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This blog was started in February 2007 for documenting the shaping of my freestyle kayak (most of it is in french, except a summary in german). Pani Piyo! is the name of the kayak and means drink water! in Hindi, one of the main languages in northern India .

But the blog is not only about kayak, and you can browse through the categories: "Overland to India 2007-2008", "Pani piyo 2008" for informations on building a kayak with vacuum bagging (in French or German), "Building a paddle", "Wood - Carpentry", or "Miscellaneous".

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10 novembre 2019 7 10 /11 /novembre /2019 20:54
Longboard 2.1: tuning for carve & slide
Longboard 2.1: tuning for carve & slide
It's time for updates about longboarding (meanwhile rather shortboarding, because of the turn :-)). Nothing revolutionary has happened since the last article which I wrote after discovering the carver surfskates. This year (2019), I've just been doing...
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20 avril 2019 6 20 /04 /avril /2019 20:46
Building a surf & freestyle kayak (2019)
Building a surf & freestyle kayak (2019)
My quest for the optimal "surf & freestyle" kayak blend is continuing. This is an evolution from the previous shape from 2016, which was already much better than the first one in 2012. The picture below shows the new profile (brown cardboard template)...
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10 octobre 2018 3 10 /10 /octobre /2018 20:47
Children's Kayak (2018)
Children's Kayak (2018)
This is a 160 x 50 cm kayak I built for the children. The weird thing is that I can't try it...
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29 avril 2017 6 29 /04 /avril /2017 09:52
Building a short surf kayak (2016)
Building a short surf kayak (2016)
After the experience of 2012 when I first built a surf kayak, there were many errors to be corrected on the shape. Overall, the cockpit and the seat were too much in the front, and I also wanted to reduce the rocker and the volume on the stern. That's...
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16 avril 2017 7 16 /04 /avril /2017 21:39
Longboarding 2.0
Longboarding 2.0
The season 2016 was quite exciting. Many things happened after riding more or less the same board (Bastl Bolero / Caliber 50 / Orangatang The Keanu) for almost 3 years. First, I discovered the Hoots wheels from Remember. These wheels slide like butter...
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13 janvier 2014 1 13 /01 /janvier /2014 14:50
Longboarding
Longboarding
Since I started longboarding in Sept. 2012 I have almost stopped paddling... This is a bit strange for me because I had been so focused on kayaking for almost 20 years. But honestly I was more and more frustrated with kayaking. The last few years I had...
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7 mars 2013 4 07 /03 /mars /2013 06:51
Reverting desertification with a simple method?
Reverting desertification with a simple method?
Allan Savory & The Savory Institute (http://www.savoryinstitute.com/) promote Holistic Planned Grazing: a cattle intensification and planned grazing managemant, to stop desertification and regreen the arid regions of the world. Since I started my scientific...
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31 mai 2012 4 31 /05 /mai /2012 20:45
Construction d'un kayak de surf en "one-shot"
Construction d'un kayak de surf en "one-shot"
Cet article décrit la construction d'un kayak de surf court (190 cm), inspiré de kayaks tels que le Element (Fluid), le SRR's et le Max (Mega), ou le Squashtail (Dragorossi). Comme c'est le premier kayak de surf que je concois et que je n'ai jamais testé...
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13 décembre 2010 1 13 /12 /décembre /2010 22:23
Cloth diapers and paternity leave
Cloth diapers and paternity leave
Since the birth of Raphael 2 months ago, we've been using mainly cloth diapers instead of disposable ones. There are different types of cloth diapers but we use mainly flat ones, the most simple type. Here is a short how-to manual for folding and swaddling,...
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12 août 2010 4 12 /08 /août /2010 11:30
New mezzanine bed
New mezzanine bed
Here is a photo of our good old tree-bed which we demounted with a lot of nostalgia... ... then we started installing the new mezzanine bed (2m10 * 2m90): Here is a try to give a global view of it: Now there are hooks for hanging hammocks: How to climb...
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Published by Tournolive - dans Wood - Carpentry