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littlefoot
Joined: 14 Mar 2010 Posts: Location: NW Spain
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Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 10:31 am Post subject: New Pinewood Alaia Paipo |
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Here's a new pine paipo I've been working on lately.
54" x 17" (tail 14 1/2")
It's quite heavy (about 12lb), making closeouts a bit hazardous for my liking. Two rough planks straight from the saw mill, glued them with Araldit double component epoxy, which I always trust. 4 coats of marine varnish to seal it up.
As you can see in the first pics, I intended to make a parabolic tail but then I scrapped that idea, lopped off 5" and left it with straight rails. There is a small 3/8" concave at the back with a not so wide channel starting at the very nose. The rails are sharp all the way around and really do their work on the face.
The board is very easy to turn and holds on surprisingly well for bottom turns even in near closeouts. I mean I was amazed.
What really surprised me though was the fun you can get out of this board in the smaller knee-high waves and whitewater. I think I wasted the whole of my first session looking for a good wave and really just took one pounding after the other, save for a few good ones.
Lots and lots of elbow grease and here are the results.
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bgreen
Joined: 20 Feb 2004 Posts: Location: Qld. Oz
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Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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Looking good. The learning curve can be pretty steep, but when it comes together it's all worthwhile.
Bob |
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pekorotze1977
Joined: 24 May 2010 Posts:
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Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 3:12 pm Post subject: |
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you are from spain? |
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littlefoot
Joined: 14 Mar 2010 Posts: Location: NW Spain
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Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 3:19 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Pekorotze,
I've seen your nick on some other forum on alaias.
Sí, soy de Galicia y vivo cerca de Ferrol. Eras del País Vasco ¿no?
Not too many people making alaias in my area unfortunately. How about your area? |
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pekorotze1977
Joined: 24 May 2010 Posts:
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Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 11:23 am Post subject: |
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pues si, soy de Bilbao.
Te ha quedado impresionante!!!!
La verdad que me meti en este foro pq ya estaba aburrido de la masificacion del surf y bodyboard, ahora cuando puedo pillo olas a nado y alguna handplane de contrachapado y poco mas.
Buenas olas!!! |
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