Message to people selling short SUPs

You may have a SUP too small to comfortably stand up on to paddle. My bet is that it is fun to surf!

What you need is a paddle that is short enough (or that telescopes) so that in the kneeing position you can hold the top of the paddle when the blade is out of the water on the up-stroke, arms out in front the top one at about a 45 degree angle.

Paddling like this you can get on the wave easily, surf it like a longboard and go out in surf that is way too bumpy to SUP on.

[Copy and paste this into places where short second-hand SUPs are sold.]

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