Simple Poll on Paddles

cadster · Post by **cadster** » Fri Dec 17, 2010 9:20 pm

Four choices for whitewater use.

the great gonzo · Post by **the great gonzo** » Fri Dec 17, 2010 9:34 pm

wood is good

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TGG!

cheajack · Post by **cheajack** » Fri Dec 17, 2010 9:58 pm

touch wood

Lengthy · Post by **Lengthy** » Fri Dec 17, 2010 10:06 pm

I'm sportin' wood.

DougB · Post by **DougB** » Fri Dec 17, 2010 10:36 pm

Wood shaft.

I don't get the glass shaft wood blade combo's....

TheKrikkitWars · Post by **TheKrikkitWars** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 11:37 am

You can't beat the good old Glass Werner Bandit, As much as I love my Mitchell Premier, the bandit remains my day to day paddle.

I really don't understand the Half and Half paddles...
Wood paddles are nice to use, tough as old boots, warmer in the hands and pretty;
Composite paddles are cheap as chips, tougher than old boots, lighter, and easily available everywhere.
But combo paddles are expensive special order items with a comparatively fragile join, and have uneven weight distributions....

philcanoe · Post by **philcanoe** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 2:03 pm

a woody is good

Yukon · Post by **Yukon** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 5:37 pm

All this talk of Catherine Bach has gone to paddlers heads

SkeeterGuy86 · Post by **SkeeterGuy86** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 5:49 pm

what ever is cheapest

... would love to be paddling creeks and everything with a Riverstyx paddle but currently use an old werner that i picked up at GAF for next to nothing

milkman · Post by **milkman** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 6:39 pm

So what selection do you make in the poll for a carbon-shaft, carbon-covered wood blade, a la Mitchell? All synthetic?

TheKrikkitWars · Post by **TheKrikkitWars** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 6:45 pm

milkman wrote:So what selection do you make in the poll for a carbon-shaft, carbon-covered wood blade, a la Mitchell? All synthetic?

I'm going to bet that if the carbon covered wood paddles go in "All Wood"... then carbon covered wooden blades with carbon shafts go in "wood blade - Carbon shaft"

coloradopaddler · Post by **coloradopaddler** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 8:19 pm

I've used synthetic paddles since I started paddling, and still do. last year I got a Sawyer canyon guide (probably cheap to some of you guys) but I am really starting to like the wooden paddle.

TonyB · Post by **TonyB** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 10:43 pm

huh..huh.. we said wood!

FullGnarlzOC · Post by **FullGnarlzOC** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 11:01 pm

For what Im looking for. synthetic is by far the best option.

Did the whole wooden stick thing with hockey... and I would just break them. At least with composite I could replace the blade...

With canoeing, quality wooden sticks are just too much money to justify spending. You can get the same performance with a synthetic option, that is much cheaper. And you dont have to worry about breaking that "$250" paddle.

If u use wood because of the relief the flex gives to ur shoulder... there are plenty of synthetic options that offer shoulder and elbow relief.

the great gonzo · Post by **the great gonzo** » Sun Dec 19, 2010 10:04 am

I have yet to find a syntetic paddle that has the same flex and feel of a good wooden stick and that lasts.
All the nice sythetics are too stiff for me. The inexpensive composite paddles just aren't worth it in the long run. A I wore a Bandit out in 1/2 a season, whereas a Backlund or Riverstyx lasts me 3 before it needs a rebuild. And they feel so much nicer, too.

TGG!

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Simple Poll on Paddles

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Simple Poll on Paddles