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- Wed May 12, 2021 6:35 pm
- Forum: Your Wave
- Topic: RIP Harry Akisada
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8918
Re: RIP Harry Akisada
Larry Goddard always spoke with the highest respect for his friend, Harry Akisada. R.I.P. and aloha.
Re: Flight
That is waaay too crazy!
- Wed Apr 21, 2021 2:50 pm
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: TBG7
- Replies: 35
- Views: 42049
Re: TBG7
Bob, I find that getting into some of the weaker waves of FL, increasing the thickness did the trick. And that was regardless of what I weighed in a 25 lb range. Once the waves reached 6 ft and pitching range I could move to my thinner, narrower Checkered RPM. Sometimes a little tail rocker helps ge...
- Sun Apr 04, 2021 8:18 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: THE PHAETON F-44 BARRELHAWK
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12988
Re: THE PHAETON F-44 BARRELHAWK
Those groin bumps must be a lot softer than they appear and maybe a lot shorter than they appear. I would not want to wipe-out tangled with all that fin but to each our own. The gentleman has found something that works well for him, apparently sells a few and is staying wet in his later-in-life days...
- Sat Apr 03, 2021 6:32 pm
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: THE PHAETON F-44 BARRELHAWK
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12988
Re: THE PHAETON F-44 BARRELHAWK
I've kind of wondered about those groin bumps. The shaper has been selling these paipo-style Greenough spoon boards for awhile, hence the weight from all the glass & resin. I think the bumps are for hand holds during wave catching. They the rider scoots up and holds onto the nose rail handles. A...
- Sat Mar 27, 2021 9:02 am
- Forum: Your Wave
- Topic: why and how waves break(etc)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7555
Re: why and how waves break(etc)
Good series. Will need to return and watch more down the road.
- Wed Mar 24, 2021 3:38 pm
- Forum: Your Wave
- Topic: Bali paipo
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10061
Re: Bali paipo
Nobody that I recognize. Some nice waves and riding there.
- Tue Mar 23, 2021 10:55 pm
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: French paipo
- Replies: 36
- Views: 72620
Re: French paipo
I have a very low rocker fibgreglass board. As soon as a wave gets hollow it nosedives. My advice, unless only riding really full waves, a reasonable level of rocker is advisable. Quite a while ago, there was a discussion about board length. I think Larry Goddard had advocated .7 of your height. Ro...
- Mon Mar 22, 2021 12:38 pm
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: French paipo
- Replies: 36
- Views: 72620
Re: French paipo
Rodndtube, I think you're right, a downscale version of the Austin shape without reducing the width would lead to a weird shape. I will probably go for a basic "thumbstone" template, straight rails, rounded nose, like a mini mini simmons. I will also go for a pretty flat bottom, only a li...
- Sun Mar 21, 2021 10:42 pm
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: French paipo
- Replies: 36
- Views: 72620
Re: French paipo
The Austin shape is a good all around shape that I have ridden in knee high to double over head. My Checkered RPM were 1-7/8 thick and 19-7/8 wide and for me, 50 inches long. Length guidelines are up to your sternum if you want to arm and kick paddle (with swim fins). The plan shape of the Checkered...
- Tue Mar 09, 2021 9:57 am
- Forum: About the Forums - Read Me!
- Topic: Instructions on Posting an Image
- Replies: 10
- Views: 45252
Re: Instructions on Posting an Image
Limited drag and drop is now possible, at times. Or, copy and paste.
- Fri Mar 05, 2021 7:25 pm
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: fin placement on bodyboard?!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10085
Re: fin placement on bodyboard?!
There are many drop knee enthusiasts that use a pair of relatively small skegs (fins), small in height and longer in base, with the skegs asymmetrically set to reflect inflection points. Very nice mini-skegs/sidebites. I have a pair of the VT for trials when covid-19 breaks and I can hit some real s...
- Mon Mar 01, 2021 6:23 pm
- Forum: Your Wave
- Topic: Mediterranean Paipo Sessions (Valencia, Winter 2021)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7585
Re: Mediterranean Paipo Sessions (Valencia, Winter 2021)
The POV stuff , while no doubt personally enjoyable..doesn't tell the story at all. Would much rather see it occurring from the beach..still..I would love to surf the Meditereanen! I have to agree with you on that one, Dr. Robert. I tend to just get dizzy vertigo. Generally speaking, I prefer a bro...
- Wed Feb 17, 2021 8:45 pm
- Forum: Your Wave
- Topic: Mediterranean Paipo Sessions (Valencia, Winter 2021)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7585
Re: Mediterranean Paipo Sessions (Valencia, Winter 2021)
Jammin', always great to see waves in the Med.
- Sun Feb 14, 2021 9:33 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Re-shape
- Replies: 13
- Views: 20232
Re: Re-shape
Oh yeah!!! Not always an air drop, of course, but very steep. Usually a nice wall to work with. The lip is hitting you with a rolling surge of water... the results vary. Various elements of where in the tidal change, how much tidal change, swell direction, period, etc. I'll ride this spot but you wo...
- Wed Feb 10, 2021 10:59 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Re-shape
- Replies: 13
- Views: 20232
Re: Re-shape
I already wear a lacrosse rib protectors at this one place I surf! That must be some extreme skipping or you must surf a lot more on your belly/ribs than I do, I have never experienced anything that extreme that would need chest protection in all my time surfing. Are you leaving the water surface o...
- Tue Feb 09, 2021 9:07 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Re-shape
- Replies: 13
- Views: 20232
Re: Re-shape
In this instance I could give up a little bit of speed for a little less skipping. I already wear lacrosse rib protectors at this one place I surf! A matt, other than trying to learn how to ride one, isn't real great in big surf.
- Mon Feb 08, 2021 11:08 pm
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Re-shape
- Replies: 13
- Views: 20232
Re: Re-shape
I've often thought of how to handle high-speed waves with some cross chop. Skimming from peak to peak of a little bit of cross-swell is challenging. Up to moderate sea state (chop style), but not high seas, hydrofoils and bi-/tri-hulls are sometimes used. Boats have bows (v-bottom fronts/nose areas)...
- Wed Jan 20, 2021 10:58 pm
- Forum: Swim Fins, Skegs & Other Paipo Gear
- Topic: Getting Churchill fins to fit
- Replies: 12
- Views: 31258
Re: Getting Churchill fins to fit
It is a real bummer. Same issue with the new formulation of Vipers about 6 years ago... hard heals. Can't imagine real hard and rigid is great for the ankles either.
- Mon Jan 18, 2021 2:59 pm
- Forum: Your Wave
- Topic: Anyone from near San Francisco (not Santa Monica)on the forum?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8187
Re: Anyone from near San Francisco (not Santa Monica)on the forum?
Kage is sorta in that neck of the woods but as Uncle G notes it is rather far inland... on the road to Yosemite from San Francisco.