It seemed a magic paddle which just 'felt right'.
It also had reinforcing rods in it specifically for surf conditions.
The waves in its last surf were only about a metre in height but breaking onto a shallow sandbank.
One wave resulted in a nose dive, with me doing the usual 'rag doll' under water but my paddle wasn't as flexible and broke!
I never hit anything solid with my paddle then or in the paddle's lifetime.
Sometimes it seems you can get just the right combination of water pressures at a particular point in time and space and things go 'pop'.
The break in the paddle is where the loom meets the blade so I don't think it's repairable.
And it seems Novorca is no longer in business.
Bummer.
I loved my Novorca............goodbye friend.
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| surfing underwater |
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| surfing half underwater |
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| surfing under a momentary lip |
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| nose dive and heading for a 'rag doll' |
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| after the 'rag doll' |
don't fully despair yet as I believe it can be repaired
ReplyDeleteThe carbon pattern probably won't mesh up anymore and could be a little bit heavier on that side but it is not a write-off in my shed.
A decent carbon repaired can fix that, really.
I have seen bicycle frames that were cracked and brought back to life...