I’ve told you before how much I like your work.
Have you made any paipo/belly boards?
Made a couple body boards with surfboard construction methods.
Really fast, but did not bend and flex like a traditional bodyboard.
Kinda hard on the ribs too.
I have a bitchin’ Dextra-like paipo from the 60’s or 70’s that I’ve been meaning to replicate.
Maybe my next project.
Thanks for inspiring me.
Barry That Blue Board with the peel back airbrush is the Tits. Great work. Always nice to see a creative mind at work.
Hey Barry,
awesome work. you produced some great stuff.
Do you actually shape Mini Simmons ?
I’m a huge fan, I made a 4,4 myself and it rides pretty good.
Cheers from germany,
René
Are there any adjustments you make when shaping a shortboard for taller riders?
nice cosmic sprays , bazza , THANKS !
Now , NEXT question …
WHEN will you make a jet bottom surfboard ??
need photos ? [ I have …er… one or two ! 
]
cheers
ben
This happens to be an area of expertise for me as I am 6’4".
Taller surfers have a higher center of gravity.
So they can lean a board over easier than a shorter rider.
So I tend to leave a little more volume in the tail area.
I also widen them to keep the outline curvy.
Sometimes shapers will lengthen a board without adding width to the outline.
This makes for a straighter outline.
My formula is .25" for every 2.0" in length. Center width.
I also usually make the center concave less deep as I have found the width and deep concaves do not work well together.
Thanks.
I went through a 3-D faze a while back.
Shadows and some realism.
Fun stuff!
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The last two sentences are pure gold coming from a place of experience.
I have a really basic question. Do you spackle or seal eps blanks before laminating? Needed or not needed in your opinion? Mike
No spackle or resin sealer.
If you use a good quality EPS foam and shape it out without ripping and tearing, it is not nesessary.
If you must spackle, apply it thin and sand blank down to bare foam leaving spackle just in the voids.
Ben, my itchey fin-making friend.
It is on my need to build before I die list.
That is a tall challenge.
Need to get a stringerless blank and do it.
Then ship it to Oz.
Got something similar on my bucket list. Neal Purchase “Virgin”
You thinking???
On the serious side how would one go about shaping a single concave on a HP 5-10?
Thanks!
Matt,
Concave is really easy.
I work from the center out.
Back-cuts with the Skil make it easy.
Litteraly takes me seconds.
I do it in an eliptical motion.
Can you explain a back cut Barry?
One of the greatest things about a Skil 100 is the ability to run it backwards to clean up the passes made going forward.
If done correctly, it will clean up planer lines like a Surform.
Just by opening the front shoe while going backwards works so good.
Learned that one from my good friend / previous employer Gary Linden.
thanks barry
keep living for a long time eh … the j b hi fi board is at the ‘back of the queue’, I’m thinking ?!
my brother has three of them , so … unless some other aussie here wants to ride one [ ?"pandanus "? …but he lives near where they are MADE , anyway ! [ 1770 / Agnes Waters ] …keep it in cali , and turn on the calis to jet bottoming [ just maybe not the fart variety though , ehh ?! ]
Thanks Barry for going above and beyond the call of duty! Thanks to all who participated. Barry gave us a good week of this, 2 pages, and pictures too. Don’t think we could ask for much more. Tonight I’ll add EXPIRED to the title, and Barry will be off the hook and out of the hot seat.
Huck,
This was fun.
Hope I helped somebody.
With all the great shapers I have been fortunate to work with,
I could write a book.
Most are willing to share with their knowledge.
So I just pass it forward.
I answer lots of questions at the shop too.
Challenge yourself.
Never stop learning is my final tip.