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fiddleyak
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Topic: SUP Paddle Posted: 27 Jan 2010 at 11:31pm |
Looking for a cheap stand up paddle. I'm 5'10", in Seattle. benjhawthorne@gmail.com
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dragorossinw
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Posted: 28 Jan 2010 at 12:29am |
contact Next Adventure in Portland. They have cheap ones for about $50. Sure they will ship one to you, or come on down and paddle then pick one up on your way out www.nextadventure.net
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Tony Z
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spilly
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Posted: 31 Jan 2010 at 8:50am |
Buy a Werner you cheap bastard, they RIP!
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dragorossinw
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Posted: 31 Jan 2010 at 9:07am |
Well, if you want top of the line, then go with a Select, hand made in France
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Tony Z
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Travisimo
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Posted: 01 Feb 2010 at 3:52pm |
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H2O please
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fiddleyak
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Posted: 02 Feb 2010 at 11:48am |
Thanks for the suggestions.
I'd be the first to say how great Werner is...but this paddle will be used to propel a beat-up winsurfing board across flat water...not mank my way down class V. Not a good enough reason to buy a handcrafted, $300 paddle IMO.
Next Adventure didn't have anything in the $50 range.
James, do you still have that broken kayak paddle that I could put a T-grip on?
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ThrowYaMittsUp
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Posted: 02 Feb 2010 at 2:07pm |
I bet an old carlile kayak paddle with a t grip would work alright.
Select! Who the F is that?
I'm no SUPer but if I was looking for a good paddle, I'd stick to a paddle manufacturer, not a windsurf fin company that has jumped on the SUP wagon. Besides, check out select's blurb:
Row standing on a surfboard is a new
discipline spreading fast. Laird Hamilton, the hawaiian Waterman,
indulged himself by crossing the channel on a stand-up surfboard !
Stand-up floats are specific to this technique (important volumes &
lengths 12 to 13 feet) to be able to row comfortably and cope with the
smallest waves.Silly French, you paddle a SUP Board, not row it.
Now if you really wanted a high quality, handmade stick, you might want to head to Ohiopyle and buy Backland a few drinks and see what he can build for Y'ins.
And since when does being from France make something better.
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"Call on God, but row away from the rocks." ~H.S. Thompson
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Tobin
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Posted: 04 Mar 2010 at 6:28pm |
Why not buy a raft paddle?
Or keep an eye on the banks behind Wave Wreck, they loose many!
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Sure?
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James
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Posted: 04 Mar 2010 at 7:31pm |
Ben: I sure do, it's all yours... It would take some work but I think you might be able to get it done. A little wood to carbonfiber transition...
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fiddleyak
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Posted: 05 Mar 2010 at 3:38pm |
Thanks for the suggestion guys...I ended up dropping the cash for the Werner paddle.
If anyone else is into beginning SUP, hit me up, I've been going to Greenlake a lot and am planning to play around at the takeout eddy of the club run on the MF Snoq soon. Then hopefully a NF Stilly run or Sultan to Monroe etc. What a fun sport and an awesome way to make easy rivers super exciting.
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