How good is SUP?
Cardiovascular Fitness: SUP can be a great cardiovascular workout, especially when paddling at a brisk pace or over longer distances, helping to improve heart health and endurance. Flexibility and Balance: The activity promotes flexibility and balance as you adjust to maintain stability on the water. 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.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.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.
What to know before buying a SUP?
A SUP board must work for your size. If the board doesn’t displace the correct amount of water for your weight, you won’t be supported well and the board may feel unstable. Board volume and weight capacity are two factors that affect how stable you will feel and how well the board will travel through the water. Great examples of Surf SUP hard boards would be the Starboard 8’4 Hypernut or JP Australia 9’8 Fusion, while inflatable Surf SUP’s would be the Red Paddle 8’10 Whip and the Fanatic Stubby.SUP Foil consists of surfing a stand-up paddle board equipped with a foil (or kite) under the surface. You can’t use a standard paddle unless you modify it.Most SUP boards are designed for one person only (especially inflatable SUPs). However, some family-sized paddle boards are designed to support the weight of several people, allowing two people to paddle and have fun together.Inflatable or solid SUP Their streamlined shapes and stiffer hulls experience less drag and flex, translating to faster glides and more efficient paddling. This makes them ideal for racing, touring, and experienced paddlers seeking optimal speed.
How much is a good SUP?
Decathlon iTiwit Beginner Touring SUP Their inflatable beginner paddle boards are indeed within the ‘budget’ category and priced from just £299. Stand-up paddle boards can vary in price, ranging from about $200 to around $3000. If you are lucky, you will also have a chance to find a quality board for under $500. The paddle board price is generally influenced by materials, brand, size, features, and construction quality.