champcrow said...
The paddle does seem to have more of a bend in it then a common paddle. Does anyone know the reasoning behind this or is it a personal thing?
Laird uses Quick Blade paddles (I think it's a part of his Surftech sponsorship) after spending years with Kialoa paddles and helping them develop their SUP paddles.
I think Quick Blades are about 14 deg blade offset..Most others are about 12 deg..or something like that..It also has a huge surface area compared to most others..(21" x 9" and others are about 16" x 8 1/2").
I think it lets him get serious grunt at the power part of the stroke without lifting water..The down side would be less power at the start of the stroke...Just guessin'..

DJ