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by skiff
Sat Nov 21, 2015 11:22 am
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Mega Platter 2.0...asymmetrical...?
Replies: 78
Views: 33846

Re: Mega Platter 2.0...asymmetrical...?

Now, let's get back on-topic. Here's another DP belly device from decades ago...
by skiff
Sat Nov 21, 2015 11:19 am
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Mega Platter 2.0...asymmetrical...?
Replies: 78
Views: 33846

Re: Mega Platter 2.0...asymmetrical...?

Parmenter Longboard semi guns?

Behold a few examples...in the 9-6 to 12-6 range.
by skiff
Fri Nov 20, 2015 8:24 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Mega Platter 2.0...asymmetrical...?
Replies: 78
Views: 33846

Re: Mega Platter 2.0...asymmetrical...?

Here's the one last photo. Steve 'started out' with these dims as it was sort of what he remembered from his youth, riding belly blasters in the hollow shorepound of long ago Seal Beach. He said EVERY SINGLE KID HE KNEW had a bellyboard and that was just 'their' thing. He's now onto larger boards (b...
by skiff
Fri Nov 20, 2015 8:22 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Mega Platter 2.0...asymmetrical...?
Replies: 78
Views: 33846

Re: Mega Platter 2.0...asymmetrical...?

'Yum Yum Yellow'....I love it how the Navy comes up with these various 'shark repellant colors' over the years..........and then MORE years down the line, it turns out that instead, they were probably attractants. Thought I'd post up a few photos of a buddy's board, he was by earlier today enroute t...
by skiff
Wed Nov 18, 2015 8:03 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Mega Platter 2.0...asymmetrical...?
Replies: 78
Views: 33846

Re: Mega Platter 2.0...asymmetrical...?

A few more from the day... Continued using my existing board with the asymm fin setup, and couldn't be more pleased. Can't wait to get the fully asymm template board.
by skiff
Wed Nov 18, 2015 7:59 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Mega Platter 2.0...asymmetrical...?
Replies: 78
Views: 33846

Re: Mega Platter 2.0...asymmetrical...?

New board should be coming soon, but until then..........plenty to keep us busy using existing inventory. Boards ridden here run the gamut, from quad Mega Platters, to 26 x 5-6 twin fins, to a buddy's daughter's 'Catch Surf' kids foamie twin fin..........in PINK! They all fit, they all worked, as we...
by skiff
Mon Nov 16, 2015 8:21 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Mega Platter 2.0...asymmetrical...?
Replies: 78
Views: 33846

Re: Mega Platter 2.0...asymmetrical...?

Looks like the airbrush is finished, should move through now to glassing and be in my hot little hands before this El Nino thing kicks in with full force. Deck will be 90% covered with a black rubber pad, so it's kind of a 'three color' color scheme...
by skiff
Mon Nov 02, 2015 7:27 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Mega Platter 2.0...asymmetrical...?
Replies: 78
Views: 33846

Re: Mega Platter 2.0...asymmetrical...?

Do I know the laminate schedule? Nope. I'll probably be picking up the board next week or the week after, I'll ask the guys at the shop at that time. Whatever they're doing is working fantastic as these boards get subjected to a pretty rough life and yet they last very well, so I'm stoked. No doubt ...
by skiff
Mon Nov 02, 2015 12:50 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Mega Platter 2.0...asymmetrical...?
Replies: 78
Views: 33846

Re: Mega Platter 2.0...asymmetrical...?

No, I've had several of these boards done up with your typical PU blank and polyester glassing, and trust me, these new EPS versions are no more than a third to a half of what the old boards weighed. I wondered for a bit if weight even mattered with this style of surfing? Maybe the extra weight crea...
by skiff
Sun Nov 01, 2015 11:24 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Mega Platter 2.0...asymmetrical...?
Replies: 78
Views: 33846

Re: Mega Platter 2.0...asymmetrical...?

Yeah, I know there's a lot of controversy with regard to the physical realities of 'floatation' and liters and how all that interacts, be it PU or EPS? But I'm not so concerned with that. The EPS blanks just work better for my type of boards, and since both my shaper and the glasser specialize in th...
by skiff
Sun Nov 01, 2015 1:18 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Mega Platter 2.0...asymmetrical...?
Replies: 78
Views: 33846

Re: Mega Platter 2.0...asymmetrical...?

SG- I really think the hydrodynamics of both our boards are identical, at least as far as the dual concaves and hull'ish front ends? And I'm betting that our rails are somewhat similar (see photo below). Where we differ is primarily is that I prefer a wide tailed board, and yours is much narrower? I...
by skiff
Sun Nov 01, 2015 10:51 am
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Mega Platter 2.0...asymmetrical...?
Replies: 78
Views: 33846

Re: Mega Platter 2.0...asymmetrical...?

This computer rendering of the board probably shows the vee the best? And SG, you're correct, the forward half of the board is very 'hull-ish', almost like the front of a classic Liddle. After all this time, when people ask me what 'that' aspect does, I'd have to say that it just somehow helps the b...
by skiff
Sat Oct 31, 2015 11:06 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Mega Platter 2.0...asymmetrical...?
Replies: 78
Views: 33846

Re: Mega Platter 2.0...asymmetrical...?

Boards are right around 74 liters of floatation I believe. That FIFTY PERCENT more than your average, generic, 9', 2+1 longboard, all in a template that is only 6'3" long.
by skiff
Sat Oct 31, 2015 11:04 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Mega Platter 2.0...asymmetrical...?
Replies: 78
Views: 33846

Re: Mega Platter 2.0...asymmetrical...?

Yeah, we've been using Marko Foam since the beginning and they're solid. My shaper does a ton of SUP's for Santa Cruz and beyond, and I suspect what they can offer is why he's been on their program since the beginning. My stuff? I'm just in their system and am taking advantage of it. That is not me ...
by skiff
Sat Oct 31, 2015 7:00 am
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Mega Platter 2.0...asymmetrical...?
Replies: 78
Views: 33846

Re: Mega Platter 2.0...asymmetrical...?

Soulglider- Yes, the blanks are EPS and the glassing is epoxy. The board, despite it's size, is super light. The rubber pad part of things might be the heaviest component? But overall, even with the pad, the board feels very light. I have one of those SUP handles installed in the deck, so it's easy ...
by skiff
Fri Oct 30, 2015 2:55 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Mega Platter 2.0...asymmetrical...?
Replies: 78
Views: 33846

Re: Mega Platter 2.0...asymmetrical...?

All good things take time.............which was never more true than when ordering any kind of custom surfboard. Got word that my new asymmetrical board had been finished being shaped, and was now in the 'que' at Stretch's for the glassing. The process for this was...............the designer ordered...
by skiff
Thu Oct 15, 2015 11:48 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: Paipo Gathering - Fall 2015?
Replies: 128
Views: 47079

Re: Paipo Gathering - Fall 2015?

El Cap is a fickle wave, HIGHLY dependent on angle, tide, etc. But if you can get one of the good ones................and oftentimes, the 'good ones' only have to be 3' or so...........if it's out on the sand bar, the type of ride it can offer is EXACTLY what a paipo enthusiast can appreciate. For f...
by skiff
Thu Oct 15, 2015 11:44 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: Paipo Gathering - Fall 2015?
Replies: 128
Views: 47079

Re: Paipo Gathering - Fall 2015?

In the evening, after the surf, it was fun to meet with Rod, Paul, and James. We had a nice chat around the fire and then turned in early.
by skiff
Thu Oct 15, 2015 11:41 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: Paipo Gathering - Fall 2015?
Replies: 128
Views: 47079

Re: Paipo Gathering - Fall 2015?

Base camp up on the top row of Ocean Mesa for the 48 hours I was there. It's no Airstream, but it's comfortable for short stays. I had further business the next day up the coast, so figured I might as well kill two birds with one stone so brought this and then continued to the harbor after the 'gath...
by skiff
Thu Oct 15, 2015 11:38 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: Paipo Gathering - Fall 2015?
Replies: 128
Views: 47079

Re: Paipo Gathering - Fall 2015?

Yeah, kind of funny to see how quiet the turnout............turned out? I've been to many of the Swaylock's Big Sur campouts and there's been 150+ coming from ALL AROUND THE WORLD to attend that? Full of energy, anxious to check out everyone else's boards, swapping them in the lineup, huge fully pre...