Ulesys said...
I've been using YOB paddles the last couple of years and am yet to have one break, or even hear of one yet. There are allot of them on the west coast and I've never really heard of one failing. Having said that, it only takes one bad batch off a commercial production line and you've got potentially got a faulty product spread through out an international market.
Early bike frames made of carbon fibre were notorious for cracks and breaking as the race to lose weight heated up, could it just be we are experiencing those growing pains with carbon paddles?
I've seen plenty of the YOBs snapped generally right on the join of the shaft and the blade, also seen plenty of Starboard's, Naish, QB, C4, Fanatic Snap in all sorts of places.
thats "plenty of" 6 different brands, that could easiy be 30 paddles....
