Some recommendations to correctly play with the inflatable paddle board. Sun Damage: Sunny days are often the nicest days to take your SUP out, but it’s best not to store your inflatable paddle board in direct sunlight long-term. Over time, direct sunlight can fade the colors of your SUP and even cause damage to the PVC material of the board itself. Time: The longer you have your board, the more wear and tear it’ll be exposed to. Eventually every inflatable will need to be replaced but don’t worry, with proper care and storage you’ll be able to use your board at peak performance for years.
If you’re brand new to inflatable SUP, use this guideline: The larger you are, the larger your blade can be. This is because bigger paddlers typically have the strength to pull a larger blade through the water. Now, you are almost ready to hit the water with your inflatable SUP. But before you get started, there are a few extra pieces of equipment you will need. PFD (Personal Flotation Device): The U.S. Coast Guard classifies stand up paddle boards as vessels, so if you’re paddling outside a surf or swimming area, you have to have a PFD on board. Adults don’t have to wear the PFD (though we advise it), but children must. Check your state’s regulations for age requirements. The Coast Guard also requires that you carry a safety whistle to warn other boaters. If you expect to be out after sunset, be sure to have a light on board.
Even on a cloudy day, a good workout on a SUP will get you some benefit of Vitamin D. If it’s a nice sunny day, you’ll feel a lot happier when you finish your workout. Lose weight: paddle boarding is a great way to lose those few extra pounds. While you may not think a gentle paddle is doing anything, it will be. A SUP will help you build up muscle slowly, and as you do you will tone up, look leaner and start to feel fitter. Paddle boarding can burn 300-400 calories, just by paddling casually across the water. As your strength and fitness increase, you can start to paddle harder and longer, and this then gives you a more physical workout – and this is where you can really start to burn those calories. Walking and running are seen as good ways to burn calories and lose weight, but a SUP is a lower impact sport and so you are less likely to suffer an injury and more likely to continue with it.
You don’t need to worry about the robustness of your SUP because we are offering a lifetime warranty for this inflatable stand up paddle board. We don’t think anyone can ask for a better warranty than this. As part of our mission of making inflatable stand up paddle boards built to last, Pakaloa warrants to the original retail purchaser that our Inflatable stand up Paddle board will be free from defects in material and quality for Lifetime from the date of purchase (the “Pakaloa Paddle board Warranty”). The Pakaloa Inflatable Stand up Paddle board Warranty is a commitment to our customers, an expression of our confidence in the quality of our products, and a statement that we stand behind that quality.
An extra inflatable stand up paddle board trick: Ride waves you can handle: I’ve been around the ocean most of my life. Bodyboarding, bodysurfing, surfing, sailing, SUPing… Big waves still scare the crap out of me sometimes. Mother nature is a powerful being and you need to respect that and know your limits. We do this for fun and 99% of us aren’t out there to prove anything. Be smart and ride waves in the right conditions for your skill level. That goes for white water paddle boarding too. Be sure to understand the flow of the river and the power of the water.