So I recently got a fennix elite s and swordfish s. The swordfish s is great but starts to bother my hips on 2 plus hour paddles. The elite s is comfortable but my legs are completely numb after 30 min. I love both of the boats but the elite s kills me to paddle. I have heard I am not the only person that has problems with this and that fenn is possibly changing the buckets? The old fenn elite s felt great and had a wider feeling bucket. The fennix pinches my thighs and hips. I bought a seat pad and made the foot plate adjustable and so far no change. Any tips or success stories?
A revelation for a number of paddlers in Dubai who experienced this dead leg issue , is to put a block of foam under the heels. Experiment with different thicknesses. Quite a few of my friends went from almost instant dead leg to no dead leg using this method.
Chris Bartlett. Fennix Elite S, Fennix Swordfish S. Carbonology Blast X, Carbonology Swift OC1.
