Is it possible to stand up surfing a paipo ?

[zensuni]

Hi, I'm pretty sure I have seen on this website some interviews of guys who used to stand up surf their paipo boards at "the wall" spot. Basically, I was arguing with my son, I say it is possible to stand up, he says it is impossible. What do you think ? What kind of board, what kind of waves ? Is it possible with a big plywood paipo ? If it is possible, what about the shape ?

[Uncle Grumpy]

Show him this:
http://hydrodynamica.com/totem/paipo.php

A young and limber Wally Froiseth wearing Churchill's.
The old Churchill's were so flexible you could easily do a pop up with them on. I rode a Lis Fish kneeling or standing like that in the 70's.


I like the shape of this board.


Val Ching on a plywood board with a fin.




Jimmy Splinters on the plywood.

[GeoffreyLevens]

And it continues to this day

The fading art of stand-up bodyboarding

[Uncle Grumpy]

A few weeks ago SHACC hosted a party thrown by Maurice Cole for Tom Curren.

Curren showed his current surf toy, essentially a skimboard with fins.

http://media.livethelife.tv/tom-curren- ... d-s-wings/

http://www.theinertia.com/surf/of-cours ... skimboard/

[zensuni]

Thanks, that's exactly what I was looking for. That's curious, but why not, looks like some kind of wooden mini simons.