The Fastest Race SUP: Displacement vs. Planing Hull Stand Up Paddle boards

So you want to go faster and want to know which SUP race board is the fastest? It really depends on the conditions. This video talks about the difference between displacement hulls that are faster in flat water and planing hulls that are faster in downwind conditions.

Five years ago Jeff Chang and I wrote a report on the Zen Waterman blog on some of the fastest unlimited race Stand Up Paddleboards at the time and discussed the differences between displacement hulls and planing hulls and which worked best for which conditions. While it is relatively easy to test the speed of a board in flat water, testing in open ocean and downwind conditions is much more difficult due to the many variables that can't be controlled. I made a video discussing two 14' boards: The 14'x 26" Blue Planet Dark Horse model which is a displacement board designed to excel in calm water and the 14' x 28" Blue Planet Bump Rider model, a planing hull designed to be an excellent downwind/ open ocean board.

To find out more, this is the link to the blog post mentioned: http://zenwaterman.blogspot.com/2009/...
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