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Do you ever surf on the West coast of Denmark? Are there any waves on that side? I saw a surf shop in Malmo right across the bridge. Where do the Swedes surf?
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Hello everyone,
This is my introduction.
My name is Todd and I grew up in the Northeast without any real access to water other than a river...not much surf there so I enjoyed the water the way most do...I swam in it. Once in awhile my Family would go to the ocean and I learned to bodysurf and later played with my kids boogieboards. I moved to the Annapolis area in high school and have been here since. I got into open water swimming 10 years ago and one day saw some guy standing on a paddleboard. Got into that on the local rivers here and then started to transition to using them on the ocean. Next I started to try and just plain surf with some gigantic paddleboards. Damaged a few of those (and my ego). Found a used 9 foot paddleboard built for like a 170 lb. expert and have been using it as a surfboard for a couple years. I have accidentally pissed off some locals (asked what I did wrong and apologized) been caught inside with some big surf (my open water swimming sure helped me out there) and studied as many Assateague surfers as I could to figure out how the hell to get better at surfing. Along the way I saw some pictures of these smallish wooden boards you ride on your stomach and after reading about them I decided to make one. I have made 14 different paipos since last spring. Used Balsa, Basswood, Paulonia and Poplar. Lots of different shapes. Spar varnish and Tung oil finishes. I even have installed leash plugs and fin plugs for detachable center or side fins. Lengths from 24 inches to 48 inches and 16 - 20 inches wide. Waiting for water temps to get up into my wetsuit range so I can go try out the 3 newest boards. Anyway, I have found these boards to be very helpful in teaching me how to confidently move around in the surf and in the process had more fun than a 40 something year old man should be able to have legally and without getting in trouble with his Wife. So there is my story of how I ended up on this forum. I am looking forward to meeting some of you folks down at the beach and learning some board building techniques etc. I am still working on my surfing and getting better with each effort. I will post some pics of my boards as soon as I figure out how to do it on this forum.
Todd

Here are pics of a couple I made last summer...all paulonia with wood dye for the color and spar varnish to finish. Light and fast and fun!
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Here are some pics of 2 boards I made last summer. Paulonia boards joined with pieces of carbon, dyed with wood dye and finished with spar varnish. Fast and Fun. Holes in the nose are for the leash cord.
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More to come.
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Here is another one...more recent. Paulonia boards on the outside with poplar in the center...basswood inlay between those. Used a regular joiner for these but Tung oil finish instead of spar. Leash plug and center fin plugs as well. 48 inches long and 20 inches wide...3/4 inch thick.
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Welcome. This is a grea place with quite a bit of knowledgeable members. Have fun.
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MDS,

Welcome. I see you live in the same state as Rod not that he's home much. Enjoy the ride.

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bgreen wrote:MDS,

Welcome. I see you live in the same state as Rod not that he's home much. Enjoy the ride.

Bob
Looks like MDS is about 10 miles south of me, give a wrong turn or two ;) He is a smidgen closer to the shore than I, but it is still a long way to the DelMarVa breakers.
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Hi everyone
Frost here from Charleston S.C. been riding prone for a few years, all types of boards but found exactly what I have been looking for here,thanks to your site and the shapers here. Our waves here in the SE can be on and off but we have our share of fun days. Thanks again to all here who shape and make Paipos for us who like to ride them
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Hey Frost....have visited Charleston a couple of times and what a great City. Can you say FOOD. Haven't checked the surf scene. Maybe next time if my wife will give me a day pass.
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SJB wrote:Hey Frost....have visited Charleston a couple of times and what a great City. Can you say FOOD. Haven't checked the surf scene. Maybe next time if my wife will give me a day pass.
I had the pleasure of riding The Washout in August during a hurricane swell while in town for my sister's wedding many, many years ago. Always like the vibe of Folly Beach and the happenings and eatings in Charleston.
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Salva aka medswells, paipo boarder from Levante coast of Spain.

I started waveriding on the Mediterranean during 2010, with occasional visits to the Balearic Islands, the North of Spain, and, Portugal.
In the beginnings I started riding 7' mini-malibu boards, then started building hollow wooden mini-simmons 5' boards, 4' wooden paipos and alaias, and, found that lying prone on these boards made possible to go through small/flat wave sections faster and more fun. And on windy or big (closeout) days also allowed to get good rides in that kind of conditions. So, nowadays I'm mostly riding paipos prone.

The board below is one my first paipos (Paipo Granota 4'), the photo was taken after a session (fin on the left got bent) to show a friend that the fins needed stronger base to avoid losing them. Later, I started riding fin-less and playing with channels/concaves, but still relying on side-bites and small fins to hold on steeper sections.

Recently, I was around the north of Spain, and, also enjoyed some good rides: https://www.instagram.com/p/B2E1RWCFeZO/
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Hi medswells, the insta video is very nice,long ride and nice water color.
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I enjoyed the GoPro (?) video as well. Truthfully, most of them aren't that great but this one is nice and smooth. Water contrast nice as well. Welcome aboard the Paipo Forums!
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Thanks!
It's a cheap sports camera (GoPro clone). That's right, most of the videos I record don't look that good (there are other videos https://www.facebook.com/medswells.surf/videos/ to compare).
That day was quite windy (offshore), so sky was covering/uncovering quickly with clouds running by, so I got a good wave with wind not blowing that hard and good light with the sky uncovered. Most of the merit is of the mate that decided that our best chances of scoring a good session were to head to Doniños that day.
Also, I found the waters from Galicia quite clear you can check photos of spots around Pantin/Doniños where the Pantin Classic Pro 2019 takes place, and, water color is quite nice.
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Not to be misinterpreted... this GoPro video was very pleasing. It is the general GoPro video out on the Internet that usually is not pleasing to me... gives me a headache or makes me seasick!
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Me too, as soon as an internet surfing video starts making me seasick I stop watching.
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Gopro videos of our paipo sessions are always deceptive, waves always look smaller and flatter (fisheye lentle), but in this case it is still a nice video.
Welcome to the paipo forum! I live in Bordeaux (Bordeus) in France, so I am used to surf the Atlantic ocean. I had a chance to bodysurf (using a handplane) the Mediterranean sea in Corsica a couple of weeks ago, that was very fun, I guess you must have some fun paipo sessions over in that sea, especially during the winter :)
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Yep, autumn/Winter is the most fun season to surf around here (storm season) as the Mediterranean sea awakes from its summer holidays (flat season), however, during summer you can still get some wind waves, especially on handplanes/paipos that work well with almost any kind of conditions.
I haven't been yet to Corsica/Sardegna but I've heard good things about being a nice place to visit & surf.
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some good videos there and welcome to the forum
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Aloha MyPaipoBoards Forum!

My name is Mark and I am a newly converted Paipo addict. I grew up in Kalama Valley and would hitchhike to Maks if Sandys was bad. I would sometimes see the unkos with the wooden boards and always dreamed of trying. A teacher would come to Kalamas and help students make paipos and try them, I wish I remembered his name (Ahuimanu Charter was the school I think?). He let me sample some and I was hooked. Roping barrels with speed and a vision I just can't find on any other board. Watching Jarrett Liu ripping at Panics inspired me to get out there on any piece of wood I could find. The sustainable potential of paipo is steering me away from other water sports. The experience of shaping and then riding that geometry is exhilarating.

My current board is plywood 2x4x.5 sanded down with hempseed oil seal and then surf wax. Video below from a recent walls session. Thank you to the wifey for filming, still trying to convert her! :lol:

VIDEO (Waikiki Walls):
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