I've got two kids, 7 & 11, who want to get into paddling but are struggling with my paddles so the obvious answer would be to buy a couple of adjustable paddles for them. Anyone got any reccomendations of good, well priced paddles suitable for kids?
My mate just boughr a naish alana adjustable for his daughters (similar age) and its fantastic - super light/thin carbon shaft/simple to adjust and small but efficient 7" blade. And they are well priced.
Hey Rager, IMO Naish make the best adj. paddles on the market at the moment. The most popular one, for a good reason, is the Naish Carbon/Glass adjustable. It has a 70% Carbon shaft with a glass blade and carbon running down the centre of the blade for extra strength. That paddle comes in a 7, 8 and 9 inch wide blade, for the kids I'd recommend the 7 inch. These paddles are super lightweight, let almost no water in and are so easy to adjust. Also as foxsup said there is the Alana paddle, which is the exact same paddle as the 7 inch carbon/glass, only with the ladies graphics on it.
Cheers
Marcel 
I just bought a really light canoe paddle for my three year old from Whitworths. Not expecting he will be much use with a paddle at this stage, but every time we take the family to the creek he tries to have a go with my paddle so who knows. For $15 it wasn't much just for a bit of a muck around.
