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It's prone but not a paipo
Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 5:37 am
by bgreen
It does duckdive ok & is fast, but there are some drawbacks:
https://www.facebook.com/bsly.co/videos ... fallback=1
Bob
Re: It's prone but not a paipo
Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 9:49 am
by mrmike
no,no, no
Re: It's prone but not a paipo
Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 10:19 am
by GeoffreyLevens
Hmmm, prone jet ski. At least jet skis have redeeming quality of being able to do rescue in heavy surf.
These I think just plain nasty bit of business!
Re: It's prone but not a paipo
Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 11:11 am
by Uncle Grumpy
Re: It's prone but not a paipo
Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 11:38 am
by soulglider
to each their own! i see it as a KOOK KILLER! sorry (not really!)
Re: It's prone but not a paipo
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2016 10:27 am
by GeoffreyLevens
soulglider wrote:to each their own! i see it as a KOOK KILLER! sorry (not really!)
Hmmmm, needs some kind of very difficult to undo attachment thingy though then it should work just fine.
Re: It's prone but not a paipo
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2016 1:32 pm
by Nels
Looks like fun for what they were showing, and I think that might be a lot of fun for "flying" underwater...I could see that low in kelp beds, for instance. Can't imagine it wouldn't be loud though, and I'd hate that at least on the surface. Unacceptable in the surf zone. In the extreme. Zero tolerance. It's only been a few decades since the advent of jet skis and I' not sure I'm over that yet...
Re: It's prone but not a paipo
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2016 4:16 pm
by bgreen
The underwater dimension would be an interesting one but in addition to the emissions etc, this is at the opposite extreme of the easily accessible/affordable piece of wood you can plane on. Such craft would be pretty much the exclusive domain of the well-off.
Re: It's prone but not a paipo
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2016 10:37 am
by GeoffreyLevens
If it is not now, could be made electric-->almost silent and near zero emissions
Re: It's prone but not a paipo
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 2:32 pm
by rodndtube
bgreen wrote:The underwater dimension would be an interesting one but in addition to the emissions etc, this is at the opposite extreme of the easily accessible/affordable piece of wood you can plane on. Such craft would be pretty much the exclusive domain of the well-off.
You invention, Bob?
Re: It's prone but not a paipo
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2016 10:08 am
by nomastomas
Sign of the Apocalypse...
Re: It's prone but not a paipo
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2016 4:21 pm
by krusher74
starting at $9,000 its not exactly affordable!
Re: It's prone but not a paipo
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 11:06 am
by belly rider
damn with that price tag i'll let you figure out the math on how many custom made paipo's you can have built by top shapers
or how many you can build yourself by buying top material
Additionally what kind of exercise can you get by getting dragged in the water by a machine
Re: It's prone but not a paipo
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 12:02 pm
by GeoffreyLevens
Here's a low tech alternative, erm sort of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vLJdG1r1yM
Re: It's prone but not a paipo
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 7:10 am
by bgreen
This is a well-known solid French Beachbreak. It must have been a nightmare trying to get these things through the line-up.
What do you call a 7 fin floater? Amazing how those things took the drop.
Unlikely to catch on but pretty insane stuff all the same.
Bob
Re: It's prone but not a paipo
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 6:14 pm
by belly rider
Re: It's prone but not a paipo
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2016 10:27 am
by GeoffreyLevens
I think you start w/ a pocket knife or at least large "hat" pin
