Surfed a couple of times with Josh Klein of Xylem Surfboards during the past weekend, Sat & Sun, in FL. Saturday afternoon was really fun down on the Satellite Beach reefs, 3 to 4 foot range but some nice throwing waves. I was riding my baseline Austin, Orange Matter, and Josh was riding a short 32 inch Xylem. The next day was junkier up at the Canaveral Pier area. He borrowed his 48 inch Malama Kai from the museum exhibit for the morning surf session with some of the other paipo people in the area including one guy with an experimental paipo hydrofoil (wide double winged mounted on a boogie board for now - foils are fiberglass and carbon fiber). Josh and I traded off boards for the last hour and each had fun on each other's boards.
Below are a couple of pics from the exhibit. I plan to take some close-ups in a day or two. You can see more on Facebook:
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Surfing and Paipo Exhibit
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Surfing and Paipo Exhibit
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"The sea doth wash away all human ills."
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I love my papa li`ili`i
"The sea doth wash away all human ills."
-- Euripides.
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Re: Surfing and Paipo Exhibit
This looks excellent. Now we need a paipo movie!
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Re: Surfing and Paipo Exhibit
Last two weeks of the Paipo Exhibit at the Cocoa Beach Surf Museum, in Cocoa Beach, FL. Closes on Monday, Dec. 1, 2014.
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"Prone to ride"
I love my papa li`ili`i
"The sea doth wash away all human ills."
-- Euripides.
"Prone to ride"
I love my papa li`ili`i
"The sea doth wash away all human ills."
-- Euripides.
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Re: Surfing and Paipo Exhibit
Thanks for your post rodndtube.
Would be great to see some of the origins of wave riding boards.
Would be great to see some of the origins of wave riding boards.
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Re: Surfing and Paipo Exhibit
nice to see many side by side, easy to compare and contrast the wide range of shapes and sizes.
http://www.sdfsurfboards.co.uk/ built my paipo!
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