Sole Bodysurfing Handplanes

Sole Bodysurfing Handplanes Bodysurfing Handplanes crafted to enhance the simple pleasure of wave riding FAQs:

1.) What’s a handplane anyway? Do your handplanes work like a surfboard?

Handplanes or handboards, as they are also called, are used by bodysurfers to increase lift as they slide across the surface or face of a wave. Bodysurfers use the surface area of their bodies, legs, arms and hands to ‘skim’ across the surface of the water. The additional surface area of a handplane, as as small as it may be, makes a big difference in the surfers ability to trim or glide along the

surface of the water.

2.) Our handplanes have a buoyancy that is just above neutral so that they float, yet offer minimal resistance when swimming. They do not float like a surfboard. Instead they rely on the principle of hydrodynamic lift. As speed increases, hydrodynamic lift increases. Surface area and speed are the two main factors that enable the bodysurfer to achieve and maintain lift - imagine how a rock skips across the water’s surface. As the surfer slides down and across the face of the wave he or she gains speed.

3.) What size should I use? Generally speaking, the larger and steeper the wave, the more potential there is for speed and therefore less planing surface is needed. The converse is true for smaller waves with less power, where more surface area is needed to maintain trim. We say for smaller surf use a larger handplane and in larger surf use a smaller handplane. Visit our shop @ www.solehandplanes.com to learn more.

Got seriously ripped off last week. Please keep a lookout for these boards 🙏
02/02/2021

Got seriously ripped off last week. Please keep a lookout for these boards 🙏

enjoy the fruits of an early winter swell in
11/28/2019

enjoy the fruits of an early winter swell in

11/25/2019

11/24/2019

goodness
11/22/2019

goodness

‘Tis the season that OB wakes from its slumber.
11/17/2019

‘Tis the season that OB wakes from its slumber.

11/14/2019

Such a beautiful venue. @ Coronado, California
11/11/2019

Such a beautiful venue.
@ Coronado, California

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A pair of minis for those two hander types. These are not much bigger than a ham sandwich.
11/09/2019

A pair of minis for those two hander types. These are not much bigger than a ham sandwich.

It’s rather simple actually. Make a flat piece of something (some bottom contours help) cut it out, then find some hollo...
10/21/2019

It’s rather simple actually. Make a flat piece of something (some bottom contours help) cut it out, then find some hollow stuff to put it in. @ San Diego, California

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