Can I SUP overweight.

kathystrauss1
kathystrauss1 Posts: 142 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
A group of us plan on going stand up paddle boarding while on vacation in a couple weeks. I am 5'7" and weigh 225. Can I do it? I don't want to get to the site then find out I'm too heavy. I've looked online and from what I can tell is you have to have a bigger board if you're bigger but I don't know if most rental places would accommodate that. We'll be in the Outer Banks. Don't know yet where we'll rent from so I can't call. If anyone has done it is it way harder to do if you're big?

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  • TyTy76
    TyTy76 Posts: 1,761 Member
    225 is not terribly heavy.

    You'll be fine.
  • trogalicious
    trogalicious Posts: 4,584 Member
    225 is not terribly heavy.

    You'll be fine.
    yah, you're fine. Depending on where you are on the banks, you could hit up google for the rentals. I know in the central, Kitty Hawk Kites is a go-to.

    http://www.kittyhawk.com/rental/stand-up-paddleboards/
  • ChristiH4000
    ChristiH4000 Posts: 531 Member
    <--- I'm currently 195 and had no problems at all this weekend. They had big and little boards, but they weren't that different. I think I ended up on a regular sized board.
  • kathystrauss1
    kathystrauss1 Posts: 142 Member
    Thanks. I'm going to try it! I was worried that I would look ridiculous because of my weight but I have to get over that. Worrying about how I'll look doing things and what other people think is what made my weight increase in the first place.
  • trogalicious
    trogalicious Posts: 4,584 Member
    Bingo.

    Go out and enjoy it.
  • BamaBreezeNSaltAire
    BamaBreezeNSaltAire Posts: 966 Member
    Yes, you will be fine! Enjoy and try not to worry!!

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