drifting". This is when I ride on a very forward position. It doesn't always turns this way (in a gently drifting move), sometimes it just side ...

A great video of Jarrett riding "Malolo-style":
https://youtu.be/uNcqjd-RF_4?t=735

And, a respectful question for those that employ the "superman' technique…why? I have a hard time envisioning, let alone experiencing benefit from that on paipos… obviously a standard and totally functional approach in body surfing as in your hand becomes a planing surface, but I'm stumped on ...

I was wondering, do swim fins generate drag significantly ? I thought about that the other day, as I was riding a very small, weak wave. I was wearing asymetric fins, Churchill like model, oversized to balance the tick winter socks (short rider but XL fins). As I was riding I could feel the flippers...

OG-AZN, I think these are ones of the first paipo videos I watched on youtube a few years ago.
I remember I was thinking "that looks crazy dangerous", but I was impressed especially by the tube views.
Riding nasty waves on a piece of plywood, that's the spirit

I think the title sums it up

A foggy session this morning: https://youtu.be/C9sFLRV_wVE The fogg was crazy, I think it is due to the temperature that dropped down very quickly during the night. I was with my son, it was complicated at times to find each other after a wave. Also, it was hard to appreciate the size of incoming wa...

Ted, thanks for the HPD tips, will try that.

Along the sessions, I realize that my finless plywood board is great in small, nice peeling waves, but sometimes when the waves get bigger, when they section, when I need to do some quick turns, then the board lacks some control. No real side slipping issue, but it turns by drifting more than biting...

That's crazy, I like it
The huge V botom might generate a lot of drag and prevent the board to perform quick turns, but maybe that's not a big problem for the kind of waves you have in mind.
At least it should avoid side slipping !
If you shot a gopro video please post a link

GeoffreyLevens wrote:Nice! Plenty there for a good time. And then of course, you get to warm up with "2nd breakfast".

2nd breakfast is part of the after surf routine, indeed

Hello there, I have time to kill in front of my computer Today, so I will tell you the story of my yesterday's session. A Sunday morning in France, in an estuary spot. It is a 2h drive trip, not sure it is worth it, as always. But, as always when it is wintertime, I've been stuck home by the bad wea...

I like the look of this board, is it finless ?

asier esnal wrote:You said it right, there are 2 parallel longboard fins.

I wonder how this setup would work on a paipo, and in general, how single fins work on paipo boards

rodndtube wrote:Nice ride on the wave that never really broke!

Thanks, I love these "no breaking" waves

I had a krypt surf mat for 2 years, I loved it, the learning process was quite hard (that was the "side slipping" part I was referring to), but after a lot of sessions I was as confortable rinding the mat than my paipo or my bodyboard. Then the krypt mat was destroyed (my fault), I bought ...

Nice boards, interresting fins setup, 2 parralels longboard fins ?

Nice waves in the video ! Now I understand why you need some rocker. Big choppy and windy waves, probably not the ideal conditions for a flat plywood finless board indeed... A surfmat might be fun in these conditions, but if you don't like side slipping, forget it :lol: These waves remind me this vi...