The Essential Guide To Choosing Your First Stand-up Paddleboard - A Beginners Week Bonus Episode

This week is beginners week on SUPfm and ahead of Season 4 we've got new SUP tribe members covered, with four episodes covering some of the key questions and challenges facing new paddlers wherever you are.We're featuring experienced watermen and women covering these key subjectsHow to choose your SUPSUP safety Learning, confidence and developing core skills What you need to know about your iSUP and packageMake sure you don't miss out on future episodes by following us on your favourite podcast app here https://www.supfmpodcast.com/listenToday is day two of this week's releases and this episode features Ian Phillips, a waterman whose considerable practical experience across watersports has led to a number of huge achievements and today we're tapping his knowledge on a key evergreen topic for people wanting to join the sport.Check out Ian's excellent source article on How to select your SUP, originally written for his Facebook group Standup Paddleboard UK and Ireland right at the very bottom of these show-notes. Even if you don't listen to the episode, please make sure you read it, you won't regret it! In this episode we talk about Ian's waterman background and his paddle from Scilly to the UK mainland before riffing through his article giving you a great lead through the main features and pitfalls of choosing your first SUP.To learn or to buy a board/equipment with Ian then please visit his site here https://www.surfs-sup.co.uk/In Season 4 of the podcast we're also giving a shout out to the SUP instructors who work hard to help new and improving paddlers engage with the sport, and get equipped with the skills they need.If you're a certified instructor from anywhere across the world, then we'd like to feature you on an episode. Simply leave us a message here with your name, your certifying body and a message about you and where you are, with a tip, piece or advice or even a nice word about the podcast ;)You've only got 1min 25 secs of recording time and you can re-record as many times as you like before you send it!We'll choose a recording to feature on each episode after applying a light edit and getting the sound balanced.Well done to all instructors for your hard work expanding our SUP tribe and wishing you a great season!Ian's Article - This is the best independent information on buying your SUP out there!STARTING OUT GUIDECHOOSING A BOARDThe most commonly asked question on any sup group worldwide we want to help by giving a quick intro to board and paddle choice for any of our group members.* POINT 1 *In reality you have 2 categories of boards being 1) Inflatable and 2) Hard construction.1) An inflatable board is one that is stored in a bag, but when ready for use can be rolled out and pumped up.2) A hard board uses a build material of a foam core wrapped in either an epoxy or carbon, much like a normal surf board.Within each category (inflatable and hard board) you have subsets including : All rounder, Tourer, Race, Downwind and Surf sups.* POINT 2 *Inflatable:PROSIf storage space is limited then the isup or inflatable is a great option.You don't need roofbars on a car to transport them as they can easily fit into a car boot.They're light to carry (some are heavier than...

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