Paddles

I have not seen anything on here about paddles the surfski shoot out was great(it left out surfing speed but for flat was great) I am looking for a new paddle and any input would be great. For the last five years I have been out of the K-1 and surfski have ben paddlein rivers and creeks. I recently bought a epic V10 and am using an old Van Dusen team blade, but thought it too big for distance. So I bought a fenn 4 and my speed droped and stabiity went outhe door. So I am back to the van Dusen paddle a much lager blade with a much better catch. I would like to find a paddle that will not be as big but not as small as the fenn. Ps i like the fenn 4 an am not knocking it i am a big guy about 240

Howzit, thanks for the comment on the shootout, we need to do another one!

There's some good info on paddles on this thread:

www.surfski.info/forum/index.php?topic=16.0

Check out that info, then talk to some guys like Mark Lewin, Oscar, Darryl Bartho, they're all friendly guys and will give you advice 'till you ears fall off.

Check out the paddle selector on the Epic site as well:

www.epickayaks.com/home/paddle_wizard.aspx

And on the Knysna Kayaks site, they have information that at least allows you to compare the sizes of the blades.

cheers
rob

thank you that was very helpfull