Taking care of your paddle - common damage/wear we've seen.
Kevlar edging - this is designed to wear instead of your blades and soften edge impacts. You may need to replace this yearly.
Paddle dents or cracks - damage to the front or back face of the blade may come from other paddles or hitting the goal frame. Any crack should be sealed at minimum and preferably a small patch put over it.
Shaft wear - some players are chronic at wearing their shaft down on their kayak. If you know you do this then put insulation tape on your shaft and replace it regularly to prevent your shaft from wearing.
General care
Paddle bags are great travel protection for the blades and shaft so don't be lazy and use your bag.
Don't put your paddle into a bag with stones or even mud as that can damage your paddle if the stones are pressed against your blades.
Check weekly for damage and fix it before it's too late.
Where possible keep your paddle out of the sun.
Don't leave your paddle behind a vehicle, I've seen the result when a paddle gets run over!
When you get out of your kayak, place your paddle on the dock /ground /pool edge. Try not to scrape the paddle by pushing it onto the surface.
And finally it's canoe polo not baseball, don't try to hit the ball as hard as you can.
Hopefully now your expensive polo paddle can last a little bit longer.
No, no and no! Fabric or duct tape is short term only on a kayak. The residue it leaves if left on is a repairers nightmare. Use the wide insulation tape instead
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