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Re: What length is your surf paddle?
« Reply #15 on: November 05, 2018, 11:56:55 AM »
Head high for my two lower volume boards that put my feet just at or under the water surface and +1" for my higher volume long board that put my feet just above the water surface. 

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Re: What length is your surf paddle?
« Reply #16 on: November 05, 2018, 12:05:34 PM »
I'm trying to work my way smaller.

About 2" taller than me but I'm trying to stand with more bent legs and want to get to my height or maybe a shade lower when I cut my new shaft.

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Re: What length is your surf paddle?
« Reply #17 on: November 05, 2018, 12:49:47 PM »
76" tall, 245 pounds. BP Surge 82 surf paddle at 72". I find the paddle cadence too slow with longer paddles. Plus switching hands I don't get the blade caught up.
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Re: What length is your surf paddle?
« Reply #18 on: November 05, 2018, 10:44:05 PM »
69 3/4” I’m 5’9” and my boards are 105L - 110L

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Re: What length is your surf paddle?
« Reply #19 on: November 06, 2018, 05:21:17 PM »
6'4" 275, paddle is 2" overhead….170L Foote. My 8-4 Vec 160L and the 9-8 Element 150L I surf with a shorter (head high) paddle.
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Re: What length is your surf paddle?
« Reply #20 on: November 06, 2018, 09:53:40 PM »
I'm 5' 8" Tall.  Current Favorite Paddle is ~ 66.5 "

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Re: What length is your surf paddle?
« Reply #21 on: November 06, 2018, 10:08:24 PM »
I'm 6'-7" and my current surf paddle is 6'-10". The one I cut down to 6'-5" eventually gave me back pain. Where I typically surf it's not a shore break, so I have to paddle a long way out to the break. I'll paddle back and forth between breaks too. It's maybe a 1/10 of a mile between breaks. Lots of paddling. Another spot I occasionally surf is a sandy beach break. You paddle out maybe 100 feet to the lineup. Then it's just a few strokes into the wave. I could use the shorter paddle there, because there is very little paddling envolved. I do like a shorter paddle on the wave, but it's no good if I have to paddle a lot.   
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Re: What length is your surf paddle?
« Reply #22 on: November 06, 2018, 11:12:29 PM »
^ I use an adjustable Werner Rip Stick (89) for that reason... keep it longish for paddling out and between breaks, then shorten it up for surf. I usually shy away from adjustable, but for this purpose it works.
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Re: What length is your surf paddle?
« Reply #23 on: November 11, 2018, 08:33:26 AM »
I am just over 5'10" and my Kialoa Methane is about the same.  I may go shorter.
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Re: What length is your surf paddle?
« Reply #24 on: November 11, 2018, 01:24:21 PM »
My surf paddle is one inch overhead at 72", and my downwind paddle is 78", since the board sits about five inches higher in the water. If I go any shorter with either one, I find that it is harder to keep a functional bracing blade in the water.
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