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Paddles Shop for • • • As kayakers gain skill and experience, their paddling stroke technique improves, and they commonly upgrade to higher performance kayaks. When you make such changes, it’s time to shop for a new paddle too.

There are a lot of factors to consider when choosing a kayak paddle. Your body build, the width and height of your kayak, your forward stroke technique (high vs. Low angle), and personal preferences all interact in determining what length and style paddle will be most efficient and best for you. Someone who only kayaks for fitness or race training will choose a different paddle than someone who likes to explore coastlines or paddle in surf and rock gardens. If you haven’t got a clue what paddle to buy, we recommend taking a lesson such as our “SK 101' or 'Paddle Strokes & Rescue Techniques” course which gets the experience needed to choose your first paddle. As you learn these skills, you will begin to feel the differences between various paddle designs, and with that ability to feel the difference, you’ll be able to tell which paddles are right for you.

If you can’t take such lessons before buying your first paddle, don’t buy the most expensive paddle. On the other hand, don’t buy something so cheap and heavy that it will ruin your fun and slow your learning. We recommend choosing a decent all around two-piece paddle with the intention of making it your spare paddle after you’ve had enough time in a kayak to form an opinion on what paddle you really like. If you venture beyond sheltered waters, it’s prudent to carry a spare paddle for safety, and in case you ever need to use it, it’s nice to have a spare that isn’t a real clunker. Two good choices for most novices touring kayakers buying their first paddle are the and the. Buyer's Guide to Sea Kayak Paddles The following is an in-depth Buyer's Guide to Sea Kayak Paddles to help you decide which paddle is best for you. If all this leaves you more confused than ever, call us and we will help you choose a paddle.

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At the Kayak Academy, we carry a large selection of paddles to meet every kayaker's needs. Topics • • • • • • Blade Size For kayak paddles marketed to adults, the total surface area of the paddle blades does not vary much from one sea kayak paddle to the next (for example, a Werner Shuna has 610 sq. Cm while their biggest blade, the Corryvrecken has 710 sq. Yet for people who regularly go out and paddle fast for exercise, even these subtle differences in blade size have noticeable effects. When paddling hard with a relatively small sized blade, strong kayakers can feel the loss of power due to the blade slipping aft as they pull on it. A less strong paddler may pull on this same paddle with all their might and never feel the blade slip any more than a bigger blade would for them. In that case, the less strong paddler won’t go any faster with bigger blades.

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In fact the bigger blades will add weight to the paddle making it more fatiguing, and using excessively big blades may be hard on your shoulders too. On the other hand, the strong paddler might be able to go faster, brace more powerfully to stay upright in rough water, and find it easier to roll with larger blades. Blade Style In comparison to most traditional arctic kayak paddles (which are beyond the scope of this guide), almost all modern (“Euro”) style paddles have short, wide blades. However, even among Euro paddles there is a significant amount of variation in the ratio of blade length to width. Although an expert can do anything with any paddle regardless of its shape blade, wide blades tend to be more forgiving of mistakes when bracing and turning. By “forgiving”, I mean the blade is less likely to dive and cause you to capsize if you make a slight error in the blade angle for the stroke. For similar reasons, wide blades also tend to make rolling easier.

So we generally recommend touring paddles with blades that are at least seven inches wide. Vodguk na versh maksima bagdanovcha cyopli vechar. On the other hand, if you avoid kayaking in rough conditions and don’t plan to learn to roll, then paddles with long, narrow blades (called, “low angle paddles) will work fine too, and they are a little gentler on the shoulders. Several other blade shape factors besides width contribute to a paddle’s overall tendency to dive or not when you make an error with your blade angle.