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- Sat May 04, 2019 1:28 am
- Forum: Your Wave
- Topic: River surfing:Setting the record straight.
- Replies: 17
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Re: River surfing:Setting the record straight.
I know you are interested in stationary river surfing - but I also know people surfed river tidal bore waves in the 1960's. The first I read of it was Rod Sumpter on the Severn River in the UK in maybe 1968, Surfer Magazine article. They have one in Atlantic Canada too. Possible people in those area...
- Tue Apr 30, 2019 1:23 pm
- Forum: Your Wave
- Topic: River surfing:Setting the record straight.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 18589
Re: River surfing:Setting the record straight.
I don't have first-hand knowledge, just memory from media, but maybe it would be of help. There was a trip of bodyboarders to I think the Snake River to ride river waves. I would assume locals had already done this, certainly kayakers. If memory serves Ben Severson was one of the Bodyboarders. Not s...
- Tue Apr 02, 2019 10:43 pm
- Forum: Your Wave
- Topic: Paipo Gathering - Sa/Su/Mo, Oct 5-7, 2019 El Capitan SP
- Replies: 47
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Re: Paipo Gathering - Sa/Su/Mo, Oct 5-7, 2019 El Capitan SP
Not sure if San Simeon has showers but during the 2013/2015 camp-out the site was overrun and restrooms were trashed by late Saturday afternoon. Sadly...weekends in San Luis Obispo County see a heavy influx of campers from inland SLO and the Central Valley. Full zoo saturation is obtainable. I can'...
- Tue Apr 02, 2019 1:48 pm
- Forum: Your Wave
- Topic: Paipo Gathering - Sa/Su/Mo, Oct 5-7, 2019 El Capitan SP
- Replies: 47
- Views: 119906
Re: Paipo Gathering - Sa/Su/Mo, Oct 5-7, 2019 El Capitan SP
Just general comments here primarily about south of Santa Barbara....California is currently out of drought so many places that didn't have water do now. Have to check parks because many took out things like beach showers if that's important to you; that's the rinse-off showers, not camp showers. So...
- Sun Mar 31, 2019 6:18 pm
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: A new innovating construction approach...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5339
Re: A new innovating construction approach...
Post photos...
- Sun Mar 24, 2019 5:46 pm
- Forum: Your Wave
- Topic: Paipo Gathering - Sa/Su/Mo, Oct 5-7, 2019 El Capitan SP
- Replies: 47
- Views: 119906
Re: Paipo Gathering - Sa/Su/Mo, Oct 5-7, 2019 El Capitan SP
I can't make plans that far out, period. That's a fantastic time for southern California though. Best time of year, IMO. North of Santa Barbara gets a bit sketchy until heart of winter, but there isn't much available south of there above Malibu. Leo Carrillo to the south burned to the ground and I c...
- Fri Mar 22, 2019 6:42 pm
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: aluminium sheet+ eps/xps board
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5048
Re: aluminium sheet+ eps/xps board
Aluminum could make a deadly material if dinged into a jagged edge. It also conducts heat so that could be an issue on sunny days, at least for wax retention, if that is an issue. That said, double layers increase weight, although I think it would be very strong. AL comes in various tempers, which a...
- Fri Mar 08, 2019 4:59 pm
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: hanplane templates ? measures?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3240
Re: hanplane templates ? measures?
I'm kind of getting from the posts that this topic is more about what I think of as "mini paipos" rather than the typical bodysurfing handplane. Having had experience with both I can tell you they are very different. I've built a mini paipo out of wood that worked better than a mini bodybo...
- Sat Mar 02, 2019 3:29 pm
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: tunnel fins in bellyboard?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2772
Re: tunnel fins in bellyboard?
Don't worry about going crazy. You will be in good company.
Posted in 2003 I think...photos are deck-down, looking at the underside of the boards
https://mypaipoboards.org/vagabondsurf/ ... ewT_Y.html
Posted in 2003 I think...photos are deck-down, looking at the underside of the boards
https://mypaipoboards.org/vagabondsurf/ ... ewT_Y.html
- Tue Feb 26, 2019 7:14 pm
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Everybody wants to
- Replies: 42
- Views: 34931
Re: Everybody wants to
Done...-ish! Final dimensions are 55.5" length, 20.5" at the tail, widepoint is still 22.5" roughly at the widest point. The two surviving fins went in roughly as a mini-simmons placement. No test run yet, need to get through the storm cycles and get the water cleaned up. Wah wah, I k...
- Fri Feb 01, 2019 5:22 pm
- Forum: For Sale, Wanted or Trade
- Topic: Paipo for sale
- Replies: 12
- Views: 28378
Re: Paipo for sale
I've got to have a shoulder replacement surgery (ugh) Sorry to hear that. Don't know if it's on your near horizon but if you get it done let us know how it all goes. I have a family member that may be heading in that direction at some point. Hearing real-life accounts to go with the more clinical o...
- Fri Jan 25, 2019 11:41 am
- Forum: Swim Fins, Skegs & Other Paipo Gear
- Topic: Do swim fins generate drag significantly ?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 23742
Re: Do swim fins generate drag significantly ?
My unscientific observation: If it increases propulsion when kicking in the water, it increases drag when riding.
Options seem to include narrower profile fins like Duck Feet and Vipers, larger board to allow you to pull your feet out of water, or large enough board to arm paddle without fins.
Options seem to include narrower profile fins like Duck Feet and Vipers, larger board to allow you to pull your feet out of water, or large enough board to arm paddle without fins.
- Sat Dec 15, 2018 3:50 pm
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Everybody wants to
- Replies: 42
- Views: 34931
Re: Everybody wants to
Yes...need to let the cosmic vibrations clear up when the air gets that fouled up. I can't bring myself to finish this project when people around me have lost so much. The Malibu coast is pretty much a non-stop Entitlement Expo now, but one needs to be human. Otherwise I guess we'd all just go to Co...
- Sat Dec 15, 2018 1:31 pm
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Everybody wants to
- Replies: 42
- Views: 34931
Re: Everybody wants to
An update...basically this is something of a snotty lark of a project, I have no performance aspirations. I'm scratching an itch. The easily recognizable elements will either amuse or anger viewers on the beach, which is fine with me. Just not right now. I'm doing it for a laugh, and things aren't r...
- Sat Dec 15, 2018 1:09 pm
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Wood Paipo
- Replies: 16
- Views: 20140
Re: Wood Paipo
Nice looking board!
- Sat Nov 24, 2018 2:29 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Vinyl Flooring Rolls + xps?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2501
Re: Vinyl Flooring Rolls + xps?
Not trying to hijack the thread...have you considered vinyl and naugahyde? First one is a marine vinyl material...some have a fuzzy material backing but some don't. Commonly used for outdoor furniture and boat upholstery. https://www.onlinefabricstore.net/spradling-heidi-soft-marine-peacock-vinyl-.h...
- Thu Nov 22, 2018 12:26 pm
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Vinyl Flooring Rolls + xps?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2501
Re: Vinyl Flooring Rolls + xps?
My first thought is to squeegee it like resin (or spackle). The stuff won't self-level like more fluid resin though.
- Fri Nov 02, 2018 7:44 pm
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Everybody wants to
- Replies: 42
- Views: 34931
Re: Everybody wants to
Wow, Nels, I have never seen so many Wavemaster/Wavestorm boards. It is freaking crazy. Ouch. It is like cheapo bodyboards for the masses but now the masses are out in the line-up going every which crazy way. It's nuts where I live and surf, Malibu to Ventura is the home territory. Nobody can say b...
- Sat Oct 27, 2018 4:31 pm
- Forum: Swim Fins, Skegs & Other Paipo Gear
- Topic: orca fins? other symmetrical fins
- Replies: 45
- Views: 466888
Re: orca fins? other symmetrical fins
Wetsuits are the only other thing where fit is so important. It's tough when you don't have access to multiple fin makes and models. If they don't fit, they don't work...destroy your feet and you are out of the water for weeks or more. I'm lucky, Churchills fit me great, Duck Feet for power. Both re...
- Thu Oct 25, 2018 11:57 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: fiberglass/polyester + Cores PE, NRG , PP?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6301
Re: fiberglass/polyester + Cores PE, NRG , PP?
That stuff melts EPS/styrofoam.one any bodyboards I have fixed I just use this https://www.solarez.com/product/sponge-rez/