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I had a nice session last weekend, I used a plywood board with a simple template, parralel rails, finless, no leash, long and narrow, 16x47". I was used to the delta shape (like the HPD), but I found that this long and narrow shape worked better for the kind of waves I surf (mostly beachbreak c...

rodndtube wrote:

GeoffreyLevens wrote:Maybe like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3OKP-Q9h_A

The Blow-Up paipo.

It does exists

Very nice boards, I like the blue one
But I keep thinking that you should replace these aluminium fins by regular fins, much less dangerous.
Maybe even try with no fins at all, just to see how it works ?

I really like this move too (in small waves!), it gives you the feeling of bodysurfing and maybe flying too. I think it works great as long as the board has neutral buoyancy. In this video I do it on a plywood board, that has a bodyboard shape: https://youtu.be/ItqWdJPv2EE In this one I do it on a H...

I have never tried a tick, buoyant paipo, but I guess the take off technic I described earlier (to swim pushing the board in front of you) wouldn't work in this case. I tried sometimes this technic on a bodyboard, it didn't work well. It is interresting to see the differences between tick and buoyan...

on it is going to be a paipo for fast waves, waves from 1m to 2.5m but there is a brutal massification of surfers and bodyboard so it has to have enough volume to compete in the capture of waves From my short experience, for stand up surfing, the more volume there is, the easier it is to catch waves...

These aluminium fins definitely look like knifes to me, I hope I won't be in your way at the lineup

Hi Asier-Regarding those soft boards you just posted about- I have the Rocket 50( 4 ft 2 inch). I use it as a paipo and Have a lot of fun with it. It catches waves easily and is fast. I removed the keel fins that came with it and replaced Them with small fins which are stiffer. But I am no expert o...

Zensuni, where were those clips made? I did not fully recognize the area but my experience was limited to paipo surfing Lacanau Plage Nord, Carcans Plage, and Plage Gurp (interesting!). It seems you know the area pretty well :) Some of them were made at Lacanau plage centrale, some others were made...

Hi there, I'm from Bordeaux, in France too, I have been riding plywood paipos for a few years, maybe I can give you some tips from my short experience. First I think you should consider testing on a simple plywood board, with no fins, just to make sure that you like the feeling of it. To me, one of ...

Great design !

I do ride it prone. I wouldn't say it is faster than other boards, but I think the extra volume makes catching waves easier. The spot is usually small and weak and packed with SUPs and long boarders. I can't sit as far out as them, but i do want to get the wave as early as possible. When paddling f...

I just got back from surfing Florida using a board I call "The Truck." It is a 5'4'' mini-Simmons with twin keels. Here is a look at what I was surfing Saturday. Some Of the cleanest, longest waves I've ever had in Florida. The photographer didn't take any pics of me, but I was right ther...

Watching this sort of makes me want to try a longer board...maybe in the new yea. Nels Then maybe you should ;) Another interresting shape I have tried is the english belly board, narrow and long, it has kind of a bodysurf feeling because the board is narrower than you, yet its lenght allows long g...

Great explanations, thanks

I use my plywood boards most of the time, occasionnaly a 42" bodyboard (when it is a little too big for me with the paipo), and sometimes a stand up board (when it is just too small to ride prone). Also I just bought this foam board : http://adventura-demo.detheme.com/surfing/wp-content/uploads...

In small waves, I noticed that shortboarders massively used their skegs to generate speed, doing these kind of "S" turns.
Is it possible to use a similar technic on prone boards, or are the skegs usefull only to add drive ?

Hi there, I built another plywood board, still the same bodyboard template, but a this time a little longer (47"). And I rounded the nose corners. I applied yellow paint and varnish, I am actually quite happy with the way it looks: paipo.jpg I had a quick test ride Today. Due to my "no roc...

Sounds fun, what material the deck pad is made of ?

Another video of the same board: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsMpssHrLwA I wanted this board to be a good fit for small days, but as someone said in the youtube comments, when the wave slows down the nose generates a lot of front spray, pushing too much water, no good I guess. So, I 'd say the b...