Hey there! Steve built the Lil’ Dorado Pendoflex, a beautiful belly board or paipo. These boards are incredibly fast. The group photo below shows three small craft: the Lil’ Dorado with the Lil’ Garibaldi, and the first Pendoflex Rubber Ducky which was made in 2007.
Aloha and Cowa-flexit!
Dorados, photo courtesy Adam
The Lil' Dorado, Lil' Garibaldi, and the first Rubber Ducky
18/12/2011 at 2:23 am Permalink
Oh man, if that isn’t the coolest 4 feet of variable foam, I don’t know what is.
Want. To. Try!
18/12/2011 at 9:47 am Permalink
Those look like so much fun!
18/12/2011 at 11:53 am Permalink
Hey Steve-O,that looks like awholelottafun!! We need to hang out!!! can’t wait to talk story with you.
18/12/2011 at 12:50 pm Permalink
Hey Rob, thanks! Sure, give us a call! Cowa-flexit!
18/12/2011 at 12:52 pm Permalink
Mahalo Bruce! Cowa-flexit!
18/12/2011 at 12:55 pm Permalink
Hey Russell, thanks for your note. Sounds great.
Out for now, Cowa-flexit!
18/12/2011 at 3:25 pm Permalink
Looks fun. Flex-a-bunga!!!!
18/12/2011 at 4:26 pm Permalink
very very nice- how wide are those lil’ fellas?
i hope you two are well.
stein
18/12/2011 at 10:58 pm Permalink
I have a green duckie Steve shaped for me last year. It is easily my favorite board. Really durable too I lost it into a jetty this summer and it was caught in for a few sets. I was real nervous when I was able to get to it but it only had a tiny little ding in one of the fins. So lucky!
Order one you will not regret it!
James
19/12/2011 at 3:50 pm Permalink
Mahalo Chris!
19/12/2011 at 3:52 pm Permalink
Hi Steiny, thanks for your kind note! The widths range from the first Rubber Ducky which is about 23-1/2″ to the Lil’ Garibaldi and Lil’ Dorado which are 20 inches and 19-1/2 inches wide.
We are well thanks, and hope that you are too!
Aloha and Cowa-flexit!
19/12/2011 at 3:54 pm Permalink
Hey James! Mahalo for sharing your story of stoke about your Pendoflex Duckie!! Aloha and Cowa-flexit!
22/12/2011 at 9:17 pm Permalink
Love My New Mahi!
Cowaflexit!
27/12/2011 at 7:21 pm Permalink
Hey Mr. Salty, thanks for your note.
We’re stoked that you’re stoked!
Cowa-flexit!
28/12/2011 at 12:05 am Permalink
love to you both! things going well up here
28/12/2011 at 9:06 pm Permalink
Steiny, thank you for your note, we’re happy to hear that you are doing well. We send you all our love too.
Happy New Year!
Aloha, Cher and Steve
08/03/2018 at 2:37 am Permalink
Stand up surfing may be in my past with two bum shoulders, so I’m thinking paipo. But I’ve been thinking more glide and float. Do you . have any experience with boards over 5′ long and 24 inches wide?
08/03/2018 at 1:31 pm Permalink
Hi, John,
Yes, we have! Right now, Steve is making a 6’4″ x 23.5″ bellyboard – kneeboard for a 70 year old surfer. Steve has made others in the five to six foot range and they fly.
Aloha and Cowa-flexit!
Cher and Steve
15/10/2018 at 9:49 pm Permalink
Hiya,
Do you have reports on how those large paipos are working out? Do you have any photos or additional information?
16/10/2018 at 12:48 pm Permalink
Hi, John,
Thanks for writing. The paipos work really well! They’re very fast and maneuverable. Cher can paddle into waves on the Lil Gaby 4’4″ without fins.
As for the larger paipos that Steve has made for our 70 year old friend, he was charging on the recent SW swells riding his new 6’0″ Pendoflex bellyboard! No cameras where we surf, but he was all smiles, and we saw him easily paddling into waves and making very fast sections! He have photos of he and the board, but not while surfing.
Aloha and Cowa-flexit!
16/10/2018 at 1:23 pm Permalink
Hey, John, We just made a new post that shows R’s 6’0.” It has a fast, special tri plane hull bottom.
Cow-flexit! Steve and Cher
https://www.pendo.com/2018/10/60-pendoflex-paipo-flyer/