paipo

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English

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Etymology

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Coined by the surfer Wallace Froiseth, possibly misheard or misspelled from Hawaiian pae + poʻo.

Noun

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paipo

  1. Any prone-ridden surf-craft that is neither an inflatable mat nor a traditional finless soft bodyboard.

Usage notes

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  • The original paipos were finless wooden boards developed in Hawaii. By the 1960s the world of paipo had grown to include small foam/fiberglass bellyboards with surfboard fins. Both types still exist today, though in very small numbers.