Anyone used a Sawyer Venom paddle yet

Wendy · Post by **Wendy** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 12:17 am

It is an adjustable bent shaft. There site has no contact info.

Post by **sbroam** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 1:00 am

got a link? my googling turned up a *Bending Branches* Viper with a double bend. The Sawyer site didn't show an adjustable paddle or a model called a Viper.

Mike Gardner · Post by **Mike Gardner** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 2:36 am

The Sawyer Viper paddle was intro'd in an ad in recent Canoe and Kayak as I remember. An adjustable length ergo style shaft for WW

Eric Nyre · Post by **Eric Nyre** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 3:09 am

Not sure what the paddle is called, but I have tried an adjustable bent from Sawyer. It uses a kayak ferrule and in the case of the paddle I tried it goes from a 48" to a 56" give or take. We brought it in to help people size bentshafts while in boat vs on land measurements.

Blade size is smaller than a Cedar Egret, my normal touring paddle. Not sure the commercial market for it, I know some adventure racers like large range adjustable kayak paddles (10" or more) due to the variety of craft they may encounter over several races. If this is the paddle you're asking about, I can't see using it in a whitewater environment. They could put a whitewater blade on the shaft if someone was interested, but you could probably talk Mitchell into doing the same thing. The Mitchell ferrule was a twist close (bombproof and simple) vs the snap close that Sawyer uses.

Edit: I think the paddle I used was called a Bonzai Zephyr, it's for SUP paddling and it was just made shorter for our purposes.

TNbound · Post by **TNbound** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 4:37 am

I actually gave that paddle a test run at a trade show over the summer. The crank shaft is just as nice a feature on a canoe paddle as it is on any kayak paddle. I didn't get to test it out in whitewater, and I imagine the crank shaft would make it a little funny to roll with....

Smurfwarrior · Post by **Smurfwarrior** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 6:21 pm

Its actually named a Venom. Here is a link with some info and a side pic.

http://www.paddling.net/buyersguide/acc ... ID=28&cat=

Here is a video of a demo.

http://www.rapidmag.com/blogs/features- ... addle.html

Anyone know where you could get one? Isn't listed on the Sawyer website and I'm getting nothing with the normal internet search for a dealer

Wendy · Post by **Wendy** » Fri Dec 25, 2009 1:07 am

Really looks like a paddle I want to try and hopefully buy. Sawyer needs to post more info.
Happy Holidays everyone!

Bob P · Post by **Bob P** » Fri Dec 25, 2009 2:14 am

For me, that crook looks about 3" too high on the shaft, especially when I'm paddling C1. When I'm paddling OC1, I tend to shift my hand down on the onside, up on the offside, so the situation is even less favorable.

bigspencer07 · Post by **bigspencer07** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 3:10 am

..For a look one could sneek a peak at Galasport's DoubleTorque carbon (bent)shaft. If shaft grip were a little more situated...the length adjustment would sure make for an easy demo/rental scenario.....

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Anyone used a Sawyer Venom paddle yet

Anyone used a Sawyer Venom paddle yet

Oops- I corrected original post

Galasport's Double Torque shaft...