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Have you tried it? My inlaws are visiting and we're thinking of heading down to Paddleboards Orlando to take their little intro class thingie. Any opinions? Figured I'd ask and this is as close to paddleboarding as forums can get!

Peace out,
Bardy

Personally I don't get it. But I saw half a dozen of those guys out in mid-channel on the Columbia the other day. Right in "the gut" of the gorge. If the wind had come up, they would have been toast. Can they even move fast enough to get out of the way of a tug with a string of barges?

Well, I tried it out and it wasn't all that great. THe dudes running the class were massively hot, so that was nice, but I found that it was just canoeing with a balancing act. Great for the core. Not much else.

Peace,
Bardy

been there, done that, and i don't really "get it" either. did it last fall down in cabo, so had the fun of doing it on waves getting out to the calmer stuff. personally, i prefer being in some form of sit-down watercraft. there is one benefit to SUP if one is trying to simply catch waves for surfing, you are already in a standing position when you catch a wave. but i'm fine with surfing in my whitewater kayak, anyway. regardless, if one is just getting out there and getting exercise, and feeling good about being ALIVE, and HEALTHY, and experiencing the JOY of it all, that is the point. the "how" is just details....... to each his own.