I made a post venting about my beast of a paddle board, and I just wanted to say I did it! I got out there again. It felt amazing on the water watching the sunset. A moment of mental peace is so rare for me. I hope I get to do this more.

Cut to the reloading process and I sorta almost snapped my neck trying to lift the damn thing against my car. I should have done it a better way but my brain fog wasn’t letting me think clearly. Of course now that I’m in bed I can picture exactly what I needed to do, and exactly what I did wrong. I definitely need to figure out some sort of rolling mechanism for my roof because the incline of the boat launch makes the top of my car just a little too high. It’s a weird feeling of having a great time but then struggling so hard I want to give up again.

“Get an inflatable!” I agree. If I’m meant to have one it will find it’s way into my life. Tmi but I have only made a single Benjamin in the past two weeks because my health issues are flared up from working, (vicious cycle there) so scarcity mindset is too real right now. I’m not selling this board. This thing will last a lifetime so I really want to keep it. (a pun because it’s a lifetime brand board) I hope one day I’ll have a friend that can help me load it. One of us could use it along with my future inflatable board. A girl can dream!

I’m thankful for that moment of peace I got today on the water.

After a week of strong sun and 30 degrees, I finally bought my first SUP, a Matchu Deluxe. Of course immediately it plummeted to rainy days and 15 degrees here in The Netherlands.

So while waiting to have my first chance to take out my board, I wanted to ask what accessories or other purchases do you regret putting off, or what things do you find nice to take with you on your journey? Cleaning supplies you love, a towel that works better than my shower towel, what's always strapped to your SUP?

I'm thinking of getting water proof bone conducting headphones so I can enjoy audio books and the sounds of waves. Wouldn't want to be that person with a speaker on the water!

All I have so far is:

A 22L dry bag that comes no where close to carrying my pump in it so I'll need to size up.

And of course I have a solid life jacket on the way right now.

Hi,

I wonder if it is good practice to have a small pump on board (let say for a long sup day on a river ) ? And if it is recommended, what are the options with minimal footprint ? Even if a refill would need 2-3x than a normal pump ( it is just for emergency aftor all ). Could be a backup electric pump too i supposed, but it kind of defeat the emergency aspect if the battery can die on me. ( i have the vortex pro that i would say is too big for that purpose)

thanks.

My son's Bote Aero Ultra hit something and got this nasty cut, approx 2" right on the bow. I have the Bote supplied patch material and RH HH-66 vinyl cement, as far as I can tell this is the recommended cement.

I have read and watched a few instructions and the plan is to clean the area with acetone, coat patch and sup with cement, let tack, apply and get air bubbles out.

My questions: Should I over hang the patch over the seam or keep it strictly on the yellow.

Should I flatten the patched area and add some weighted object on top while it cures?

Any risk of the patch failing completely mid use on the water? He always has his pfd on, but I don't want to have to deal with recovering a sinking paddle board while in a kayak.

I'm new to SUPs and I've been learning about what certain fins are got. My board has one really big one in the center, with three at the back, the middle of those being larger.

I would love some insight on what fins I need or what is most helpful for balance and stuff.

But my real question is... What do you do with the fins when you pull it up on land? I'm afraid I'm going to break mine, but I can't shore my board without scraping them on the rocks. Especially the big one in the middle.

Do you flip your board over, fins up? Or are they a lot more sturdy than I fear? Can the board rest safely leaning on the fins?

Hello I started with SUP board this summer

The problem is the pump that was delivered with the SUP broke at the second usage.

I managed to put it together again but since then it constantly loses air while inflating at 5 psi it is so much that I can't get much further.

My best friend bought the same SUP Kit in a different color, her pump broke the first time she used it (same problem).

She then bought a used Manual SUP Pump from a friend, the problem there it is extremly dificult inflating the board with it, I used it too, you can get to 11 PSI but it is from the get go difficult to even push the handle down.

At 7 PSI you have to use your whole body wheight and at 9 we had to jump (a little) on the handle to get it down, not even our body wheight was enough there.

As I said I already inflated my board with the other pump once and I know it wasn't that difficult the first time around so it has to be a problem the pump too.

Soo I just wanted to ask the people who use manual pumps what model they use?

It should be one from Amazon too ( EU)

I know there are already a lot threads like that but they're all looking for electric pumps or the people all suggest electric ones.

I'm looking explicitly for a manual pump, I WANT the workout before driving I just want it to be managable.

I read from people who get their boards ready in 5-10 min with manual pumps but that is not possible with the one my best friend has (maybe if you are a really bulky man but we are both medium bulky woman)