Are Cheap Paddle Boards Any Good?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nFinal Thoughts: Why Are Paddle Boards So Expensive?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Production, marketing, and distribution \u2013 all these processes cost money and everyone involved has to make a profit! Paddleboards are not as simple as they look. Advanced construction techniques and high-quality materials<\/strong> make paddle boards expensive to buy. <\/p>\n\n\n\nPaddleboarding is also very popular right now and there is a high demand for boards. Other things like fancy cosmetic designs, accessories, and the size of the SUP also add to the cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The good news is, most mid-range paddle boards come with a paddle, leash, and repair kit \u2013 everything you need to start paddling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Got any questions? Post them in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
More and more people are taking up paddle boarding. You’ve decided that you don\u2019t want to be left out.\u00a0But when you start looking around for a good paddle board, you can\u2019t believe the price tags. How can something so simple cost that much? I recommend spending at least $500 for a decent inflatable paddle board … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1206,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paddleboardtips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paddleboardtips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paddleboardtips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paddleboardtips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paddleboardtips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1186"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.paddleboardtips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5752,"href":"https:\/\/www.paddleboardtips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186\/revisions\/5752"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paddleboardtips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paddleboardtips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paddleboardtips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paddleboardtips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}