Dihedral in Your SUP Paddle?

Posted on | June 17, 2009 |

There’s an interesting discussion about dihedral, pro, con and neutral, in your SUP paddle over on the zone. Interesting reading. Here’s the question that started the ball rolling:

i have a werner spanker and for something different thought i might try a smaller bladed paddle. everyone loves the methane, so that’s been my first choice.
but then a former methane owner brought to my attention the fact that, unlike the werners (both spanker and nitro), the methane has no dihedral.
my question is: am i going to miss it? i’d welcome input, especially from those who have used both styles.
thanks! and, btw, this paddle will be for surf-use only, if that makes a diff.