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by GeoffreyLevens
Sun Oct 21, 2012 11:06 am
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: Deus Ex Machina Bellyboard
Replies: 8
Views: 3239

Re: Deus Ex Machina Bellyboard

Bob, what is relationship between the makers/sellers and Larry G.? Did not see any credit given except his post but if you look at the outline and profile shots the duplication is obvious...
by GeoffreyLevens
Wed Oct 03, 2012 8:48 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Saterday project
Replies: 36
Views: 21434

Re: Saterday project

I have noticed that big difference in flex depending on how you orient the board on the stock. Mostly dreaming I fear. Haven't decided to actually build yet. I have yet to test the "Osserman" clone I made awhile back in any sort of reasonable waves. Few and far between from where I live no...
by GeoffreyLevens
Wed Oct 03, 2012 10:17 am
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Saterday project
Replies: 36
Views: 21434

Re: Saterday project

Thanks UG. I was a bit "on notice" in m mind about the crudeness of CDX as I have seen the voids etc. Could get very very lucky and unknowingly cut a paipo size piece that was sound but not too likely. You'd need some sort of high tech and expensive medical type scanner to do that on purpo...
by GeoffreyLevens
Tue Oct 02, 2012 5:26 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Saterday project
Replies: 36
Views: 21434

Re: Saterday project

You are better off not using birch ply at all. As stated above, it's the wood not the glue. The wood they make that ply out of is like thick hard paper and it sucks up water like a towel. None of it is exterior rated. And it comes from Russia. What you want to look for is anything exterior rated, g...
by GeoffreyLevens
Sun Sep 30, 2012 5:31 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: Xylem Malama Kai paipo
Replies: 45
Views: 27267

Re: Xylem Malama Kai paipo

Thanks, that puts it at 46" for me. Conflict of interest between that and how long I can have it and hide it in a box and slip it in under the radar on airlines as regular checked baggage. Most seem to limit at right around 62 total inches outside (L + W+ H) and of course it will need 1.5-2 inc...
by GeoffreyLevens
Sun Sep 30, 2012 9:51 am
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: Xylem Malama Kai paipo
Replies: 45
Views: 27267

Re: Xylem Malama Kai paipo

Definitely fins out of the water except to touch as needed to hold a line! Though even on a bodyboard I tend to lift them out. By bb is long for my height though so maybe I ride in more bodysurf style...I do also end up keeping head and chest low to the board, carry over from riding mats. Thank's fo...
by GeoffreyLevens
Sat Sep 29, 2012 9:04 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: Xylem Malama Kai paipo
Replies: 45
Views: 27267

Re: Xylem Malama Kai paipo

Watching the video again, looks like length of board is very approximately distance from shoulders to knees...
by GeoffreyLevens
Sat Sep 29, 2012 8:53 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Know this wood?
Replies: 5
Views: 2542

Re: Know this wood?

Have to eat chocolate before and after riding it...
by GeoffreyLevens
Sat Sep 29, 2012 5:03 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: Xylem Malama Kai paipo
Replies: 45
Views: 27267

Re: Xylem Malama Kai paipo

For sure the rolled bottom will help hold and rider reports from tuning alaia seem to also indicate a strong effect from getting the rails thinned/knifed enough and squared off nice and clean. So I'm voting for both in combo
by GeoffreyLevens
Sat Sep 29, 2012 1:09 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: Xylem Malama Kai paipo
Replies: 45
Views: 27267

Re: Xylem Malama Kai paipo

Ted/Josh, how tall are you guys? I always think paipo should be somehow scaled to body height, esp torso length as #1 consideration though not sure of how to define parameters i.e. what you get in terms of the ride if this ratio vs that ratio
by GeoffreyLevens
Sat Sep 29, 2012 1:07 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Know this wood?
Replies: 5
Views: 2542

Re: Know this wood?

Thank you Unc, maybe I should suck on it before finishing it out!
by GeoffreyLevens
Fri Sep 28, 2012 3:06 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Know this wood?
Replies: 5
Views: 2542

Know this wood?

Anyone know anything about Brosimum utile. Other Common Names: Sande, Amapa doce, Avichuri, Caucho macho, Cow tree, Mastate, Palo de vaca HomeDepot has a "project panel" 2 pack of 3/4" X 1/4 sheet plywood made from it for $30. Strength, water resistance, etc vs standard pine or whatev...
by GeoffreyLevens
Fri Sep 28, 2012 1:28 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: Xylem Malama Kai paipo
Replies: 45
Views: 27267

Re: Xylem Malama Kai paipo

Thanks Spudy, great slide show! Bottom sort of reminds me of Tony Staples or Rick Hamon "egg" from the 70's San Diego beaches. Makes me drool a bit.
by GeoffreyLevens
Fri Sep 28, 2012 9:32 am
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: Xylem Malama Kai paipo
Replies: 45
Views: 27267

Re: Xylem Malama Kai paipo

Is the bottom on the Xylem board a smooth curve all the way across or does it have flat (or flatter) area down the middle?
by GeoffreyLevens
Fri Sep 07, 2012 10:51 am
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: Unyielding Sliver of Wood Yields Great Results!
Replies: 9
Views: 4013

Re: Unyielding Sliver of Wood Yields Great Results!

I took Geoff's suggestion to heart and rode the board this morning in small but punchy surf about waist high. It's a keeper all the way around. :D STILL STOKED Just looking at pics of the board I had a feeling it would go really really well in almost anything you would ever ride a paipo in! Happy t...
by GeoffreyLevens
Sat Sep 01, 2012 12:55 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: Unyielding Sliver of Wood Yields Great Results!
Replies: 9
Views: 4013

Re: Unyielding Sliver of Wood Yields Great Results!

Beaut! The expression on your face says it all. The aprés sesh fat city look.
by GeoffreyLevens
Sat Sep 01, 2012 12:51 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Balsa Twin Fin
Replies: 34
Views: 19213

Re: Balsa Twin Fin

Loved the ride report! So accounting for actual finished thickness, about 1" rocker in front and nada, totally flat out the back?
by GeoffreyLevens
Tue Aug 21, 2012 10:50 am
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Balsa Twin Fin
Replies: 34
Views: 19213

Re: Balsa Twin Fin

Just for fun sometime though you might get inspired (ya never know) to take it out on a smaller, "more typical" day, just to see.... ;)
by GeoffreyLevens
Tue Aug 21, 2012 10:16 am
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Balsa Twin Fin
Replies: 34
Views: 19213

Re: Balsa Twin Fin

Looking good! Very interested in getting your ride report since you usually ride alaia type boards yes? so you have a particular perspective and a feeling/response you are used to that is different from most. Maybe kind of funny to say "most" in terms of paipo riders since the entire world...
by GeoffreyLevens
Tue May 08, 2012 11:32 am
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Space Quad Displacement Hull
Replies: 21
Views: 9581

Re: Space Quad Displacement Hull

soulglider wrote:standard setup, standard fins, but with 1" lopped off the bottom of each fin.
LIkely holding power boost from gentle flipper touch here and there plus the rails/bottom have so much more grip on wave face than a more "normal" wave riding vehicle...