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Hand Planing Peahi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljecnBa-AS4&t=16s

Interesting! How are you using XLPE as a mold for a paipo "Wood Press?" I have developed a technology for making blanks for channel bottom BBs/Paipos. XLPE should work well for building the blanks and prototypes. Just need to come up with a good adhesive that is strong enough to endure th...

The stuff in the article is not mere conjecture.
Here is one of Tom's Air Injection boards.
You can see the bottom of the air vents in the shadow of the "louver".
He told me he rode it on Maui. Said it was too fast.........

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I'll post that Famous Surfer Article One page at a time

A couple years ago I wanted to buy a new "Boogie" and I asked Tom what should I get?
His reply? Mike Stewart's Science.

Hey Bob,
Like so many of Tom's ideas, I don't think the fins went any farther than his experiments.

Of all the famous "surfers" I've known, Tom might be my favorite. Tom Morey was one of the nicest smartest coolest surfiest people ever. He will be remembered as the creator of the Boogie board but he was so much more. The man was a certified genius and I will miss him. FWIW "Boogies&...

Very Nice.
FWIW,
Boat builders have a long held superstition against using walnut in watercraft.
It's known to them as "coffin wood".
I wouldn't worry about it tho'.

Lazy? Out of shape?

Get Yourself an ELECTRIC BODYBOARD!!

You have options!

https://firduo.com/products/searover-el ... ea-scooter

https://kymera.com/

Made with wood. Like all true Paipo.
Cowabunga
https://www.reef.com/s/ReefUS/paipo.html#email-signup

Excellent work.

I gotta say, that little space machine looks like a heap of fun.

Looks like fun.

I was searching rotomolded products and found this oddity.
https://www.bellyak.com/the-bellyak/surf/

Ahoy Bob,
Might want to revise your title.
Santa Monica is in their name and their email address but the company is in Tracy, 300 miles north of Santa Monica and about 70 miles east of San Francisco.
IIRC OG AZN and Poobah are the closest.