Lacey Posted something the other day about liking the feel of his wooden paddles on the OC1.

A while ago I made an extremely light Pauwlonia, Balsa and Cedar SUP paddle for my mate Dan McDonald of DMS Surfboards. The deal was I made it, he glassed it. He has been too busy to do it so I am taking over.

The experiment is: Can you make a Balsa laminated shaft stiff while being stupidly light???

For this I will use Uni Directional Carbon tape glassed onto the back of the shaft with epoxy resin along with some other bits and pieces.

Below are photos of the paddle, I will post more along the way as this one takes place with weights etc etc.

Just spent most of the weekend working on a new paddle.

Timbers used on #2 paddle are Cedar, Pauwlonia and Balsa. All in 3mm sheets thanks to Grant Newby (Fish Fry organiser) laminated in Epoxy. There is also a couple of layers of Bullet proof vest fabric in the lamination, for real!

The pics below are still in the raw form, unsealed or glassed. You will need to use your imagination for the finished product. Weight must be below 1kg! No substitute for my C4 Carbons though.

Just needs a final sand, glass the blade possibly carbon on power face, glue on the handle and a couple of coats of epoxy to seal it all up. This one is for a friend that I owe a few favours so hopefully I get to paddle it also. He will glass it himself hence the unfinished pics.

#3 and #4 are an experimental DW paddle and a new OC blade. Just working with wood is very addictive.