Yet Another Happy Customer!

Posted on Wednesday 7th May, 2014

So here at VE we get loads of feedback from happy paddlers who have bought our paddles.

UK paddler Joe Rae-Dickins recently sent me this email after both him and his brother purchased sets of VE glass paddles on a carbon straight shaft.

 

River: Croesor

 

Hello, 

I've been back in the UK for about two months now, and on my return I switched to VE blades from the CORE paddles I was using - a decision I'm super happy I made!

 

  

 River: Etive (high water tripple step)

 

While you were making my set I went on a road trip with the 'Ben Marr lecture tour' and borrowed my brother's 194cm 15 degree
red glass blades - it was love at first stroke!!!

I got the chance to take them down a tonne of UK classics including the Fairy Glen, Swale, Aysgarth, Etive, Lui, Mawddach, Croesor, Tilt and Falloch.

 

River: Falloch - Falls of Falloch

 

 

River: Etive (Right Angle Falls)

 

River: Conwy (Fairy Glen Falls)

 

River: Etive (Tripple Step) 

 

By the time my blades were ready I was sure I wanted to change, these were the best blades I've ever used!

They are super light and incredibly powerful - especially considering I have been used to a much longer shaft.
I picked up my 198cm 30 degree glass blades and have been fortunate enough to get them out on the water a good deal too. I managed to smash 25 laps of CIWW whilst the weather was awfully sunny!  :)

After a bit of waiting the rains finally hit the snow in Scotland and levels promptly rose. The highlight for me was lapping the Etive 6 times over the weekend at varying fantastic levels, with the best part being our first run at pretty scary levels. After that it was just read and run fun laps.

I'm soooo pleased I went for these blades, they're the absolute tits! Cheers Stu, keep up the savage work!!!!

Joe.