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Cool pic. Freshwater surfing has always fascinated me. How much floatation do you get from a plywood board in the lake as compared to the ocean? I wonder how many paipo /bellyboarders have gone before ...

Finally got this thing out into some decent punchy shorebreak on labor day. My 6yo daughter was with me. It was her first attempt at surf photography, and she was only able to get a shot of me in the ...

Here is the first board from my batch of curbside collected plywood. It's 44" by 19" quarter inch thick douglas fir, coated with spar varnish. As usual, I didn't use a pre-existing template. I tend to ...

If you don't have approval from the TOs then you're taking a chance.

Do you mean Tribal Organizations? Indeed, I have put quite a bit of thought into this. Before I get too far along with this (as ...

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I scored a decent stack of plywood this morning curbside on the way to work! It seems to be "vintage" stuff, i.e. better quality, thicker laminates than what I find at retail these days.

More impor ...

Hope the board turns up. I asked where you were because I saw the saw your location but was surprised by the board photos with sand and grass, that looked like a beach anywhere else. I thought you mig ...

MrMike, thanks for clarifying. I wasn't exactly sure if that's what I should call it.

Where are you surfing the board?

Fresh water sand-bar breaks in Lake Michigan. I took it out into some 2 to ...

Excuse me if my pidgin is a little rusty, but I named it "Fas Kine" because I made it in a hurry so I could take it on a backpack camping trip (in case there were waves - which there weren't).

It's ...

Excuse me if my pidgin is a little rusty, but I named it "Fas Kine" because I made it in a hurry so I could take it on a backpack camping trip (in case there were waves - which there weren't).

It's ...

Funny how much the ironing board looks like...one of the most collectable early surfboards. Tom Blake hollow board.

Heh, I did notice a similarity in the original shape with that style of board, bu ...

This is my first paipo. My dad had this and a few other ancient pieces of pine that had been left in the basement of my sister's old house. I don't know exactly how old it is, but there were square na ...