What follows is a brief description of the various paddle styles. Each individual paddle also has it's own description when you click on that particular link.

Medium weight paddles start out with the Standard, which has a solid Tulip shaft and a blade laminated from Tulip, walnut and has Maple edging. This paddle weighs approx. 22 ounces. I have a new paddle I call the Standard Lite, has a shaft with a basswood core and tulip stress pieces (the pieces outside the core) This is a very lightweight, strong configuration, with pleasant, mild colors. Around 20 ounces for the Lite. I generally try to keep the medium weight paddles at 20 ounces or above.

: Lightweight paddles are paddles under 20 ounces, and that range down to around l4 ounces, with a Carbon fibre blade. The ultralite is mostly cedar, and weights around 20 ounces The Balsa version is a few ounces less, and could be as low as 17-18 ounces depending on the layup. The new Purple Lite is around l8 ounces, and is quite unique! I am also going to have a Red-Lite, which is around 20 ounces, and sports a red blade! The new Black and Blue is a wood core blade with a carbon fibre shaft; the blade is blue! This one weighs in around 15-16 ounces. Both of my new carbon style paddles have some flex -- so they aren't too hard on your joints. .

Colored blades are my standard paddles with a colored blade; I call them Gillespie-Yums! Colors I use are baby blue, red and purple.

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