bellyboards, alaias, paipos and hand planes

Paipo Glide Handplanes

against the grain with ancient flow

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!