A:
I'd recommend the shortest "standard" paddle you
can find. (ie just the "off-the-shelf" lengths.)
Shorter paddle will help with faster strokes to
take off down a wave. However, if your
sit-on-top is really wide, then you might have a
problem actually reaching the water with a short
paddle. Hopefully your sit-on-top is fairly
small/narrow. I'm 6'0" 210 lbs and use a 197cm
Werner sidekick. The sidekick is like the
player but with slightly bigger blades - a little
more acceleration, but more tiring. I paddle a
Jackson Superstar in the rivers and a Mega
Neutron in the ocean. I use the same paddle for both.
Good luck!
Answered on
2/11/2013 by
me from
Maryland