My wife and I just returned from a week in Turks and Caicos, and I took my ULI 9"8" Lopez 1 in case there was some surf (although Turks and Caicos is known not for having surf because of the offshore reefs surrounding the islands). Anyhow, it blew about 12-25 knots straight onshore everyday, so there was lots of wind chop, but no real surf. So I used the ULI as a distance board, and would paddle straight out off shore into the wind for about two miles and then do a "downwinder" back to the beach. It was great fun and a great workout, but the real point of mentioning all this is that I couldn't believe HOW UNBELIEVABLY WELL the ULI handled in all the wind and chop. KUDOS TO JIM,CHRIS AND STEAMROLLER!!!!
Also, I brought the three piece Werner Nitro Paddle and it was oustanding. The long thin blade really worked well in the wind, and provided plenty of paddling power.
HA!..that's great news I'm glad itworked well for you in the wind...I'm usually too much of a wuss to go fighting onshores like that...I usually go runfor my kite...
glad you had a good time....
Werner has a three piece paddle!?!?!?!!!...cool...
A great match for the 10' Lopez Quad fin.