We do a heap of it around here and sell a heap of gear it pays to buy good Fins we all use and sell Dafins they are some of the best i have used. Good hand planes are fun and make making barrels a little easier. If you are looking for any good gear shoot me a message and i'll help you out.

Cheers Jacko

ikw777 said...
I'm struggling to see how a handplane would be a benefit in the surf.

Good for carving on an edge and coming out of a bottom turn planing. Boom boom!

I made me and my mates handplanes out of offcuts of paulownia that I had left over from some board building projects, they only took about 40mins to make so if figured it was worth a try.
I have a bit of a belly so am not the most hydrodynamic of individuals, the hand plane gives me that extra bit speed along the wave that is missing when going conventional.
I'd definitely recommend giving it a shot.

Nope, , better than surfing,,
each to their own , I'm putting on weight, ( trying not too), but , handplane --------------
Stick to ya board!

There used to be an orange plastic model available.

There was ongoing conflict at City Beach in the mornings from the old timers who would body surf in the traditional manner going straight and arms to the side versus a couple of guys with flippers and a hand gun.

The older guys would be ten or more to a wave and the hand plane guys would cut across them and used to end with a fair bit of agro.

Dont really need one going left but I should get one to see if it makes going right easier as I end up down the bottom of the wave.

This looks like a cheap n cheerful plastic one.

www.podware.com.au/pod-handboards-solid-plastic-bodysurfing-handplanes/

Yeah the pod is the original.

The bloke shares a factory with my mate, cool dude been into his bodysurfing for ever.

His wooden ones are sweet, bought one for my old man or Xmas.

The fins are pretty good also.

Dave,

The cover shot for today is a sick barrel with a guy sliding through it on his gut.
Don't know if he's fallen of his surfboard.

It's a great shot!

Years ago a mate had one and I gave it a go. My conclusion was that he's wasted his money.

If you can already body surf then you don't need one and it doesn't really make it any easier (it's not like body surfing is difficult anyway). I much prefer my surfboards. At least with a board, you've got something to sit on between sets. :)

buckles said..

Years ago a mate had one and I gave it a go. My conclusion was that he's wasted his money.

If you can already body surf then you don't need one and it doesn't really make it any easier (it's not like body surfing is difficult anyway). I much prefer my surfboards. At least with a board, you've got something to sit on between sets. :)

i love surfing BUT when its a serious shorey or sucky ledge you cant paddle into body surfing is great!! yes i often just go without flippers and hand boar but when the condition are on you can get some serious wave and barrel time on a hand board plus you can make make some decent pits.

^^ I'm with DunkO on this one - if I had lots of time and not much money I'd make one.
But currently I work a lot, earn decent money, and am going flat out all the time.
I can barely juggle home/car maintenance, work, family time, sleep, trying to find time to kite every now and then, posting crap on here.
I'd rather just buy a hand board and fins, if I don't like it I'll sell them on Gumtree and I've blown maybe fifty bucks. It's a cheap experiment at that.

I have an old thruster, a 6'2" T&C board made in hawaii. Needs a new leggie and there's wax keeping some of the dings watertight but I'll still use that some times too.

I don't really like the sitting round on your board between sets to be honest, I'd prefer to be kiting - up and riding all the time not doing all that work and sitting round waiting for a tiny pay off. I'd also prefer to be swimming - more connected with the ocean, less boring, and also getting more exercise. Surfing kinda feels like the worst of both worlds some times - but maybe if I actually caught more and better waves and stayed up longer then I'd feel differently.