Are carbon SUP paddles worth it?
Choosing the right stand-up paddleboard (SUP) paddle is just as important as picking the perfect board. If you’re looking for the **best paddle for an inflatable SUP**, a carbon fiber paddle is the clear winner. Lightweight, durable, and built for performance, it makes every stroke more efficient. The Lidl Mistral SUP Board is a great and good quality board for beginners that want to get started with Stand Up Paddle Boarding. This wide design board shape is especially suitable for starters and people with less than 5 years of SUP experience.The ROC Scout inflatable paddle board is an affordable, good quality SUP for beginner paddle boarders. The Scout board package includes a number of accessories and is also accessible for younger or smaller paddlers due to the lightweight quality of the board. We recommend the ROC Scout for the whole family.Mistral is widely recognised as the world’s number-one Stand Up Paddleboard (SUP) brand. We have SUP boards for beginners to elite levels to meet your demands.Jacksonville, Florida, based iRocker SUP has a well-deserved reputation for producing high-quality inflatable Stand Up Paddle boards (iSUPs) with a wide range of prices, features, and paddling accessories.
Which SUP paddle to buy?
Lighter is better when it comes to SUP paddles and there is no lighter than a Carbon SUP Paddle. These SUP paddles have the lightest of all constructions meaning less paddler fatigue and being able to paddle for longer and harder. Carbon SUP Paddles are also incredibly strong. Recreational paddleboarders will burn between 330 and 460 calories per hour while paddling, which is twice what you would burn walking around the neighborhood. SUP is a great addition to fitness routines for people who do high-impact workouts that hurt their joints.SUP makes it easy to get fit and stay fit. Never underestimate the power of SUP in terms of weight loss. With just one hour of paddleboard racing, you can lose up to 1100 calories. This is unrivaled with any other exercise.Just like regular surfing, SUP surfing is an incredible full-body workout. You can burn around 700 calories in an active one-hour sup surf session. The bigger the waves – the harder you work and more calories you burn.While beginners can do surfing and SUP, it is much easier to begin on a SUP. Learning to balance on a paddleboard and developing the core muscles you use in paddling is much easier to do on flat waters than in waves.
What’s the best SUP to buy?
Some of the best examples of Allround hard board SUP’s are the Starboard 10ft2 Wedge and the Fanatic Allwave 10ft5 and Jobe Ventura 10ft6. While superb examples of Allround inflatable SUP boards would be the Red Paddle Co 10ft6 RIDE and a Jobe Yarra 10ft6. The most popular SUP boards for general use are 10-11 feet in length and between 32 and 34 inches wide. If stability is a high priority for you, you’ll want to look for a board that is 33-34 inches wide. You can go wider, but you may end up with a board that is sluggish and less fun to paddle.