I love the new high aspect paddles.

IMO you will need a slightly smaller overall blade area and a slightly longer overall paddle length.

What brand paddle? The area measurements are all over the shop between brands so I don't think you can so easily compare numbers provided by the manufacturer.

I,m 90kg and use a Starboard HA Large on my raceboards.Before I was using an QB Magic90 and 100. I really like the HA for slipping in and out of the water so easily. it sounds weird and as selling BS but it is a big difference and lets you easier paddling a high cadence. Very light as well so for me a lovely paddle.
It feels a bit less powerfull as my QB Magic90 (the 100 was too much for me to keep an high cadence with) while being faster with less efforts (knowing from testing on my ussual track with my Suunto with GPS and HR).
That said, I tried yesterday the QB Vdrive and imo that felt as an even better paddle.
The going in and out of the water is really really easy as well but got a lot more grip on the water. More as with any other paddle I have seen before. Haven,t tried them with GPS and HR so its just guessing, but it felt extremely effective.
If they weren't so expensive I would buy one straight away.

Mate,
There is a good thread on this in the Board Talk & Review forum, haven't got the time to find it but wasn't too long ago so shouldn't be too hard to find. Post was by Goochi, reviewed the starboard high aspect 2014 models.
Cheers.

Jeroensurf said..

I,m 90kg and use a Starboard HA Large on my raceboards.Before I was using an QB Magic90 and 100. I really like the HA for slipping in and out of the water so easily. it sounds weird and as selling BS but it is a big difference and lets you easier paddling a high cadence. Very light as well so for me a lovely paddle.
It feels a bit less powerfull as my QB Magic90 (the 100 was too much for me to keep an high cadence with) while being faster with less efforts (knowing from testing on my ussual track with my Suunto with GPS and HR).
That said, I tried yesterday the QB Vdrive and imo that felt as an even better paddle.
The going in and out of the water is really really easy as well but got a lot more grip on the water. More as with any other paddle I have seen before. Haven,t tried them with GPS and HR so its just guessing, but it felt extremely effective.
If they weren't so expensive I would buy one straight away.

Jeroensurf,
do you tried the Trifecta too?
Very curious about a comparing both

@Paddlezz:No just the Vgrip while paddling a bit before the races and was really impressed.
a guy I was paddling with tried also the Starboard HA + the trifecta and found the differences with the trifecta and the HA only subtle while we were both drooling over the V-grip.