Hey everyone,

So I am curious; how important to you is having a lightweight paddle? Although I am someone who is very inexperienced with the sport, I see that the weight of a paddle is an important characteristic of the paddle.

I am part of a group of composite engineers that are looking to bring an ultra lightweight paddle to the stand up paddle boarding community. The technology that we are considering could reduce the weight of a typical all carbon SUP paddle by about 40%.

That being said, I am curious as to how important paddle weight is to you all and how much of an impact it has on your decision of which paddle to purchase.

I've attached some renderings that accurately represent optimized design of the shaft (the main weight saving component, disregard the rather ugly blade design).