Inflatable fun! (paddleboards ;) )
My search for inflatable boats actually turned up 2 winners, so now I'm on the hunt for an inflatable paddleboard to add to our collection. Does anyone have any advice or tips? My internet researc...
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The ones you linked to are some low budget watercraft, and I'm not sure you will find any 6" SUP in that price range. I looked quite a bit at them last spring and I think you'll have to pay at least $500 for one with decent rigidity. Tower and Saturn make some that looked good to me. Sea Eagle's SUPs are even more money.
In the end, I saved myself the cost of a SUP. A local company that sells and rents SUPs also holds a paddleboarding class on a nearby small lake every Saturday. For $20 I joined the class and got to paddle a rigid, 32" wide SUP with the group for about 1.5 hours. I discovered that it is work. You constantly are working those leg muscles in the battle to maintain balance. It was hard to appreciate and enjoy the beauty of the day or of the lake because I was too busy concentrating on not taking a bath. And paddling really works the abdominals, too. My legs were so sore by the end of class, I knew I did not want to own a paddleboard. Instead, I only bought an inflatable kayak.
In the end, I saved myself the cost of a SUP. A local company that sells and rents SUPs also holds a paddleboarding class on a nearby small lake every Saturday. For $20 I joined the class and got to paddle a rigid, 32" wide SUP with the group for about 1.5 hours. I discovered that it is work. You constantly are working those leg muscles in the battle to maintain balance. It was hard to appreciate and enjoy the beauty of the day or of the lake because I was too busy concentrating on not taking a bath. And paddling really works the abdominals, too. My legs were so sore by the end of class, I knew I did not want to own a paddleboard. Instead, I only bought an inflatable kayak.
