Prone paddleboarding

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Thinking of getting into some paddling for surf fitness. Everyone seems stoked on it that gets into it. You guys noticing a lot of benefits in your surfing from this? Thanks!
 

rowjimmytour

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Thinking of getting into some paddling for surf fitness. Everyone seems stoked on it that gets into it. You guys noticing a lot of benefits in your surfing from this? Thanks!
Great for your titz and helps your tatz so......
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njsurfer42

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i love it. we get a lot of flat days in the summer around here, so it's a nice way to get out onto the water when i normally wouldn't. i have a 12' Bark & gets into swells pretty easily & there's lots of fun to be had out to sea a bit on side shore days catching the bumps. there are a few shoals at the mouth of inlets near me that can get pretty fun but break a bit too far out to be worth paddling to even on a proper log but the paddleboard makes accessing those doable. & of course just cruising along in the flat water is pretty zen.
 
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mundus

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i love it. we get a lot of flat days in the summer around here, so it's a nice way to get out onto the water when i normally wouldn't. i have a 12' Bark & gets into swells pretty easily & there's lots of fun to be had out to sea a bit on side shore days catching the bumps. there are a few shoals at the mouth of inlets near me that can get pretty fun but break a bit too far out to be worth paddling to even on a proper log but the paddleboard makes accessing those doable. & of course just cruising along in the flat water is pretty zen.
Love doing the downwind on the afternoon southwest.
 

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SurfFuerteventura

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What type of board were you riding? Sounds like a 12' glider would be a reasonable substitute to a proper prone paddleboard

:roflmao::roflmao::roflmao:

9' x 22" x 3" retro gun style longboard with loads of paddleac foam under chest, but a thinned out tail, single fin, with sharper rails towards the end.

my "broke back" special.... thar she blows...

Link to my shapers Insta
 
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njsurfer42

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wow! that's an amazing deal for a classic board that isn't made anymore! Eaton paddleboards are a rare bird, but i imagine now that he's passed, they're going to be even harder to find. i would 100% buy this board if i lived anywhere close to it.

i've paddled a similar Eaton 14' & it's a great flat water board...it's narrower than the standard Bark 14', so less drag. it felt easier to get up to speed & maintain it & maybe had a touch more glide. not as good in bumps as my 12' Bark, though. did a downwinder w/ the friend who owns it & he wasn't catching or staying on bumps as easily as i was on my 12'. we switched boards for a bit during & i found pretty quickly the hull/nose design would get hung up & dig. the Bark nose/hull would just kind of torpedo through & not catch.
 
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GromsDad

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i love it. we get a lot of flat days in the summer around here, so it's a nice way to get out onto the water when i normally wouldn't. i have a 12' Bark & gets into swells pretty easily & there's lots of fun to be had out to sea a bit on side shore days catching the bumps. there are a few shoals at the mouth of inlets near me that can get pretty fun but break a bit too far out to be worth paddling to even on a proper log but the paddleboard makes accessing those doable. & of course just cruising along in the flat water is pretty zen.
I've been tempted to get a prone board. There is a public kayak launch about 300 yards from my house. I do quite a bit of kayaking and kayak fishing out of there during the flat spells. Would be fun to prone paddle so long as I don't get run over.
 
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