Friday 16 October 2015

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Power to the Paipo

‘Too Ride Head First’

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I decided to have a go at making my own timber paipo, so after a quick hunt around locally I found some 18mm laminated pine at the local hardware, cut out my desired shape with a jig saw then shape and sand with 7”power sander and by hand. This took me all of a couple of hours, then it was just to scribe a logo on the deck, give it a few coats of a penetrating polyurethane sealer, and finally a few coats of linseed and turpentine gum oil to finally seal the wood ….all up just under $ 40 in material !

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The  two above are only 900mm in length and 450mm in width, with the one below based on my previous paipos at 1.3 m X 450mm. I find the longer paipo to my liking with the extra length allowing my body to stretch across the board , keeping the tail into my groin and my hands pushing firmly onto the nose, which is ideal for taking off steep waves, the smaller ones I found were to just short for me, making the take offs difficult but once up and riding they planed along the surface much similar to the longer board…each to their own!


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Maiden Voyage

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Was lucky enough to score some swell and company from my SCUMM brothers and sisters for its first try out in the water, 2-3 feet on a local left hand reef break, with the crew riding surf mats, you can see a speed difference between the 2 very different rides. Surf Mats you can manipulate the shape and ride by adjusting the amount of air in your mat,you can tap the surface tension of the wave to achieve the maximum speed out of the mat,  Paipo have a flat hard surface, so they tend to take off and accelerate almost immediately, depending on the wave face and power of course !


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Wooden Rafts from adam williams on Vimeo.

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This was a fun little session I had mid week after work , with the crew all over a fun right hander on the adjacent beach, I decided to give this little left hand point a try and was stoked how well the board went, so different to riding my mat here, was able to hold my line better and make it out of the foam barrels where normally i would get pushed sideways on a mat.



Black Wood from adam williams on Vimeo.

Paipopolis & SCUMM outakes

Another fun morning with the SCUMM crew , with a mix of kneeboards , mats and paipo…..you can get so tubed on a paipo and still come out the other side.


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paipopopolis from adam williams on Vimeo.



paipopopolis scumm outakes from adam williams on Vimeo.

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Scarmatra Bound

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Thursday 1 October 2015

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Brad Cowell and Joe Coyne standing the beach at Wreck Bay after a nice early morning surf . Both are residents of San Diego, USA and were here to compete in the 2015 ISA World Kneeboard Titles , which was held recently in Kiama .


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TEAM USA  at the 2015 Kneeboard World Titles‼️ — with Joe Coyne, Brad Colwell, Sam Coyne, Jamie McHugh,Edward Quinn and Jenny Mehlow Morris at Surf Beach Kiama.

Brad Cowell 3rd place in his age division Kahunas

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Big Congrats to Wayne Smurf Jennings….King Kanunas


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Photo credits to Randy Morris, Brad Arman and Mick Devall

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 Early Morning Wreck Bay

Brad had visited us back in 2007 and scored some great waves  but never got to surf Aussie Pipe, so on this trip with a couple of days to spare before the comp , he and Joe spent two days with me surfing , and they scored some  surf here at Wrecky in the morning , with another surf out at Green Island that afternoon.



summercloud ksusa from adam williams on Vimeo.


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Ed Quinn above with Simon Farrar below

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I paddled out with my hand plane as it was small and with the water so clean and clear, it gave me a better chance to film the boys between me catching waves.

Wrecky Rights with a hand plane is so fun



Hand Planes from adam williams on Vimeo.


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Its amazing what you see above and below the water line.



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Paul Newman was there representing as well.

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Lenny Viall

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Long Time no See !

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Joe down at the boat ramp at Summercloud Bay

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Green Island Afternoon


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Johnny Tofu & Terry Towelling….Fancy seeing you here


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Johnny's Brown Dog Paipo


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