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kid · Joined: 11 Jan 2010 Posts: Location: Bells Beach

I made one of these last spring, and I was amazed at how well it worked. This one is 26 inches long by 16 wide. It has a slight roll through the bottom and hard rails all round. It's like a mini-paipo, or a big handplane. I've heard them referred to as cubit (forearm) boards. They are great for bodysurfing in steep hollow waves. You can take off much deeper, and still have a lot more speed than with a normal handplane. You can also bottom turn and cutback like a paipo board!

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mrmike · Joined: 06 Sep 2007 Posts: Location: coronado, ca

I have made 3 cubit boards. they do well in dumping shore break. they also travel well Cool

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kid · Joined: 11 Jan 2010 Posts: Location: Bells Beach

They sure do! I carry one in the seat pocket in my car for emergencies!
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littlefoot · Joined: 14 Mar 2010 Posts: Location: NW Spain

My goodness. A great looking board!
So it's halfway between a handplane and a paipo; I'd never thought of that possibility. Is it good for big waves?
Again the temptation to start a new project... sh#t!

kid · Joined: 11 Jan 2010 Posts: Location: Bells Beach

Hey Littlefoot! They work great in big waves, but they really shine in fast hollow waves. The planing speed is more like a paipo than a handplane!
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geoffreylevens · Joined: 18 Nov 2009 Posts:

Kid, love to see photos of you riding it! And no handle/hand grip? Two hands on or just one at a time or... Hold it out front like hand plane or get some body/meat on board?

mrmike · Joined: 06 Sep 2007 Posts: Location: coronado, ca

I use two hands like a kick board then get it under my chest sometimes Cool

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geoffreylevens · Joined: 18 Nov 2009 Posts:

Totally bitchen' concept, the suitcase board. That and a mat and flippers and you could ride pretty much surf you come across and always have good tool for the job

mrmike · Joined: 06 Sep 2007 Posts: Location: coronado, ca

I love my mats also. Very Happy

I alway keep one it the car also. they are lots of fun in the right surf conditions Very Happy

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kid · Joined: 11 Jan 2010 Posts: Location: Bells Beach

I use mine like and elbow board. One hand on the nose, forearm resting on the board, and the other (outside) hand on the rail, controlling the trim and turning. I hold out quite far in front of me, and use my whole torso (and displacement hull) and legs to shape myself to the wave, more like bodysurfing than like paipo riding!

I love using these boards in big clean, close-out waves. I find I can take-off side-slipping into the barrel, and travel an amazing distance, deep in the barrel before it breaks. Then, its just a matter of punching out through the back to avoid getting hammered! SOOOOOOO MUCH FUN!
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Poobah · Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 7:38 pm Post subject:

I made several different Royal Egyptian Cubits based on the Pharaoh's forearm...about 20 5/8 inches.

I had plans to make some two footers, something I've named the Durban Half Pint. But so far I only shaped one...as a kickboard for Mike's wife. Mike, did you ever varnish that thing?

The Durban Half Pint was something that came into my head when I read Bartlett's handbook about the men in Durban riding boards that were half the length of normal bellyboards.

mrmike · Joined: 06 Sep 2007 Posts: Location: coronado, ca

larry pams loves the board and used it in the pool the laides in the pool like it also I put 6 coats of varnish on it and burned her name in it Very Happy

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Poobah · Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 6:20 pm Post subject:

There we go...the boxy rail pool version of my interpretation of the Durban Half Pint. The camera lens makes the tail look wider than the nose, but it's really wider near the nose.

In Bartlett's pamphlet, he was vague about the half-sized boards ridden by the men of Durban. I imagined the possibility of a traditional board that was either cut or broken in half. So I just traced around the nose half of an old Penzance board to template Pam's board. Of course someone might have ridden the rockerless back half of a cut bellyboard. Plus there were kid's boards...right? I've seen photos of a couple of Parkins boards that looked about half size.

Poobah · Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 6:51 pm Post subject:

Here's one I made a few years back...about 23" long. Five pieces of wood glued together in such a way that the 1/4" thick stringers are allowed to stick through the bottom of the board for little keels.