Wood board -- 1950s or 1960s?

General Discussion
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Saw this board in Central Florida surf shop a week ago. Not much is known about this board other than what you can see
and the measurements taken at the surf shop. The board was given to
the shop owner by a friend who found it at a flea market. There is no known
story or other leads.

Dimensions: 36 long x 16.75 x 15.5 nose by 16.5 tail & 13 pod. 1/2 inch thick. Skeg base is 9.5 inches long and 4 inches high and about 0.5 inches thick. The board is fiberglassed. It appears to be made of redwood and spruce and the skeg appeared to be made of redwood from looking at the skeg chip closeup.
The skeg (fin) might be the best hint at the time period and origins of the board? The woods used? Shape and dimension? Any comments on how to estimate it origins?
Larger images are available here: http://mypaipoboards.org/image_p/FL_WoodPaipo/WoodPaipoQuestions.shtml
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Side View, skeg
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 Looks really crude and home made. With that unusual shape and fin, it’s anyone’s guess what the origin may be. If I had to narrow it down, I’d say early 50s or maybe even late 40s, given the use of redwood.

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The wood appears to be Redwood, and either White Pine or Sugar Pine.    The time period is most likely mid 50’s.     The board size, fin shape, and time period says BELLYBOARD to me.    Paipo, as a term outside of Hawaii, did not come about until the early 60’s.     I’m sure it has an interesting history.

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The glass job was second rate but the fiberglass cloth appears different than from what I remember for the late-1960s and later. The construction and shaping looks not so bad… nothing like a GG fin that is for sure.