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Poobah Dolphin Glider
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Joined: 09 Jan 2004 Posts: 696 Location: California, San Diego
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Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 1:25 am Post subject: Alien |
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I just got an e-mail tonight from a bellyboarder in Holland. Apparently doors aren't the only things they cut in half over there. Sometimes they cut their sailboards in half....
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EvertW
Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Posts: Location: Alkmaar, The Netherlands
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Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 3:44 am Post subject: ah those dutchmen |
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the board was my garage-style attempt to build a surfboard, and is al little "rough" ahum. Seems to work though as long as you don't try to duckdive under waves. It has far more floatation than i expected
But in a way that's great because the wave are mostly kind of small and slow around my break.
i recently cut up another sailboard and am sanding my way towards a thinner board that works better in bigger waves. Keep you posted ![Very Happy](images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif) |
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Poobah Dolphin Glider
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Joined: 09 Jan 2004 Posts: 696 Location: California, San Diego
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Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 9:44 am Post subject: |
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Enough flotation for a tandem paipo. Did you try it yet as a single fin board? A deep single fin?
I must confess I was a bit crushed to see the leash cord. Like most Yanks I just assumed that you Dutch simply drilled a hole in the nose of the board and stuck your finger in it. Another myth shattered. ![Wink](images/smiles/icon_wink.gif) |
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EvertW
Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Posts: Location: Alkmaar, The Netherlands
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Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2004 1:42 am Post subject: |
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a myth crushed? After living in Amsterdam for years you just get more picky in the things you stick your fingers in [insert a red light district joke here]
good thing about the thickness of the board is that you can stand on it to look for waves har har har
i didn't try it as a single fin, but after seeing George Greenough's Crystal Voyager movie i got quite inspired so maybe my next board will have one of those long flexible fins.... |
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