Hi all,

For christmas this year Santa bought the family a C4 Waterman 12-6 River Race board, we were very happy

Unfortunately his budget didn't quite run to a nifty paddle as well, so I made the rather dodgy specimen shown in the image below out of a broomstick, some waterproof tape and a spare kayak paddle



I'm keen to get a new one, and was wondering what would be the best material for use in whitewater and rocky rivers? I imagine either alloy or fibreglass would be tougher than the carbon fibre ones, with fibreglass being the best compromise between weight, toughness and price.

I'm mainly going to be using it in the river below my place which has Grade I/II rapids and can be a bit shallow and rocky depending on the water levels.

I did my first run on the 11km stretch close to my place last week and it was awesome fun, even with the dodgy paddle

It made fairly simple rapids heaps more challenging and fun than in my sot kayak

Thanks in advance,

Ant