Well only foldable once. Was paddling for a wave and it's jus exploded. Ill head back into the shop this arvo and see what they say it's only a few months old.
Select to expand quoteJasonR said...
[br]Well only foldable once. Was paddling for a wave and it's jus exploded. Ill head back into the shop this arvo and see what they say it's only a few months old.
I personally would have taken it to the shop first before posting on here.
Questions the shop will ask will be have you ever given it a hard knock such as dropped it or stuff like that!
I personally test the strength of every paddle before it leaves the shop to make sure there are no faults in the paddle.
you say its a few months old so what has changed in the paddle? Why did it not break the first time you used it and if its a fault of the paddle then it should have broken the first few time you went paddling.
I notice it broke down where the shaft hit the board do you think you could have given the carbon a shatter hitting the board in one of your surf sessions?
Carbon is super strong but if you put a shatter in the carbon it will break very easy should this be covered by warrenty 
I'm sure the shop will have a look and sort it out but most of the time paddles dont just break for no reason.
It's very odd to see a paddle break out to the side like that.. It's not in the direction of the load/force that is put on the paddle.
Id be a liar if I said I hadn't hit it a few times. I even told the guys in the shop I had they are going to see what they can do.
I was surfing for a few hours this morning before it happened and I hadn't bashed it all morning.
I don't expect it to be covered under warranty at all it's just part of the sport.
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Id be a liar if I said I hadn't hit it a few times. I even told the guys in the shop I had they are going to see what they can do.
I was surfing for a few hours this morning before it happened and I hadn't bashed it all morning.
I don't expect it to be covered under warranty at all it's just part of the sport.
thats cool and im sure the shop will look after you, dont take my post the wrong way but just thought it was fair to Point out that there is more to breaking paddles than what can first meet the eye.
Jacko
Select to expand quoteDavidJohn said...
It's very odd to see a paddle break out to the side like that.. It's not in the direction of the load/force that is put on the paddle.
It's just the tape holding it together dj, it broke the direction of the force.
I didn't take it the wrong way at all Jacko all good. Do you know weather you can hear the glue and pop the rest of the blade shaft out jacko? Cause the actual shaft is fine.
Welcome to the exciting world of carbon fibre reinforced material fatigue failure. A wonderful world of defect propagation, blissful paddle after paddle, the initial defect fatigue failure delamination propagates, invisible to the untrained eye, then BANG with no warning - the component finally suffers it's high energy catastrophic failure.
Many a professional cyclist has kissed the pavement at high speed thanks to the wonders of carbon fibre.
You will never see me in one of those new carbon fibre airplanes - crikey, no more metal fatigue cracks to at least give some prior warning.
www.accc.gov.au/consumers/consumer-rights-guarantees/repair-replace-refund
Well it must be the day for it Jason.
This morning I was coming into the Noosa River mouth and as I took a hard stroke I heard a "crunch".
I lifted my paddle out and the whole blade had let go at the bottom joint. Half of the socket was still in place and stuck to the blade the other half was still stuck to the shaft.
The carbon had ripped apart. My paddle was not an Integra it was Fanatic Carbon 80.
I have had this paddle for about 18 months it has been used a lot but has also been very well looked after. Always rinsed and kept in a cover and never used to push off or anything similar.
I will freely admit to being rather smug on this forum about how I don't break paddles in the past. Well I have done it now and it wasn't fun, particularly where it happened and the two kilometre knee paddle back to my car.
I don't believe this paddle broke from misuse, I think it was probably fatigue or similar.
Not good.
ET.
My Fanatic Inegra paddle broke in the same place, had only been used maximum 5 times. Took it back to shop & got credit quickly, they did have to get ok from Fanatic rep.
Was told I'm a paddle breaker, & might have to get used to buying new ones.
INNEGRA CARBON 80
Innegra Carbon has the perfect flex and strength to weight ratio, with additional surface strength to take the knocks of everyday paddling action.
Fanatic might want to reword the description for the innegra paddle. Seems they think its plenty strong to handle knocks. If you knock your paddle on the board hard enough to put a shatter in the carbon whats it do to the board? Maybe in achieving the a light weight paddle they've lost some resilience. Was going to get one of these later this week but seem to be a few breakages.
Select to expand quoteTWs said..
Who makes them Deano?
Sent you a PM mate as it's probably not appropriate to hijack this thread
Select to expand quoteDeano72 said..
Simple solution.....get ya self a paddle that won't break!!.....guaranteed
Let me know when you find one, so far one of those has not been made by any company!
Select to expand quoteantonfourie said...Deano72 said..
Simple solution.....get ya self a paddle that won't break!!.....guaranteed
Let me know when you find one, so far one of those has not been made by any company!
Yep most break but the backup is what separates them. Broken heaps at 110kg of relaxed muscle not sure why
Starboard replace every one I snapped no questions, Ke Nalu have a good warranty and replaced a blade no questions, great service. I have had Quickblades for years and not broken one(not sure how as 90% of paddling is on my slim Jim) but have seen them snapped and replaced. Not mentioning the major brand I had serious dramas with over 2 snaps in as many surfs. Fanatic (through Jacko) seem keen to put things right with paddle issues.
Not sure what you gain by posting a snapped paddle unless the company has stiffed you, I agree with Jackos red thumbed(wtf) comment above.
Carbon gotta love it. Not a good feeling pulling splinters out of your hand :(
Welcome to the sport of Sup where at some stage everything does break including paddles, leggies , boards and body parts. If you haven’t filled that list yet , you are simply not trying hard enough.
slightly off topic but how come its wrapped in tape when it's got an inbuilt rail protector runnning round the blade. I'm after a 7.25 inch one of these but this hasnt put me off. Seen plenty of pics of broken 2014 paddles from other more expensive brands.
