Light and Versatile Gear for Overnight SUP Trips

For an right away SUP journey, assume lean, gentle, and flexible gear that goes the distance without weighing you down. Below are some of our beloved pieces of SUP gear you want to outfit your rig.

 

 

There’s minor difference amongst most inflatable touring SUPs—and then there is Purple Paddle Co., the British import which is cracked the length-to-rigidity code with fused double-layer coating and fiberglass stiffening battens that slide in along the rails of its 12’6″ Voyager ($1,649 redpaddleco.com). Updates for 2021 include shorter twin fins that make loading down this unexpectedly lightweight (24.2-lb) board’s dozen rigging factors less complicated on shore.

Voyager twin fins

They also deliver better rear balance on the h2o, paired with an modern V-hull that keeps the narrower nose breaking h2o, tracking straight throughout present-day.

Red Paddleboard voyager

Maintaining ft comfy and connected is critical. I paired a .5mm neoprene NRS HydroSkin Wetsock ($29 nrs.com) with the cosy and able Chaco Torrent Pro h2o shoe ($a hundred chacos.com) to swiftly beat any chilly and soaked immersion.

Chaco torrent

The stretchy yet tricky five.eleven Selection Prepared Merino Wool Short Sleeve ($69 511tactical.com) base dried out speedy and (thankfully) resisted odor to do double duty off the river, whilst a lighter Howler Brothers Gaucho Snapshirt ($89 howlerbros.com), with its vented, mesh-lined again yoke, held the afternoon sunshine from overheating.

The water-proof zip-top obtain of Purple Paddle Co.’s SUP Deck Bag ($149 redpaddleco.com) made for quick reaches of each day on-h2o goods, vs . camp goods stuffed in its 60-liter Water-resistant Roll Major Dry Bag ($69 redpaddleco.com).

Red Paddle Co deck bag

With more rigging factors and pockets, hydration essentials stowed effortless: amongst a Hydrapak Form-Change 3L bladder ($38 hydrapak.com) lashed atop the load, and the Klean Kanteen Insulated TKWide 16oz ($29
kleankanteen.com), which went from espresso mug to leakproof h2o bottle, without any long lasting campfire flavors.

Kleen kanteen mug

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