The Kayak Blog

The Little Dipper Fiberglass Paddle from Werner is their smallest Low Angle touring design. The smaller blades pull easily through a stroke putting less strain on joints making it the popular choice for smaller paddlers. Youth and smaller women love the fit of our Little Dipper combined with our Small shaft option.

“The Kalliste, pronounced Ka•list•a, is Werner’s foam core touring blade. The Kalliste Carbon’s mid-size blades and foam core profile offer the best combination in a quiet, light, and powerful paddle. Optimizing both forward and feathering strokes, the Kalliste’s foam core creates a unique profile that enters and exits the water exceptionally quietly while adding buoyancy for a lighter feeling stroke. Werner’s bent shaft for touring kayaking offers several distinguishing features that literally work hand in hand with their carbon touring blades to reduce unwanted strain and make a light grip easy to use. A neutral bend guides the wrists into natural alignment with the shaft, reducing unwanted strain. The unique index along the grip area creates comfortable hand contact, maximizing your ability to control the stroke while maintaining a light grip.  This paddle is also available in a straight shaft.

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“The VO2 Racing Paddle by seven2 is their paddle designed specifically for racing. Seven2 uses monocoque air-core construction for their blades molding them under heat and air pressure as one complete piece of composite, resulting in lighter swing weight and greater buoyancy. The VO2 Racing Paddle has ergonomically angled grips guide the hand, wrist and forearm into a natural, comfortable position. The hydrophobic rubber of the grips cushions the hand allowing a more powerful grip on the paddle. The suspension flex stores and releases energy in the shaft during each paddle stroke and absorbs shock. The smaller shaft diameter of Seven2 paddles significantly increases strength while also reducing weight.

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“The Camano, Werner Paddles’ most popular touring paddle, has mid size blades which are easy to pull through the water yet still provide plenty of power and brace when you need it. Its low angle design is perfect for both short and long distance paddling. You can’t go wrong with a Camano in your hands. The Camano is available in two shaft types, Straight or Neutral Bent Shaft. Both have their advantages:Paddlers are more familiar with straight shafts and like the light weight and ability to move their hands along a predictable, straight, and continuous grip area. Straight shafts are typically less expensive. The Werner Neutral Bent Shaft naturally aligns your wrist to reduce stress on joints. The neutral alignment, unique to Werner Paddles, creates a stable leverage point for bracing and all types of paddle strokes. Special indexing allows more hand contact with the shaft, reducing fatigue and increasing comfort.

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“The Iso Youth Touring Paddle by seven2 is one of their touring paddles. The Iso Youth Paddle has ergonomically angled grips which guide the hand, wrist and forearm into a natural, comfortable position. The hydrophobic rubber of the grips cushions the hand allowing a more powerful grip on the paddle. The suspension flex stores and releases energy in the shaft during each paddle stroke and absorbs shock. The smaller shaft diameter of Seven2 paddles significantly increases strength while also reducing weight.

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“The Sting Ray is the “”jack of all trades”". Perfect for general-purpose recreational use and light touring, the Sting Ray excels at all kinds of paddling. Solid in the water and light in the hand, the soft dihedral cross-sectional shape of the blade gives flutter-free performance and great ease of use.

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“The Iso Paddle by seven2 is one of their touring paddles. The Iso Paddle has ergonomically angled grips which guide the hand, wrist and forearm into a natural, comfortable position. The hydrophobic rubber of the grips cushions the hand allowing a more powerful grip on the paddle. The suspension flex stores and releases energy in the shaft during each paddle stroke and absorbs shock. The smaller shaft diameter of Seven2 paddles significantly increases strength while also reducing weight.

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The Sprite Recreational Touring Paddle is a real touring paddle for kids. Featuring proportionally small fiberglass reinforced nylon blades on a on a smaller diameter shaft.  The Sprite Recreational Touring Paddle by Werner is a 2-piece paddle.