pyeman said...

BrisKites said...
We have Demo Paddles in Brisbane. Jut let us know when your coming in so we can make sure they are available.

Sweet! how about tomorrow morning?

Wednesday? Ok no problem

pyeman said...
OK
The nice guys at Briskites let me demo the Maliko the other day.
Extremely nice paddle...obviously.

I was ready to buy right there and then, but they didn't have any xTuf(s) shafts.

Does anyone know of any other stockists in the Brisbane-GoldCoast-Sunshine Coast area? The KeNalu website has the Dolphin surfcraft guys on there, but is there anybody else?

Got a big weekend of paddling coming up in a week and want to get this paddle!

have a good weekend all

Hi Pyeman

I purchased my KeNalu paddle off their website.
The shipping was really quick, had it in my hand in a few days.
You should give them a ring and see what they can do.
Ben

pyeman said...

Thing is, the lucky bugger who distributes in Australia is on hols!
Back soon tho ....I hope!

Holidays?? He told me it was "product testing"...

Product testing done and dusted
Not sure this will make it into production but would look pretty cool hanging on the wall!!

Deano72 said...
Product testing done and dusted
Not sure this will make it into production but would look pretty cool hanging on the wall!!

I want to see you racing with this on Sunday Deno!

Battle of the paddle

RJK said...
^^^^^ahahhahahah

you guys need to get jobs!!

lol!!

kiwibro said...
My 2 cents

worth

Get out of there girl.....you can do better

Deano72 said...
I misread this one yesterday.....I've made a little amendment.
Yeah....questionable choice

ouch.......

Kialoa Methane is a great surf paddle.

for waves i like qb slim jim

vee8 said..

Demoed a Ke Nalu Wiki with a xtuff shaft for surfing,thought it was ok but had a bit of flutter,will stick with my Methane a great perfect well balanced and robust paddle for the waves

The only reason you would experience any flutter would be due to gripping the shaft too tightly with your bottom hand.
By doing this you are trying to direct the blade through the water.....as you need to with flat faced blades.
This just isn't necessary with a Ke Nalu as they will track dead straight every stroke if you allow them to.
Loosen your grip on your lower hand so that your fingers are losely wrapped around the shaft.....just enough to keep it in your hand.
Flutter gone.....also less fatigue in your arms.....win, win!!

laceys lane said..

i had one and they are good. but the heavy concaves in both directions in the blade make for a bit of dodgy release imo. really noticed it dw ing when i went back to a qb. the qb was much easier in this regard. the ke nalu really do grab the water tho

both paddles are top stuff, i guess it comes down to personal preference

The dihederal face of the Ke Nalu blades deffinately force you to use good technique, particularly feathering on exit to get a clean release.
But when done right everything is sooo clean and smooth.
Get it wrong and they can bite on release....I find this a good indicator that fatigue is kicking in and my technique is getting sloppy.
Thanks paddle for reminding me to get my s@$t together
As you say though.....personal prefernece.

Thanks Colas, I saw your post on the small boards...besides a shorter shaft, do you normally use bigger or smaller blades? I would think with shorter board you would want a larger blade right?