bellyboards paipos and alaias
Welcome to Paipo Glide - against the grain with ancient flow
Reknown as works of art, the surfboards designed and created by Andy Bick are fully functional. But these boards don't just pay lip service to functionality...these boards totally rip. So they look good they are a fusion of art and technology with absolute reverence to the boards that were designed by the ancient Pacific surfboard shapes. But what sets the boards apart are their unique shapes and incredible performance levels.
"Like riding a Dolphin"
World Bellyboarding Championships at Chapel Porth - 2 September 2012
Paipo Glide will be at WBBC2012 with some awesome bellyboards! pop by the stand and have a go with a Paipo Glide surfboard - you won't stop smiling. Paipo Glide are offering a Bellyboard/Handplane set in celebration of the bellyboarding competition. Contact for more information. Sign up to compete at www.bellyboarding.co.ukPaipo Glide have been making top end surf craft for 7 years
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The Surfboards
Paipo Glide bellyboards, paipos and alaias:
Bellyboards or as Andy calls them: Wave Gliders
These boards are finely handcrafted works which have been loosely based on the classic Cornish bellyboard dimensions (4ftx1ftx0.5"). Andy continues to develop and refine the nose, rocker and rail shapes, making these boards real fun in the surf with or without fins.
Paipo Glide Surfboards. For the past 2 years Andy has made boards as prizes for the World Bellyboard Championships. At WBBC 2010 he shaped 3 bellyboards to the classic Cornish bellyboard dimensions: 4ft x 1ft. However Paipo Glide bellyboards are shaped from a single piece of solid wood. They also have shaped rails and the bellyboard is painstakingly hand sanded and polished to a beautiful sheen using linseed oil, turps and beeswax, culminating in a work of art that also totally rips as a surfboard!
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Paipo Glide news
Paipo Glide Bellyboard
Andy is proud of the fact that his ancestors were instrumental in bringing surfing to Cornwall.
Handplanes
started making beautiful hand shaped handplanes - also known as hand boards. These surfboards put the fun back into surfing in a major way. Needless to say - Paipo Glide handplanes also RIP!!!!!!!!If you would like further info or want to commission a board, you know what to do...
Thanks!