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Carbon Wood SUP Paddle
Posted August 19th, 2010 by NickI've wanted a Carbon Paddle for some time now but couldn't afford the £200-£300 price tag.
Luckily, and I didn't feel this way when it happened a couple of years ago, I snapped one of my carbon windsurf masts. Hey Presto! A bit of wood work, varnish and resin later. A carbon / Wood SUP Paddle!
The Paddle has a 55% carbon shaft. I've chosen 'Light Wood' which is a relatively light wood for the paddle blade together with some pine for strength to attach it to the shaft. The shaft and the paddle are resined together with Aradite. The blade has been made from clamped and glued strips of wood, planed to shape and then varnished with five coats of varnish.
I've tried to go for lightness for this paddle. It weighs 1.2 kg which is alot lighter than my first paddle and I believe lighter than an Alloy paddle. It's about 300-400 grams more than the lightest Carbons available but when considering the build cost was £3.00 vs £300 it's a good trade off.
The blade is swept back and thinned out a good 40% more than my first all wood effort. I've copied the Starboard power blade outline because I wanted quick acceleration for catching waves.
The main thing is that it's really satisfying making your own gear. The next project is a Custom wave SUP board in the region of 6'6"-7'6". Lee gave me the idea of using building foam insulation. The man's a genuis! I'm going to cut a slab in half insert a stringer and then fibreglass for strength.
preston jelly fest
Posted July 16th, 2010 by j.t
Combe Delivers!
Posted June 7th, 2010 by Nick
Rubbish
Posted June 3rd, 2010 by rob
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Spring SUP Session
Posted April 26th, 2010 by Nick
I've got the SUP fever at the moment with three SUP / Surf sessions in the last week to one windsurf. The bays got some great spots for low high tide surf sessions after easterlies. Low wind morning and evening sessions are best. I feel like I'm cheeting on the windsurf kit!
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good sesh
Posted April 5th, 2010 by j.thad good sesh at preston today nice to see a good 10 out hangin on in the gusts 6m well powerd up check out the next gen on his home made simulator getting ready for this season see ya

30/3/10
Posted March 30th, 2010 by lee- lee's blog
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Nice!
Posted March 29th, 2010 by Nick
JT and Rob got out today.... I got a few picks of JT who did his best with the light winds to do a few transitions by the shore. A nice carve upwind into a helitack.
8th March 2010 - f..ffrii..ken freeezen !!
Posted March 8th, 2010 by Nick








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