How To Choose Your First Paddle Board

 

How to choose your first paddle board

 

Paddleboarding is a water sport that is becoming more and more popular. The original paddle board was a wooden hard board. Later, hard boards made of other materials gradually became available, but recently inflatable paddle boards have become more and more popular.

 

If you want to buy a paddle board, you might as well start with an inflatable paddle board. Compared with traditional paddle boards, inflatable paddle boards are very convenient to store and carry. Compared with hard boards, inflatable paddle boards are generally more affordable. , In addition, later maintenance is relatively simple and less expensive. This is why it is recommended that you choose an inflatable paddle board for your first paddle board, so you can use these suggestions to choose the size and type of paddle board.

 

 

Purpose of purchase

Learn to use a paddle board: When you use a paddle board for the first time, you need a paddle board that can be relatively easy to operate. Among paddle boards, the all-around board is the most suitable for novices. It has appropriate width and high stability, allowing you to get familiar with paddleboarding.

Surfing use: If you want to be able to enjoy water surfing like those very cool paddlers, then you need a smaller paddle board with fins, which is more suitable for you to catch waves, and the addition of fins can make You are more aware of the direction to turn.

Travel or racing use: If you plan to paddle long distances or race, you can choose cruise boards and racing boards. Racing boards are narrower and allow you to move faster through the water.

Recreational use: The combination of yoga, fishing and paddle boards has been favored by many people recently. You need to choose a paddle board with a relatively large surface area, which can hold your fishing tools and be enough for you to perform some yoga moves.

 

 

Your weight and skill level

Weight-bearing capacity: The weight-bearing capacity of a paddle board is related to your weight. You need to ensure that the buoyancy of the paddle board can support your weight without submerging too much.

Skill level: If you're new to paddleboarding, our top recommendation is an all-around board. When you have some experience, challenge yourself and try a narrower paddle to speed through the water or dance with the waves.

 

 

Paddle Board Volume and Thickness

Volume: The greater the volume, the better the paddle floats and provides stability. You can calculate volume based on weight to ensure adequate buoyancy.

Thickness: Thicker boards tend to provide more stability, especially for heavier paddles, and prevent the paddle from bending when uneven forces are applied.

 

 

When you choose a suitable paddle board your experience will be very good and you may even become addicted to paddle boarding, which is a very good thing and allows you to enjoy the tranquility of nature as well as the roaring waves. You can browse our official website to see if we have the paddle board you need.view more