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[Thierry]

I'm making something between a cubit board and a paipo with a piece of foam I found (22.83' X 15.35' X 2.16').
Thanks Poobah for the idea of a cubit.

You can see some pics on my web-log page : http://handboard.bodysurf.over-blog.com/article-3552501.html

Hope it will be finished for my holidays mid September.
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[kage]

Very cool little shape. Simple, yet edgy. Make two please . Post pics when you glass it?

[Thierry]

Thanks Kage but I had only one blank of foam.



The different stages can be seen on the web-log. I'll post here the pics of the finished thing.

I've been inspired by the Slicer Dicer and Nels' Namkhai.
I plan to shape a single concave forward and a double concave at the back.
A leash loop on the deck. No fins for the moment.

Maybe my daughter (17 months now) will use it as a paipo ... or maybe I'll prefer her to have a soft bodyboard.
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[Thierry]

Here is what it looks like before being glassed :




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[eef]

Looks FANTASTIC!!!! How does it surf?
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[eef]

forgot to ask: did you design the turtle graphic yourself? It's very nice!!
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[Thierry]

I still don't know how it rides.
I hope I'll have enough time to glass it before my holidays on the 9th of September.

I didn't find on the internet (tattoo sites) any Polynesian turtle I really liked, so I designed it. Now I think it looks like a Japanese theater mask and not a Polynesian style turtle which symbolizes wisdom and fertility.

I drew it on paper, then copied it on the board through the paper, and painted it with a paintbrush and acrylic paint.
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[Thierry]

Here is how it goes :

after I sanded the deck



and after I laid finish coat on the hull :





I'll test it in one week and I'll tell you how it rides at the end of September.
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[Thierry]

I've tested the board twice in 2 ft short waves.

It rides quite right with easy take offs, good speed and it is directional enough to hold a line on a wave.

I found it awkward at first to handle such a small board. I put my hands on both sides of the nose, my fore-arms on the board with my elbows not far from the tail.

I think I prefer using either a real hand board or lying on a board of the length of a body board (even a small one).
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[eef]

Hi Thierry!

i think i know what you mean i have a board that is about the same size

(you used a picture on your website: the orange shark) and it seems to work better when the waves have a little more power.

What i like about it is that i has enough float to rest on, but still duckdives very well.

I'm working on a small wooden handboard, i'll post some pictures when it is finished

greetz
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[Nels]

[Thierry]

To eef :
Yes i found it works best when waves have a bit of power (hollow waves, reef breaks or shore breaks). Then you have more speed than with a handboard because you have more surface to plane on.
Duck diving is not much of a problem for me with a body board or a shortboard so I didn't really care about that issue with so little float but it's true that it requires very little effort to be made.

Yes keep us informed about your wooden handboard.
If you agree I'll add it to the collection of handboards on my blog.

The next I'm planing to make is a paipo made of wood. It will be bigger than this cubit board and probably a bit shorter than a bodyboard. I still don't know what outline I'll give it.

To Nels :
I call handboards the boards you can use with only one hand (about one foot long) and cubits or mini paipos the boards you use with your two hands and fore arms because it's too large to hold it with only one hand and it would be too dangerous to have one hand strapped to such a surface of board. If you lie on it with your torso then I call it a paipo.

I didn't test it for a very long time but I didn't find it to be stressful to any part of my arms, whereas the kind of strap I've put on my handboards is quite tiring for the wrist.
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[eef]

Finished my handboard! haven't had the time to test it yet, but you can see it at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnryNwhPERA

i made it from an old skateboard, and turned the boards concave upside-down. The thingy on the nose is to mount my camera on
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[Thierry]

It looks promising ! A bit like the POD handboard but without the center keel.

I like the shark design (your trademark ?) and the concave which helps bite on the wave face.

I would just have turned up the rails (30/70) on the nose so that it doesn't catch on take-offs, especially as it hasn't any rocker.

What are the dimensions of the baby shark ?
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