What Paddle do you use?

Advice
#21

AT2 for WW. Best paddle in the
world. (To me). Lendal 4 piece varilok with an assortment of blades for sea duty.



Dogmaticus

#22

I’ve destroyed one. NM

#23

Onno
Onno “Feather” for my bad shoulders

#24

A cherry canoe paddle and
an Onno kayak paddle!



Enjoy the best of both worlds.

#25

Steve, would you tell us why you like…
…the AT paddle so much? Are you using an Xception SL or the Xception SL OS?

#26

Lumpy GP
Some home made GPs also. Not MY home. I can barely make a bowl of cereal.

#27

AT Also
Love AT paddles both in WW and Sea. I use a T4 Carbon and I think it’s a steal at under $300. Light enough, strong and durable. The AT Bent Shafts have a great feel. I have lighter and more expensive straight-shaft touring paddles, but I just can’t put this one down.

#28

A variety, mostly homemade
We have 9 homemade GP’s of varying designs. My better half has a couple of Epic EP’s and I have a Lightning Offshore EP, a Bending Branches Journey, and a Werner WW paddle. There are some old cheap wooden EP’s out in the tool shed, too.



And let’s not forget about the canoe paddles - I have an ash Nashwaak Cruiser, and a wooden Old Town paddle.



The GP’s and the Nashwaak get the most use.

#29

210cm
Werner Cypress

Werner Ikelos on the deck and for rough stuff

#30

Lumpy GP
By Uncle Bill

#31

Lumpy
I just got my new Lumpy this week and got to use it for the first time this evening after work. “How sweet it is”! Thanks Bill.

#32

Harmony estuary one piece 230cm
45 degree feather.

#33

Were you in the olympics?

#34

Xception
215cm set at 45 degrees is my fav. I also have a OS in 215 and a standard 220. The OS is OK but the blades, are too big for my liking. the 220 is nice, as well.



I like the not-so curved, smallish blades mounted on a soft, naturally shaped, double bend (we have a patent on this feature) shaft. The foam cored blades are light, soft and very forgiving for grip/slip in the water and the foam makes them near weightless! I seriously believe the Ex is about as close to a wood GP as you can get with a Euro. I’m not the only one to feel this.



Give one a try and you’ll see.



steve

#35

nope

#36

I use a…
Werner Camano as a main paddle.

#37

Ditto
Also use a homemade GP

#38

Four Gp’s and Four Swifts
My favorite is a 92"x3.125" soft shoulder Cypress GP I made.

I have a 90"x3.25" Sitka shouldered GP I made.

88"x3.5" Friday Harbor laminated GP.

72" Laminated Storm by Kris Buttermore.(SWEET!)



2 Mid Swift 220

1 Mid Swift 225

1 Ocean Swift 230



I think I am going to sell two of the swifts and one of the three GP full length’s. Time to try some other stuff. A friend has a Don Beale That I think is quite attractive. I’d steal it if was long enough:) Bill

#39

Nimbus Wavewalker #1 Choice
Also sometimes Lendall Nordkapp and Werner Camano

#40

A few
Werner Ikelos 220cm

Bending Branches (carbon shaft) 230 for my wider boat.

And soon to be Tuktu laminated greenland.