Reminds me of an old RV I had.miscut jib said:Isn't that sheets of decent quality (no voids/holes) softwood plywood? Or some antipodean equivalent
Looks well done. Rent it out to backpackers?
That is very disingenuous.
The paint on the interior of the hull reminds me of the "Void Ho" video. The art is similar.
You win a photograph of a medal.
No argument with the annoying part, but AFAIK surfers invented them. After living in waikiki a few weeks with only a shortboard, I got an 'if you can't beat them, join them attitude' and bought a longboard. About that time, I started seeing the lifeguards (who are all top notch surfers - a very coveted job) take their surf rescue paddleboards (huge tanker things) out into the surf with a canoe paddle and catch any wave they wanted. WTF it's a damn arms race. Next thing you know, what they're doing gets a name and specific design and the damn things are everywhere. Overnight. This was around 2001 or so. Maybe the Aussies were doing SUP in waves with their paddleboards before that?SUP are made to piss off surfers, 1 step more annoying than long boarders
I think I read somewhere that Laird Hamilton (while not inventing it per se') helped popularize it among the big wave crowd. It allowed him to catch larger waves.No argument with the annoying part, but AFAIK surfers invented them. After living in waikiki a few weeks with only a shortboard, I got an 'if you can't beat them, join them attitude' and bought a longboard. About that time, I started seeing the lifeguards (who are all top notch surfers - a very coveted job) take their surf rescue paddleboards (huge tanker things) out into the surf with a canoe paddle and catch any wave they wanted. WTF it's a damn arms race. Next thing you know, what they're doing gets a name and specific design and the damn things are everywhere. Overnight. This was around 2001 or so. Maybe the Aussies were doing SUP in waves with their paddleboards before that?SUP are made to piss off surfers, 1 step more annoying than long boarders
I didn't actually get around to buying one until moving to Florida a few years ago. $300 on Craigs list for a decent one. We live on a canal and its a lot of fun for puttering about. Still haven't tried to surf on one yet. The viewing angle is so much better than from our kayak. Wife has little interest in the kayak but seems to really like the SUP.
It's got a Gardner! The engines are nuclear bomb proof. Not much on speed or RPM but you could climb trees with it. I would bet that there are some old salt power cruisers or tug guys would kill for that engine. Free? Phuque me.
