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do you know if you could ride a board of Divinycell and wood, without fibreglassing it?

I ride a couple of boards with cork decks. The decks certainly get wet but on a fibreglass board I've not noticed an appreciable increase in weight. Conversely, on a thin board I don't think there would be a significant increase in flotation.

Pohnpei sure looks nice, but I'm committed to a Mentawi trip, near where Thumpa has in mind.

http://www.pohnpeisurfclub.com/surf

Not BB specific - https://www.swaylocks.com/forum/41129/h ... glas-shape

Never been there, but have been thinking of a trip to the central Mentawis. If you are into FB, there is a surf trips, that can be helpful, but a lot of sort operators https://www.facebook.com/groups/2646492055407776 There is also this group - I've never personally accessed it : https://www.facebook...

Interesting.

I'm not sure how serious they take it when you scroll down the photos: https://www.ahiboard.com/pages/photos

Here is the latest paipo interview with the late Jacky Rott, a French surfing pioneer: https://mypaipoboards.org/interviews/JackyRott/JackyRott_Eng_2022-04_26.shtml . A tribute to Jacky Rott is also included in Gerard Decoster's temporary exhibition: http://surfing-memory.com/la-collection-boardvisi...

I was curious about the white butterfly like shapes on the boards (like bow tie pasta, farfelle). On one board they look like stitches across a crack.
Is this there function or is it design? They look heavy or are thye lighter than they look. Either way, looks like you're having fun on them.

It really isn't a simple story. There is a large literature on this: https://journals.lww.com/acsm-csmr/fulltext/2008/07001/muscle_cramps_during_exercise_is_it_fatigue_or.9.aspx "And as empirical evidence grows, it is becoming increasingly clear that there are two distinct and dissimilar genera...

As they say, more testing required.

What do they look like finished?

Yeah it is a pretty rare occurrence for me as well, to surf with anyone else on a paipo. Then again I don't run across them generally.

No, but 1/2" should be ok. If not expensive, worth a go.

I'm heading down to Victoria for 10 days, east and west coasts.

Let me know if you wanted to catch up for a surf.

There are also https://www.facebook.com/kpaloa.oficial/reviews/

Look forward to seeing the finished boards

Gday, I'd noticed a few bellyboard/paipo related posts in kneeboard and vintage surfboard collector sites, so thought why not a BB page (there are a couple of traditional UK BB pages). Rod had a Facebook page that was gathering dust, so I suggested an update and have posted some stuff there. If you'...

The shape itself looks like a standard bodyboard.

Is it going to have the channel like your earlier photos?

" This XLPE eliminates the need for glassing." - how is it sealed?

I had about 10 days surfing to test the board. It went way better than I thought it would: catches waves easily, handles a steep drop, holds an edge in the barrel and turns well. One thing I was less sure about was that it didn't seem to plane as well as my other boards. However, when I rode a wave ...

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