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[kage]

Too bad, because it is a beautiful little board. I especially like the fingerholes.

[Thierry]

[HIpaipo]

I know what you mean about the water going every where but under the hand board Theirry. I have a Hydro Bodysurfer hand board that also has a hole for your hand to grip, and the water comes out of the hole like a fountain and slows me down. I think straps are the best way so far to secure your hand to a hand board.
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[kid]

This is something I've been playing around with for a while.
I call it "The Pick" (guitar pick) It's 2ft by 15inches with a deep double concave. Riding it is somewhere between a handplane and a paipo. Its very fast, highly manoeuvrable, and ride super deep in the barrel! SOOOOO much fun!

[kid]

...and a couple of hand-planes!

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[kid]

Handplane Practise!


Handplane Fail!

You're doing it wrong!
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[HIpaipo]

Nice handboards, have you tried them yet?
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[kid]

Hey HIpaipo, I've been obsessively testing different outlines and different bottom contours for the last year or so. I reckon a rail-to-rail concave with a slight hull shape under the nose seems to work best. I've also tried straps and hole-grips, and I don't think there's a huge difference. I tested the strap model with the chinese character for "hand" (far right in top pic) this morning in 4-5ft hollow shore break, and I think I've hit on a good formula! It also has parabolic rails which work well on alaia's. Just to be sure I came home and made an exact replica, but with a hole-grip (see bottom pic). I'll post a ride report as soon as I can test both in the same conditions!
Cheers,
BJ


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[Poobah]

My own experiments with the short end of the stick are buried about five years deep in the archives. So I think it's worth a link back for the new readers here. My "cubit" boards are long enough for elbow leverage, and most of them don't have handles. They are meant to be ridden with 2 hands, like a bodyboard...one hand on the nose and the other hand on the rail.

http://rodndtube.com/paipo/forum/viewtopic.php?t=239&highlight=cubit

[kid]

Ahhhh! Cubit Boards, I like it! I had the idea when I cut an alaia down from 8ft to 6ft, and I had this cool nose piece left over. I put a slight double concave through it, and rolled the last 3 or 4 inches out to the rail. I've become hooked on riding it in hollow close-out beachbreaks. I use the technique of one hand flat on the board, like a handplane, and paddling with the other one to catch waves. Once i'm riding I use your style of inside forearm on the board, and other hand on the nose. Its like bodysurfing with a hand plane, except you can carve full cutbacks and bottom turns without losing any speed! In closed-out barrels you travel a long long way inside the tube before the inevitable hammering! Thanks for your post Poobah, now I know what to call the damn thing!
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