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by OG-AZN
Mon Jul 30, 2012 8:03 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: paipo fest
Replies: 29
Views: 18094

Re: paipo fest

Looks like it was fun event. Post more pics if you have 'em. Found a news story about it & a blog with some decent riding pics:
http://lajolla.patch.com/articles/surf- ... -stokefest
http://tenpiggiesover.blogspot.com/2012 ... efest.html
by OG-AZN
Fri Jul 27, 2012 4:57 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: Vintage Paipo Trophies
Replies: 5
Views: 2291

Re: Vintage Paipo Trophies

I don't have any photos. The bowl is stored away somewhere at my parents' house (I hope). It was from the Makapu'u Bodysurfing Classic around '83; boys bodysurfing division. I don't know have a list of the finalists. I remember the top prize for the paipo division was an HPD board, and I think you c...
by OG-AZN
Wed Jul 25, 2012 10:55 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: Vintage Paipo Trophies
Replies: 5
Views: 2291

Re: Vintage Paipo Trophies

I remember the guy whose name is on the koa bowl as a really good bodysurfer. Koa bowls were pretty common trophies at surf contests in Hawai'i when I was growing up, at least up to the mid-80's when koa wood became too expensive & scarce. I don't know how far back the tradition goes. I have a b...
by OG-AZN
Tue Jul 24, 2012 4:32 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: Paipo Gathering in San Simeon Aug 3-5, 2012
Replies: 44
Views: 81904

Re: Paipo Gathering in San Simeon Aug 3-5, 2012

What's up guys. Anyone cruising down to San Simeon from the Oakland/EastBay area or points north; and would you have space for a passenger & some ply paipos?? Will throw in gas money, beer (or beverage of your choice), and maybe even a ply paipo if you do. Let me know.
by OG-AZN
Fri May 25, 2012 5:53 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: New Paipo Website
Replies: 5
Views: 2954

Re: New Paipo Website

Yeah, looks a lot like a promotional vehicle for the commercial guys. But if it gets more people riding paipos, it's not all bad.
by OG-AZN
Fri May 25, 2012 5:48 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: new boards
Replies: 3
Views: 1983

Re: new boards

Nice boards Mike. I saw a kid with a paipo shaped & stained like the one in the 3rd pic, but scaled down to kickboard size, this past weekend at Sandys on O'ahu. Good to see that some of the younger generation are still into paipos.
by OG-AZN
Sun Mar 11, 2012 2:06 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Patent site
Replies: 3
Views: 1804

Re: Patent site

Oops!! Thanks Uncle. Link is there now.
by OG-AZN
Sun Mar 11, 2012 2:49 am
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Patent site
Replies: 3
Views: 1804

Patent site

This might be old news to the historical & design gurus on here, but I chanced on this page on a patent site that could be of interest to some. Opening the links to the various patents will take you to additional patent links with all kinds of paipo, bodyboarding, and bodysurfing related stuff. ...
by OG-AZN
Wed Mar 07, 2012 7:34 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Help me pick boards out of this wood
Replies: 10
Views: 8496

Re: Help me pick boards out of this wood

I'd say 15-16" wide is fine, unless you're an xl + size person or like to ride with both elbows down on the deck at all times. Some of my ply boards are in that width range. I know there are several varieties of paulownia. I've read the wood from the ornamental type tree is more suited to makin...
by OG-AZN
Wed Mar 07, 2012 6:19 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Help me pick boards out of this wood
Replies: 10
Views: 8496

Re: Help me pick boards out of this wood

I've never worked with paulownia before, but if I had your slab, I'd start at the thick end and cut it at 42" - 44" . I'd take advantage of the gradual thinning of the wood, and use the thin end for either the nose or tail. The remaining 1/2" - 5/8" piece could be used for a shor...
by OG-AZN
Tue Mar 06, 2012 6:59 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: A few boards from free plywood
Replies: 4
Views: 2489

A few boards from free plywood

I scored a free partial sheet of 5/8" t & g plywood this past fall and made a couple boards out of it. The board in the foreground is a copy of one I made out of 3/4" ply a couple years ago. I was able to get the other 2 narrower boards out of the remaining piece. Lengths are 43 -44&qu...
by OG-AZN
Mon Mar 05, 2012 6:52 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Saterday project
Replies: 36
Views: 21444

Re: Saterday project

Whatever that wood was, it was cheap - less than $13 for a half sheet and didn't smell like regular fir tree plywood when cut. That's the only time I ever had to pay for wood for a paipo. I keep finding free pile / free Craigslist plywood locally, so there hasn't been the need to pay the hardware st...
by OG-AZN
Mon Mar 05, 2012 3:57 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Saterday project
Replies: 36
Views: 21444

Re: Saterday project

Thanks for the info about the plywood Uncle, but now I'm confused. I used this piece of what looks like birch ply, from a local hardware store on O'ahu, to make a paipo when I stayed there for a month. PICT5872b.jpg The finished board is barely sealed with 2 coats of spray can varnish ( one coat was...
by OG-AZN
Wed Feb 01, 2012 9:02 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: Renting Boards
Replies: 18
Views: 17769

Re: Renting Boards

I don't think you could find a rental paipo or alaia even in Hawai'i. I've never had much luck trying to prone ride a surfboard, either intentionally or unintentionally. Funny, I just saw a guy at Full Point (O'ahu) a few weeks ago trying to ride a grom sized surfboard paipo style. He was at the lea...
by OG-AZN
Wed Feb 01, 2012 6:51 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: Paipo boards on Liquid Salt magazine
Replies: 11
Views: 6998

Re: Paipo boards on Liquid Salt magazine

That's an interesting story and background (in the "credit" thread)Glider; helps explain all the surf media publicity about that paipo maker. I always have to shake my head when I see the prices being charged and apparently paid on the paipos & handboards marketed to the hipster crowd....
by OG-AZN
Wed Feb 01, 2012 6:46 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: Credit where credit is due (rant).
Replies: 23
Views: 27630

Re: Credit where credit is due (rant).

...The shore break was happening, too. So all us kids had our homemade plywood “sand slider/ paipo” and just went to town on ‘em... ...Add a Pan Am bag stocked with Saloon Pilot Crackers and Deviled Ham and Oh Man, were we living large! Great stories RNT808! I miss those Saloon Pilot crackers - har...
by OG-AZN
Mon Jan 30, 2012 8:19 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Building A Paipo
Replies: 10
Views: 6508

Re: Building A Paipo

On my board that I epoxied, I went heavier on the deck than the bottom. Over time, the board developed the unfortunate tendency to heavily reverse flex when the board was under stress, and at the worst possible moment. Got over a year of good use from the board before it started doing that though. T...
by OG-AZN
Mon Jan 30, 2012 8:10 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: Credit where credit is due (rant).
Replies: 23
Views: 27630

Re: Credit where credit is due (rant).

Good topic. I credit a bunch of mostly unknown paipo riders that I would see ripping on the south & east shores of O'ahu when I was a kid for getting me started. Also the Hawai'i DOE for offering woodshop class in school, and providing the materials & tools to make my first paipo. Last but n...
by OG-AZN
Wed Jan 25, 2012 11:26 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Something different or not?
Replies: 13
Views: 7865

Re: Something different or not?

Yeah, around $200 for a half sheet; but considering how much people pay for bodyboards or custom foam/glass paipos these days, that's not too bad. If I'm reading the tech data on the Starboard correctly, it appears that it's not as rigid, nor does it have the same flex strength as plywood, but it's ...
by OG-AZN
Wed Jan 25, 2012 5:50 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: Old skool paipo boarders get GoPros
Replies: 5
Views: 3941

Old skool paipo boarders get GoPros

Looks like GoPros were a popular Xmas gift this past year. These vids just popped up recently. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYUsvPNk20k&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYzdvJIxDAQ&feature=related There are a few other recent vids from O'ahu where paipos appear, but no riding...