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Will it SUP? Testing what you find on (or off) the shore..
« on: March 07, 2015, 03:57:45 AM »
I was driving back from a downwind having just filmed a piece for the "Will it downwind?" series of Youtube vids where non-specific downwind boards are being tested on downwinds (See the Downwind and Racing Forum), when I saw this large piece of Polyfoam / Expanded Polystyrene / EPS on the shore..

So, it just had to be tested.. and a new series, "Will it SUP?" was born...

http://youtu.be/QjYS_igpung

What have you found on (or off) the shore and paddled?
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Re: Will it SUP? Testing what you find on (or off) the shore..
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2015, 05:21:48 AM »
Schweet!   Necessity is the mother of intervention.  :D
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« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2015, 06:13:07 AM »
Great stuff OS!  I'm sure Larry Alison could come up with a fin that would make that block of foam come to life, could be a twin fin candidate due to the wide tail... ;D 

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« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2015, 06:23:14 AM »
Great stuff OS!  I'm sure Larry Alison could come up with a fin that would make that block of foam come to life, could be a twin fin candidate due to the wide tail... ;D

Bean, After I paddled the Polyfoam, I dropped off my boards at our storage place, and went back to pick it up. I fully intended to saw off the two front corners to make a front, and to cut a slot for a piece of driftwood as a fin and also find a way to secure a leash. Then take it downwinding... But it had gone... very sad, as it would have been hilarious taking it for a downwind... Its unusual to find a piece that big, but if I do, that is what I'm going to do with it!
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Re: Will it SUP? Testing what you find on (or off) the shore..
« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2015, 06:37:08 AM »
slightly unhinged.... but I like it ;D

I can see this thread going places.... and probably more that a few "JamieO" moments

My SUP buddy Jim O was testing "bergs" for SUPability yesterday.

He didn't have his paddle, but did a stability test.... plenty of float and good rail to rail.

Here's a screen grab from his FB video "surfing icebergs"

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Re: Will it SUP? Testing what you find on (or off) the shore..
« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2015, 08:21:36 AM »
Here's a screen grab from his FB video "surfing icebergs"

Looks eerily similar to the "Big Foote" sighting.
Have we found stoneaxe's doppelganger??  :o
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Re: Will it SUP? Testing what you find on (or off) the shore..
« Reply #6 on: March 07, 2015, 08:58:14 AM »
It needs more rocker. 
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Re: Will it SUP? Testing what you find on (or off) the shore..
« Reply #7 on: March 07, 2015, 09:34:20 AM »
Bean, After I paddled the Polyfoam, I dropped off my boards at our storage place, and went back to pick it up. I fully intended to saw off the two front corners to make a front, and to cut a slot for a piece of driftwood as a fin and also find a way to secure a leash. Then take it downwinding... But it had gone... very sad, as it would have been hilarious taking it for a downwind...


I wonder if the person who took it did so because they saw that it could be paddled?

Its unusual to find a piece that big, but if I do, that is what I'm going to do with it!

Is it common to find small piece of polyfoam where you SUP?  :o
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Re: Will it SUP? Testing what you find on (or off) the shore..
« Reply #8 on: March 07, 2015, 09:41:01 AM »
Looked like a dock float. Great video, and another great idea.
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Re: Will it SUP? Testing what you find on (or off) the shore..
« Reply #9 on: March 07, 2015, 07:02:48 PM »
I especially like the slow-motion and captions.


Just don't try to enter that block of foam in a race using SUPAA rules.  The weight would most likely fall under the minimums for 12-6 and 14, so you'd have to race it as an unlimited to avoid unfairly exploiting your competitive advantage.

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Re: Will it SUP? Testing what you find on (or off) the shore..
« Reply #10 on: March 07, 2015, 07:51:26 PM »
I especially like the slow-motion and captions.


Just don't try to enter that block of foam in a race using SUPAA rules.  The weight would most likely fall under the minimums for 12-6 and 14, so you'd have to race it as an unlimited to avoid unfairly exploiting your competitive advantage.

But the 12-6 and 14 footers would not be allowed to draft you, so you would have that going for you ;D

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« Reply #11 on: March 07, 2015, 08:07:41 PM »
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Re: Will it SUP? Testing what you find on (or off) the shore..
« Reply #12 on: March 07, 2015, 09:11:47 PM »

I wonder if the person who took it did so because they saw that it could be paddled?

Is it common to find small piece of polyfoam where you SUP?  :o

Been thinking about this. It could be that the piece of PolyFoam was a tender for one of the boat moored in the bay. However I drive along this shore every time I go to paddle and had never seen it there. We do get a lot of debris and PolyFoam along along our shores but this is the biggest one I have seen in 24 years here.
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Re: Will it SUP? Testing what you find on (or off) the shore..
« Reply #14 on: March 23, 2015, 06:37:23 PM »
Forget SUP - lose the paddle and find some waves.

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