I dropped into my local SUP shop this morning to pick up Casso's new mag and while there I poked around at some of this seasons gear. Theres not a whole lot you can tell from seeing a board hanging there on the rack but I did get a geezer at all the new paddles.

Given the opportunity to compare a lot of the paddles side by side I found that the flex varied a lot. The Quickblade seemed to have by far the springiest shaft.

My question to everyone and maybe the OC guys could have some input here, is it better to have a flexier or a stiff shaft? Are there pros and cons to either and does it require a modified paddling technique in any way?

I'm 6' and 95kg, I go 5" over in surf and 8" in distance