Wich blade for SUS and shortboard?

hi there!!

I have a starboard full carbón paddle with a huge blade (bougth it two years ago and by that time was the biggest one, i think 95 width or something)

I only do waves and until august, only with a naish hokua 9´5, 140 liters

Today i tried a very small and thin blade. Very different from what i´m used to. only 2 hour sesión, small waves.

My question:

i have preorderer a starboard Hypernut 7´2 x 28´´ .

Should i consider a smaller blade???? is there a relation between small board/ small blade or something? it is really a small blade that much better for surfing?

thanks a lot

I've got a old Laird Paddle that I've kept from the first board I ever owned and it has a really large blade which I really like. A while back all the info on here i was reading made me think that I should I buy a smaller bladed paddle. But didn't really like the feel of it and it was just gathering dust.

Then I downsized from my 9'3 to a 7'11. At first I really thought I'd bitten off more than I could chew with a 110L board @ 100kg. But it got me thinking and I went home cut 6 inches off the smaller blade paddle and now I'm loving my 7'11.

I figure the smaller blade means more more strokes and therefore more oppertunities to reballance and readjust, if that makes sence. I figured I'm lower in the water with my knees more bent, so a shorter shaft works well too. An idea i got off some of the french guys on here ho ride really short SUP's.

I find the shorter blade easier to flick around from sisde to side while surfing too. Wondering if I should get the hacksaw out again. I think I remember a photo of one of the French guys looking over his paddle and it was only upto his nose or chin.

Hmmmn...

So Like DJ said Yes, Yes and Yes