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by Poobah
Wed Jun 26, 2013 12:31 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: Surfoplane Vintage Film
Replies: 4
Views: 2163

Surfoplane Vintage Film

Well...I'm assuming they are surfoplanes, or something similar. Some of you may have seen this on Tablers Blurb, but many probably haven't. Fun stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rbgeYat7Is
by Poobah
Thu Apr 11, 2013 11:07 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: paipo sighting in 60's beach movie
Replies: 7
Views: 3408

Re: paipo sighting in 60's beach movie

Annette passed away the day after Kfitz started this thread. I've often wondered if Annette was a bellyboarder. Maybe we can work on that. As for the Gidget....I asked her once, and she said she wasn't a bellyboarder. Although a friend of hers standing nearby said he always kept one in his car...jus...
by Poobah
Tue Apr 02, 2013 3:11 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Paipo Building Advice
Replies: 14
Views: 7419

Re: Paipo Building Advice

Likewise....kneeboarders need a longer board if they want to compete for waves with the stand-up paddleboarders:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdhgVlbxygI
by Poobah
Tue Apr 02, 2013 12:30 am
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Paipo Building Advice
Replies: 14
Views: 7419

Re: Paipo Building Advice

I don't think layer cake or sandwich construction will work for you, because you need a lot of length. I think you have to go hollow wood or epoxy glassed foam. You might be able to buy a used prone paddleboard, especially at this time of year. But there are some nice kits, also: http://www.clcboats...
by Poobah
Mon Mar 25, 2013 10:24 am
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: Old Santa Cruz bellyboard
Replies: 6
Views: 3265

Re: Old Santa Cruz bellyboard

Interesting...sort of a cross between an ironing board and a casket template. Perhaps the nose end of a broken pintail surfboard? In my old photo files, Swaylocker Steiny from Santa Cruz had a plywood bellyboard with penguin decals. The ice house was also the possible source of the decals. I recall ...
by Poobah
Wed Mar 13, 2013 4:43 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: 1927 Portuguese surfing film
Replies: 7
Views: 2495

Re: 1927 Portuguese surfing film

P.S. I understand that the Captain Cook collection is in Australian hands...in Sydney. Perhaps the answers are there, like a bellyboard blueprint mixed in with all of the drawings of flowers and plants.
by Poobah
Wed Mar 13, 2013 4:38 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: 1927 Portuguese surfing film
Replies: 7
Views: 2495

Re: 1927 Portuguese surfing film

The sport does seem to flourish better in warm waters, and alongside the rise of swim clubs and volunteer lifeguards. Tourism hype is also an important factor. When it comes to influence, then I think we have to give the credit to British seamen that visited Tahiti and the Sandwich Islands. They wer...
by Poobah
Wed Mar 13, 2013 3:11 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: They were bellyboards, not paipos
Replies: 2
Views: 1432

Re: They were bellyboards, not paipos

The "Lintpicker model" aka "French bellywasher" was patented in the USA in 1985 by French inventor Georges Hennebutte:

http://www.google.com/patents/US4507094
by Poobah
Thu Mar 07, 2013 12:48 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: 1927 Portuguese surfing film
Replies: 7
Views: 2495

Re: 1927 Portuguese surfing film

The Poruguese also grow their own cork.
by Poobah
Thu Mar 07, 2013 12:35 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: Surf Bathing Postcard
Replies: 1
Views: 985

Surf Bathing Postcard

Rod's recent mention of a South African postcard has reminded me of another old postcard. I grabbed the image from an ebay auction several months ago. I didn't bid on it, because it wasn't postmarked. I haven't seen this one before or since. Keep an eye out for a dated copy. Use surf bathing in your...
by Poobah
Fri Nov 30, 2012 11:27 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: 1903 Japanese paipo
Replies: 25
Views: 11047

Re: 1903 Japanese paipo

My wife the nurse just informed me that the Itago looks like a modern day "slide board" for wheelchair transfers. They also come with one or two handles. Here's a two handled slider with sanded nose kick on each end.
slideboard.jpg
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by Poobah
Mon Nov 26, 2012 6:23 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: varnishes
Replies: 8
Views: 3620

Re: varnishes

Also...I can't really tell if varnish is too thick, and in need of thinning simply by looking at it. But I can judge it by feel, like I'm having to pull too hard on the brush. Also not getting a long stroke out of a brush load. Maybe that's not too helpful, but it's true. Don't thin the whole can of...
by Poobah
Mon Nov 26, 2012 5:47 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: varnishes
Replies: 8
Views: 3620

Re: varnishes

If the can says to stir well, then do so. A couple of times I've dealt with sticky topcoats by slathering on mineral spirits with a rag, and going over it lightly with 440 wet/dry paper....wear gloves. I think the evaporation of the solvent helps to oxygenate the sticky topcoat, or maybe it does som...
by Poobah
Sun Nov 25, 2012 5:45 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: 1903 Japanese paipo
Replies: 25
Views: 11047

Re: 1903 Japanese paipo

No actual measurements yet on the vintage boards in the photos. The painted rectangular boards with the nose handles, appear to have a length to width ratio of approximately 3.75 to 1. Plus the handle slot is about half the width of the board. If we let the material drive the width, like say a 1x2 s...
by Poobah
Sun Nov 25, 2012 2:55 am
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: 1903 Japanese paipo
Replies: 25
Views: 11047

Re: 1903 Japanese paipo

Ahoy, Mr. Mike. We need to build us some itagos...

http://www.nobbywoodsurfboards.com/webp ... itago.html
by Poobah
Sun Nov 25, 2012 2:45 am
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Cork deck
Replies: 48
Views: 27929

Re: Cork deck

I forgot to mention cork in the middle. I've heard of snowboards and kiteboards using cork as a sandwich material. This morning I stumbled across this bellyboard on the interweb:

http://www.korduroy.tv/makers/jon-wegen ... board/1644
by Poobah
Sat Nov 17, 2012 9:41 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: Poobah's Paipo Nui
Replies: 3
Views: 1945

Re: Poobah's Paipo Nui

Bob, the Paipo Nui was of course a huge influence on the evolution of the paipo. It's other big influence...it was a thread about an old Paipo Nui article that kicked off the first of the "Paper Trail" threads in the "Your Wave" section of the old forum back in March of 2009. htt...
by Poobah
Sat Nov 17, 2012 9:26 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: Poobah's Paipo Nui
Replies: 3
Views: 1945

Re: Poobah's Paipo Nui

Here's a page from a magazine that shows the prices in 1965:
pnui04.jpg
by Poobah
Thu Nov 15, 2012 3:57 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Cork deck
Replies: 48
Views: 27929

Re: Cork deck

OK...now to get back on topic. I think there's still a lot of room for experimentation with cork. There's still a lot of fun left, like putting it on the bottom of the board. Handles, channels, strakes, tail skids, etc. If you don't like the way something works, then you can take it off with a big s...
by Poobah
Thu Nov 15, 2012 3:48 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Cork deck
Replies: 48
Views: 27929

Re: Cork deck

The board isn't signed, but the logo appears to be an authentic Paipo Nui. Whether or not it's one of the kit boards (sold unfinished) is beyond me. It currently has clear resin on the deck, and red pigmented fiberglass on the bottom. The tail curve is the major difference in the template as compare...