i have gone up to 14.5 " above my head for my dw paddle and found my 6" above head surf paddle feeling stupidly short. so i got one of those naish paddles and set it up at about 9.5". the paddles not bad at all- heavier than the shaka puu , but to be expected seeing as it's fiberglass. what really got me was the extra leverage in turns i felt i was getting because of the extra lenght .i did have to get use to swinging that bit extra lenght around
cheers

rahams said...

i grabed my daughters paddle by mistake the other avo its about 2 inches above my head .didnt have enough daylight to change so kept going, paddling was really weird but when i was on a wave it felt really good .my surf paddle is 8'' im thinking about trying one about 5 or 6 now.

that's what my shaka is noel. i was happy with, but as i said after the long dw paddle, i felt like a hunchback.thinking of going with the naish long for messy- more bracing power and shaka short for the nice days. each persons different, which is a good thing
chers
ps are you doing supsa tomorrow?

a minor pimp here, even thou i get nothing for it. that paddle- the new naish is pretty good and a nice price, if they go full carbon with it- look out.

paul.j said...

laceys lane said...

a minor pimp here, even thou i get nothing for it. that paddle- the new naish is pretty good and a nice price, if they go full carbon with it- look out.

There is a full carbon one

now you tell me!!!

rahams said...

no i cant make it tomorrow grom fest at lennox i have to baby sit in the shop

that'll make some of the boys happy
cheers