X Paddle Boards

A new brand of inflatable paddleboards

The paddleboard is one item of boating equipment perfectly suited and complementary to blue water cruising aboard a multihull: it allows you to get ashore easily, to visit the neighbors at anchor, and of course to discover the shoreline.

X Paddle Boards

Published 02/06/2021

By Emmanuel van Deth

Issue: 178

Published: july / aug. 2021

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Inflatable ones are light in weight and easy to handle on deck. For long passages, they can be deflated. Loïck Viandier, a young watersports enthusiast, noticed that the paddleboards on the market were either very expensive - more than 1,000 euros - or not very aesthetic, difficult to use and not very efficient. His new brand, X Paddle Boards, has great ambitions: to bring paddleboarding to the masses thanks to high-end but accessible boards. About fifteen prototypes and four different manufacturers have been tested with the aim of developing truly durable, high-performance and complete stand-up paddleboards. The X-Shark, the flagship model of the range, can join your multihull for just € 479…

www.xpaddleboards.com