Lightweight Paddles -- this includes the balsa ultralites,  balsa blades -- paddles in the l6 -18 ounce range  ( as well as some that are a little heavier...)  Something comon to all these lightweight paddles is a lot of work!  They don't just flow out of a production process.  Just getting the blades together involves 4 seperate gluing procedures as well as 6 different shaping sanding steps.  The blades are all epoxied 2 ounce cloth, with whatever reinforcement I think is necessary.  They are all individually handmade -- so they aren't all identical clones.   I don't spend half my budget advertising this, or handing them out to the fastest teams.  But just try them -- I prefer to invest my time in the paddles rather than in advertising.