These a C1 paddles , why do sup paddles have the tear drop shape and not this kind.

petedorries said...
Some of the ew blades are coming out squarer.
The new Starboard for instance ( have a look at Beau's paddle)

so..these more canoe-like paddles will be for the ACE riders yeah?

(note: Werner's Grand Prix race paddles look a lot more like canoe paddles, and they're a canoe paddler maker of long standing)

Makes sense to me, gets the maximum amount of blade in the water as quick and deep as possible.

HumanCartoon said...

petedorries said...
Some of the ew blades are coming out squarer.
The new Starboard for instance ( have a look at Beau's paddle)

so..these more canoe-like paddles will be for the ACE riders yeah?

(note: Werner's Grand Prix race paddles look a lot more like canoe paddles, and they're a canoe paddler maker of long standing)

Very F@#$%ING Funny
or
an astute observaion.....

Those square edges should take some nice chunks out of the rails on open water.

Yea they are going more that way, especially for flatwater paddles, this is the 2013 Starboard High aspect 550

Better for when DJ wants to slap the butt of the next innocent windsurfer

Im pretty sure they are $400

I would paddle with a blade shaped like that.... if I was in a dragon boat..

DJ

Just some of my thoughts on high aspect paddles.
I spent most of 2012 making testing High aspect paddles with paddle racing in mind.

A high aspect paddle blade is a blade that has the width of the blade less than half of the length of the blade. Although this could be termed a mid aspect blade.

The conclusion that I came to is that it takes longer for the blade to be completely immersed into the water so that a stroke can be applied and completed.

The time difference is even more noticeable when swapping sides.

I found that the shaft had to be longer to compensate for the extra blade length.

Because of this my cadence was reduced.

So my thoughts are for a lower aspect blade for quick immersion and higher cadence.