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handboard to paipo

 
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Jon Davey



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 2:11 pm    Post subject: handboard to paipo Reply with quote

Has anyone got any firm opinions on where a handboard ends and a paipo begins? My theory is that if you hold it out in front of you, truck and trailer style, then you've got a handboard; lie on it and and you're in paipo territory. I found a copy of Midget Farelly's and Craig McGregor's 'How to Surf', circa 1965. Their chapters on 'peipo' boarding and handboarding are really interesting. This for the paipo: "It's a thin board, usually made of plywood or fibreglass; it has no fins, is only three or four feet long, sometimes even shorter, and is wider at the back than the front. It has a square tail, and a rounded nose that is lifted radically and dished out..." How does this square with our conception of a paipo? Are we running down the modern kneeboard road of simply having a short, wide surfboard?
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PaipoJim
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 2:42 pm    Post subject: Re: handboard to paipo Reply with quote

Jon Davey wrote:
This for the paipo: "It's a thin board, usually made of plywood or fibreglass; it has no fins, is only three or four feet long, sometimes even shorter, and is wider at the back than the front. It has a square tail, and a rounded nose that is lifted radically and dished out..." How does this square with our conception of a paipo?


Seems pretty close to me. Sounds like they are describing the type of board that Paul Lindbergh is presently building. That design type was more common back then.
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Jon Davey



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 6:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I reckon you're right and the new HPD website shows those boards off to their best degree.
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Poobah
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Joined: 09 Jan 2004
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 1:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Is the term handboarding actually mentioned in that 1965 article?

If it's too big to strap on one hand, and you ride it with two hands, then I consider it a mini paipo.


Funny coincidence that you should bring up this subject. I've been planning to issue a New Years Eve Fatwah about a new class of mini paipos. New to me at least. Stay tuned....
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Jon Davey



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 5:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It just talks about handboards rather than 'handboarding':"The usual handboard is made of thin,light wood such as plywood, about a foot long and nine inches wide, with a curved front, straight sides and a sawn off rear end....." It also talks about handboards leading a "clandestine life in the hands of enthusiasts." Some things never change!
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