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Flex Tail Paipo? Crazy Idea?

 
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:44 pm    Post subject: Flex Tail Paipo? Crazy Idea? Reply with quote

Ever since I have see pictures of Greenough Spoon Flextail Knee boards, I wondered if a flextail paipo would work. Sounds like it might, sounds crazy at the same time... Anyone ever try making a flex tail paipo?
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 7:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I believe Soulglider was trying to work towards that end with one of his designs. There is no reason why it should not work.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 9:37 am    Post subject: c Reply with quote

http://www.paipopaipo.blogspot.com/

scroll down (watch out, theres pics of beautiful girls scantily clad) to see the brown and yellow spoon/paipo. scroll down a little further and see the twin fin acid splash bottom. the acid splash board is 1 1/2" thick in the last third of the board thinning down on the tail to a little under a 1/2". the nose and forward half of the board is also 1/2" thick. it has a combo bottom. a hull bottom with a very slight concave from nose through tail. very much like a combo of greenoughs spoon and simmons concave hulls. its a much better all around paipo design than the spoon, in that it good in ANY size surf. the spoon has an incredible feeling to it. the steeper the better/faster it goes. but it needs good hollow surf to work correctly...
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 11:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice boards(and girls Shocked ), might try a flextail design of some sort eventually.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 12:04 pm    Post subject: vfv Reply with quote

thats the fun, right there...trying stuff.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 2:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I like the girls too Embarassed
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 4:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'd say Greenough's spoons are not flex tails but flex boards.
He was trying to get as much flex as possible.
Could be why he's now mostly into the mats.
You've certainly got the juice in the islands needed to make a flexspoon perform up to it's potential.
Way more work to make then any other kind of surf board but if it really works for you who cares?....
Greenough's spoons were really rough and tumble, get 'er done jobs but these days they are almost an art form........
Check out this stuff
http://flexspoon.com/
http://www.romanoskykneeboards.com/2006/board4.html
http://www.mccallumsurfboards.com/photos/spoon.html

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:02 pm    Post subject: assc Reply with quote

mccallum spoons are the top of the line. he's shaped me 2 boards and has helped me on my spoon. they are flawless. and if you are going to pay that kinda dough for 'em, the should be. i cant say that for other guys' work. jeff is a young guy, who rides everything he makes. for a young guy, he's an old soul. he gets it. i cant say enough about his work. i will be bringing up at least one board he shaped for me. romanosky flat out said to me when i enquired, spoons dont work for bellyboards. we differ, they work great and grumpy is right, spoons are a total flex machine, the fins i made for mine are 1/8" chopped up keels, they flex, the board flexes everything flexes! thats why i explain the ride like mats only with control and a whole heck of lot more speed!
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 6:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've seen a bunch of Jeff McCallum's boards, he had some at the Sacred Craft expo I was at last year and they usually have a few at the Icons of Surf shop here in town.
His work is really beautiful. You can tell "he get's it". Cool
He could work up some excellent paipo/prone mode boards .....
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 6:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's a nicely executed fresh one from a home builder on Sway's.



http://www2.swaylocks.com/forums/5-spoon-build-photo-heavy
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 7:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's another cool thing about the flex boards, the almost see thru center of the boards made of resin and fiberglass.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 9:49 pm    Post subject: dhdhdh Reply with quote

thers more to these crazy little boards than the way they look. its best to have somone that knows how they work to help make you one or pay the money, its worth every dime....or have fun, if you have a lot of time and money to burn.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 1:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've always thought the original flex paipo was simply made of 1/4 inch plywood. Direction and degree of flex can be controlled by varying the thickness of the wood, like in the Waylo...

http://vagabondsurf.com/WayloPage2.html


A basic nose-handle sort of paipo has a stiff nose, but can still flex at the rear corners. Very simple to make, and loads of fun.

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