When I got my first SUP I picked up a pair of "SUPwheels" (www.supwheels.com/SUP_Carrier.html) which seemed like a good approach for the 500m or so from the front door to the beach. Alas after 2 uses the axle broke which the manufacturer put down to a bad batch... which they said they knew about but they had thought they had solved the issue before any got out the door??? ... and to boot the bent/broken wheel damaged my new board where it rubbed which I am not the least bit happy about!

Assuming the SUPwheels were "not faulty" the main issue I had with them was that they carried the board ok but there was no convenient way to pull the board. Some sort of easy handle would be great. I tried rigging something up with some rope which "had potential" but it was not as straight forward as I anticipated it would be.

Wheels on the board can be pushed or pulled until you get to the sand but once you hit the sand you have to pull and with nothing to hold on to it is probably easier to carry the board and the wheels separately.

So what is the answer?

What about some sort of shoulder harness/sling so you are not trying to hold the weight of the board with your hand continuously. If the answer is some sort of wheeled arrangement how should it be configured/set up?

I am not without skills when it comes to making stuff and there are lots of buggy type dodads out there so design suggestions will be happily taken on board.

Ladies and Gentlemen - your thoughts please!

If you want to carry it, what about a board bag with a shoulder harness? Of course, you'd have to leave the bag on the beach, but it sounds like you would have to have done that with the wheels as well. Elofant also sell a shoulder sling, which looks reasonable in price.

I converted an old golf cart.

Beachwheels SUP cart ;
- With Black EVA wheels for road/park use : $149
- With Grey PU low PSI wheels for soft terrain (sand/mud etc) : $259

Just carry it. It's only 500 meters.

It's very practical and confortable even more with board bigger than my 6'9" 28.25"

Zeusman said..

Just carry it. It's only 500 meters.

I do

sharpie said..

6' 9" are you serious

My best SUP, 80 liters fits perfectly for my 75kg , 2 feet beach break.

Coming back to the thread, so easy to carry walking on the beach more of a lazy's Zeusman 600m far from crowd with the shaft's help.

Just fit a deck attachement and slide the shaft trought to the leash attachement.

SUP Mule...better than SUP Wheels


Beach Wheels looks good too

The last picture seems the best solution, let your wife carry your board to the water

www.quiverkaddy.com/

skebstebamal said..

www.quiverkaddy.com/

plus one - here is mine on my bike

great for pulling by hand , only dramas I have had are the board rubbing on the back wheel of the bike


so kept the nose cone and pinched the wheels off the kids bikes -made a new improved version of the trolley- much better on rough beach tracks

New release of the SUP Wheels? Evolution with strap handle that connects to a bike. Remove it off the bike seat and use the SUP Wheels ? handle to walk your board to the waters edge. No tools or other hardware needed. Evolution will work with short surf boards and up to a long standup paddle race board.

www.supwheels.com/store/c1/SUP_Wheels_Shop