So, I bought a new paddle board at Costco. It's an inflatable one. It's pretty big.
And last year I fell in love with paddle boarding up here at Island Park. So, I
want to do a review of this pedal board that I got at Costco. So, this is the
box that it came in. Hyper light. It was $400. Let's go check it
out. I'm going to do a comparison of this paddle board to a couple of other styles
of paddle boards. I'm not going to do a comprehensive how to set up because there's
lots of videos on that I watched one before I set it up before I bought it
actually, I watched it. But I'll let you know that I haven't used the bag yet
because we've kept it inflated the whole week. That pump worked great. It attached
to the board just like the instructions said. The fin attaches really easy. Comes
off really easy but yet it's really secure so that's awesome.
I'm going to go out there.
You actually pulled us in out of the water for a month. So, this plastic
paddleboard is one that was provided with the cabin that we rented. But it's
actually quite stable. One thing that I want to show you is these fins. They
actually fold in and tuck away when you're not using it and then they fold
out and hold secure when you're using it on the water. That's a pretty cool
feature. You'll notice that this plastic paddle board has a really low profile. My
feet are about at the water's level. And I find that I am a little bit more
stable if it seems like a more rigid structure that I'm standing on. But I'll
admit my inflatable one that I bought, it's more fun. I don't know why. It just
seems like it's more of a ride whereas this this is just more firm.
My daughter enjoyed the inflatable paddle board as well. That this is the
one that she chose to go out on mostly time.
Skoo back onto the brown part right there. So, this is a trick that I'm quite
proud of. It's actually pretty dorky but I would jump from the dock onto the
paddle board and try not to fall. And much of the time were on the other toys
and so this thing sits here empty. So, one thing that we really enjoyed having 2
different paddle boards is to kind of battle. Like that like the jousting match
or we'd say ramming speed and the goal is to try and tip each other over. Now,
the plastic one because it was a low profile. I found that it had an advantage
because it can go underneath the inflatable paddle board. The inflatable
paddle board can actually hold a lot more weight but when you can go
underneath it and flip it over. That helps you win. Here's the moment where I
get underneath my daughter's paddle board.
My son Joseph really wanted to dunk his sister. I found it quite comical. He's
kind of immature in this moment and I just think it's really funny. The fit he
throws as he's the one trying to dunk his sister. Now, one thing that I found is
it behaves differently depending on where you stand. So, if you stand more
forward and you paddle it goes straight. You can paddle several times on one side
and it doesn't really turn that much. If you scoop further back and you paddle it
becomes really easy to turn. And so, you can you scoot all the way back and it
actually becomes fun and out of balance where you're risking falling off. But it
was fun to try and do tricks and stuff like that. So, I do have to say I really
like this paddleboard. Even compared to that plastic one that is more stable. I
just feel like going on the other one more. It feels funner. Yeah. And I have
plenty of control, I have plenty of balance. Even though it can sway a bit
more. I don't feel like I'm unstable when I'm going to fall off. It's softer. If I want
to sit down, I can. It's way lighter. So, the fact that I can just pick it up and
move it, if I have to move the green on I'm like, "Eh, I don't really want to
pick that thing up." So, that's just how I feel about it. It's nice having a really
lightweight one. And the fact that it can deflate and I can take it home in my car
or I can carry it on my back in the backpack. I tried that out when I first
got it out of the box. So, the lightweight portability and it seems funner and it's
more comfortable on my feet. My fun mounting strategy where I kind of just
run on the back, I never felt like attempting that on other paddle boards.
Maybe because they're too hard or something like that. But I am definitely glad I
bought this paddle board. I give it 2 thumbs up except for my earth ax thumbs
holding the camera. If you felt that this review was helpful then give it a thumbs
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