Another great vid from Evan interviewing Jim Terrell from Quick Blade paddles.. What a nice guy.

www.standuppaddlesurf.net/2010/10/25/quickblade-magic-dsi-28-and-sweeper-paddles-with-jim-terrell/

Interesting paddle.. Interesting comments.. Worth watching.

DJ

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G'day DJ

This video is what 5-6 months old as they say on SBS Mythbusters this Dimple Dipper IS BUSTERED.

Hey DW'er it's interesting that you should say that because that vid was taken not long ago.. at the 2010 BOP.

I'm not knocking but.. it seems odd that they would go into production without fully testing it first. (if it's myth busted to not work)

DJ

I'd love to try it.. Maybe AA will bring one to Merimbula.

DJ

Downwinder said...

DJ

this is a good test with a paddle grab a qb 8.75 head shaft your size. Go to a canal when there is no wind & no current then paddle as hard as you can just for 1km then do the same again grab a qb 8.75 dimple dipper head shaft size as same then paddle as hard as you can for 1km I guarantee you will be 30+ slower. I'll put money down

Hey DW - can I suggest it is done the other way round!

DJ, go as hard as you can with the Magic and then as hard as you can with your paddle.

I will have the MAGIC at the Mambo for everyone to try and evaluate, along with the Elite Racer, currently the number one paddle choice for elite paddlers world wide. I know your a QB fan DW, just not of the MAGIC - nothing wrong with that.

I have no doubt there are mixed opinions on a design that only adds a subtle benefit. But having the choice of both the ELITE and MAGIC, can only be a good thing as no one paddle will suit everyone.

I will let Jim Terrell comment on the benefits and who is using it.

Cheers

AA

Hi folks,

I exclusively paddle with the Quickblade Kanaha Magic Paddle with the 8.5" wide blade. Prior to that I have logged countless miles with the Kanaha 9 inch blade. I am currently a team rider with Quickblade Paddles and I have to say I have nothing but good things to say about the Magic Paddle, or dimpled dipper.

When I first got the dimpled paddle I was a little skeptical but I quickly noticed how the blade plants in the water at the entry and the side to side movement is less with the dimpled paddle. Since there is less side to side movement and as a result, less wasted energy, I felt I was able to go down a paddle size and achieve the same if not better results. Basically, I feel like I can grab the water better.

In addition, I make a conscious effort to have an aggressive "release", (The release is the part of the stroke where the blade exits the water). In essence I like to snap the blade out of the water. This prevents the paddle from bogging down the board and creating drag, thus slowing everything down.

Bottom line is I have exclusively used my Kanaha Magic, (dimpled) Paddle in training and racing since I first put my hands on it last winter. Since then, my other non-dimpled QB paddles have sat on the rack and collected dust.

Hi David,

I believe Danny has his own signature paddle. I know Dave paddles for Quickblade, but not sure what he paddles with. I have an elite racer as well and as far as weight goes, I think they are the same. I don't have a scale so I'm just going by feel.

It would seem to me that if there was something you can do to reduce the blade size while increasing the hold as well as reducing the flutter that would have to be a great thing. From what I here from QB team riders that visited Jim's factory in Cali these guys are certainly on the edge of experimenting and looking at things scientifically.

A large blade means more weight, greater pendulum affect on recovery and catches more wind up and down wind. A too small blade just means slippage through the water, cavitation and wasted energy.

I havent tried one of these paddles but what Rob Rojas says above makes sense to me, he has reduced from 9" to 8.5" and feels that it holds more water than the 9". I'd be super keen to here about more people using this paddle.

I would also suggest that DW may have found his usual huge sized 10" paddle may have just had too much power with the dimple going by Rob's comments perhaps he should have reduced with the dimple so that it did not slow him down. If anyone could pull a 10" dimple it's Iron so maybe the guide is to come down with the dimples.

Another company makes outrigger paddles with Scoops although a different design and more extreme see the bottom of http://www.paddleshop.com.au/outrigger_paddling_paddles.html. The company is from Coffs and many of the Coffs paddlers use these paddles and do very well with them.

Don't be afraid of change. Don't spend your whole life thinking about it either, it's bad for you.

Perhaps if you peel off the holograms from your power balance bands and stick them to the end of your paddle, you will go even faster still