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[bgreen]

Hello,

How important is neutral bouyancy in a paipo? The fibrelass paipo I ride all have relatively neutral bouyancy, as does the alaia.

This makes duck diving easy, does it have other advantages?


Bob

[eef]

It improves your swimming skills for sure

A nice thing about neutral bouyancy is that the board doesn't surf in by itself wehen you lose it.
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[dksnap]

I love the feel of a neutral bouyancy board. Duckdiving doesn't tire you out, so you have more energy for swimming the board out to the lineup. Also, the kicking/pushing the board ahead of you into waves and then jumping on is just a fun feeling. And don't forget the speed sensation

[eef]

yup! That sums it up nicely!

greetz,

Eef
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[Poobah]

I've often wondered....if you made three plywood paipos with the same exact template, but made them different thicknesses, would there be a noticable difference in the ease of takeoff? Or maybe the same thickess, but vary the density of the wood, like pine, birch and oak.

[dksnap]

Poobah, that sounds like a project worth taking on. It would be interesting to hear the results.