Starboard Paddle range overview
Overviewed by us on Apr 8, 2025
Category: Flatwater / All-round Foil Race Surf Touring & Exploring All Equipment & Reviews Featured PRO Content Level: Advanced Beginner Intermediate
Starboard have gone from 2 great paddles in the range to 4 absolute beauties!
Overview
We have been using Starboard paddles for years… whether it be for SUP surfing, all-round paddling, touring, race paddling, SUP foiling or just general paddling. The Starboard Enduro and Starboard Lima, with their wide range of sizes, constructions, adjustability and price point, have become a very popular paddle for so many of us.
But sometimes it’s not until you see something new you realise how much it was missing before. And this is a classic example of what has happened with the new Starboard Velocity and the Starboard Foil Blade. These two new paddles have joined the existing quality Starboard paddle range. The Velocity really completes the gap between the Starboard Enduro and Starboard Lima, and will suit so many paddlers wanting to paddle faster and further but also not load up their shoulders as much as the existing Lima would do.
And the Starboard Foil Blade will deliver a better paddling experience for SUP foilers. Its shape allows you to power yourself up onto the foil with ease, but also keeps you flying with much less effort than using a more traditional shape paddle.
We hope this overview video explains all the information you need to know about the Starboard paddle range , and which one would best suit you.
If you are a SUPboarder Pro member, definitely check out our long-distance tester Gavin Symonds feedback of the Lima vs Velocity. Also look out for other posts on Pro where we talk about foil paddles and the benefits of using them, as well as Reubens experience with paddling a Starboard Enduro in the surf over a long period of time.
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I was about to order a velocity. But it’s only in pre-preg. So I either have to wait until it is in carbon as well, get a Lima, or use my Ashley maddison credit card
Yeah its a shame. Im sure a Carbon version will be coming. Guess they wanted to test the water regarding sales this year?! Very nice paddle, but the carbon range is a great price point.
I’d be interested in your view on sizing the enduro. I still have a large older version which is 90sq in but I have noticed the new ones are 94 ?? It probably just comes down to personal preference in general sizing. I have noticed a slightly less power using a large BP blade which is 84.5 so slightly smaller than a medium SB. Hope that makes sense
Yeah kind of ;-). Another thing to throw into the mix is how the area is measured? Is it the whole blade to where the shaft joins or just where the neck of the paddle finished at the same diameter as the shaft. I do know startboard did change this in the passed.
But anyway… What type of paddler are you? Do you want more power and a slower stroke rate?
Surfing I do find all the paddle sizing confusing as each company has different advice.
Thanks you have answered my question. I now seem to remember SB re measuring their blades and not actually changing the blade size.
Yeah it’s a bit confusing for sure.