Avoiding Paddle Surfing Mistakes

Video Transcript

"In this clip, there's just general things that could pose a problem to you while you're out there paddling. First couple of times, you're going to get up paddling you're going to find yourself actually dinging the side of the board with the paddle. It's very easy for this paddle to rub against the gunnels of the board, I guess you would call it, in boatsmen's term. But, rather than doing that the first couple of times, make sure you do an extra wide paddle to get into the groove of it. You can see, we actually do a lot of stand up paddle tours, and sort of guided executive trips, and a lot of the guys are taking these paddles out and they're rubbing them right up against the gunnels, so you can see there's a little more wear and tear than there should be there. So, just generally speaking, to watch out for your equipment and other people's especially. Make sure that you like have an extra wide paddle and you're really just taking baby steps up to the final progression."