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by Uncle Grumpy
Wed Jan 25, 2012 6:27 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Something different or not?
Replies: 13
Views: 7860

Re: Something different or not?

Here a good table that gives the properties (including density) of various plastic materials http://www.machinist-materials.com/comparison_table_for_plastics.htm The "KingStarboard" stuff seems like it would be fun to experiment with. I'm going to ask some friends in the boat biz if I can...
by Uncle Grumpy
Tue Jan 24, 2012 1:32 pm
Forum: About the Forums - Read Me!
Topic: Photo Posting Guidelines & Policy
Replies: 6
Views: 23584

Re: Photo Posting Guidelines & Policy

Like this laddie.
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by Uncle Grumpy
Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:09 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: hello from a new paipoboard rider
Replies: 20
Views: 12199

Re: hello from a new paipoboard rider

Aloha Skip.
Paipo are the coolest. And only the coolest ride 'em
. ;)
by Uncle Grumpy
Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:04 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Something different
Replies: 17
Views: 7962

Re: Something different

Most prone riding people probably should not rely on most surf board shapers to make their paipos. Not because they are bad shapers nor because they are prejudiced or bad people. They simply are not tuned to how a prone-ridden board differs from a stand-up board without having ridden one. As it is ...
by Uncle Grumpy
Wed Jan 18, 2012 2:23 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Something different
Replies: 17
Views: 7962

Re: Something different

Boys and girls, this is where semantics matter. :ugeek: See, if a guy wants a paipo , he gets the appropriate lumber or plywood, makes one and goes surfing. 8-) But if a guy wants a bellyboard, he shell's out 600-1000 :o (OZ) dollars after chasing around looking for somebody willing to shape it. Now...
by Uncle Grumpy
Sat Jan 14, 2012 11:59 am
Forum: Swim Fins, Skegs & Other Paipo Gear
Topic: Custom hand made board cover for freakishly small board
Replies: 18
Views: 11549

Re: Custom hand made board cover for freakishly small board

I've made a couple but they are just simple drawstring bags.
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by Uncle Grumpy
Sat Jan 14, 2012 2:09 am
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: Not for all the tea in China.
Replies: 7
Views: 3829

Re: Not for all the tea in China.

Rumor is, Paipo Jim rides five or six waves like that every day before breakfast, surfing an old cedar shingle.
by Uncle Grumpy
Fri Jan 13, 2012 6:10 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: Oahu
Replies: 31
Views: 16255

Re: Oahu

Paipo Jim wrote:
You effeminate candy-asses in California aren't allowed to carry them any more which is one of the reasons I moved the fvck out.
:roll:
by Uncle Grumpy
Tue Jan 10, 2012 12:31 pm
Forum: Swim Fins, Skegs & Other Paipo Gear
Topic: Swim fins/flippers
Replies: 24
Views: 17207

Re: Swim fins/flippers

I've been using full size UDT's for several years. Heaps of power and plenty of rubber for modifications if needed.
by Uncle Grumpy
Sun Jan 08, 2012 1:00 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: The Crabb Belly Board
Replies: 4
Views: 2795

Re: The Crabb Belly Board

I've handled all the boards in SHF collection and there's none like this one; but it sure looks like Osserman had seen one.
by Uncle Grumpy
Sat Jan 07, 2012 2:55 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: The next big thing
Replies: 15
Views: 6876

Re: The next big thing

penial ? :lol:
by Uncle Grumpy
Sat Jan 07, 2012 12:08 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: The next big thing
Replies: 15
Views: 6876

Re: The next big thing

RULE #1
NO POOFTERS!
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by Uncle Grumpy
Thu Dec 22, 2011 4:22 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: deathbed paipos rule.
Replies: 8
Views: 3946

Re: deathbed paipos rule.

Those shapes look pretty sweet.
What fin do you favor?
by Uncle Grumpy
Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:24 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: A difference between designing a paipo and other boards
Replies: 32
Views: 14534

Re: A difference between designing a paipo and other boards

Feb/March issue of Ocean ( the SD county fishwrap) had a nice intervew with GG. He'd gotten to the point where he was actually wearing out and/or breaking his fiberglass spoons and having to rebuild them every few months. He eventually went to Epoxy and Carbon Fiber. Result being a major reduction i...
by Uncle Grumpy
Sun Dec 11, 2011 12:48 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Pirate Fish Alaia Remo II
Replies: 20
Views: 10235

Re: Pirate Fish Alaia Remo II

Well, I was really enjoying the way it rode and of course I knew it was only a matter of time until it happened but I was hoping it would be later rather then sooner... IMGP3954.JPG It split more or less along a grain line and I should be able to glue it back together without too much trouble. I may...
by Uncle Grumpy
Sat Dec 10, 2011 4:11 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: a good day for ear plugs
Replies: 21
Views: 8816

Re: a good day for ear plugs

I saw a Hammerhead in Manhattan Beach early 70's that was big enough to bite a person in half.
A guy caught it off the end of the pier and they hauled it up with the boat winch.
He left it on the pier and they ended up hauling it to the dump. :(
by Uncle Grumpy
Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:57 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: a good day for ear plugs
Replies: 21
Views: 8816

Re: a good day for ear plugs

From 1900 to the present there have been 163 authenticated unprovoked shark attacks reported from the Pacific Coast of North America. The breakdown by state is; Washington 1, Oregon 20, and California 142. There have been 11 fatal shark attacks reported from California over the past 60 years. The Wh...
by Uncle Grumpy
Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:25 pm
Forum: Your Wave
Topic: a good day for ear plugs
Replies: 21
Views: 8816

Re: a good day for ear plugs

Technically? :lol:
Check out Surfline. Notice where they draw the lines. :ugeek:
Sharks are EVERYWHERE and don't care about zip codes when they bite.
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks/st ... /mapca.htm
by Uncle Grumpy
Sun Dec 04, 2011 2:14 pm
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Pirate Fish Alaia Remo II
Replies: 20
Views: 10235

Re: Pirate Fish Alaia Remo II

If you wanted to go there, I would think the most efficient and functional way would be just build it like a GG spoon ie shape foam plug, glass bottom w/ 4-6 layers, shape out deck foam to final spoon shape and then glass deck. Fine tuning of glass thickness with grinder as needed... Right. Instead...
by Uncle Grumpy
Sun Dec 04, 2011 11:47 am
Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
Topic: Pirate Fish Alaia Remo II
Replies: 20
Views: 10235

Re: Pirate Fish Alaia Remo II

Do you think its possible to laminate a few layers together to get a stiffer board for the same thickness or even thinner ? Something like 10 or 12 layers of wood veneer with glass in between or maybe a foam core with the multiple veneer layers built up around the rails like on a Greenough spoon ? ...