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Or their 2 kids like the woman I met. It is what it is.
Sold out in Rawtenstall at 8:10 this morning when MrsRNP tried, I nipped out from work and got her one from Accrington - 5 left a few mins ago.
11 on eBay UK right now. So maybe one for them and one for their partner, or one for eBay and another for eBay.
I don’t think that buying more than one of something necessarily makes you a *. However your post comes across as quite *y.
Already being scalped on eBay
To be fair, I bought 1, because I was damned if I was going to miss out on getting one whilst walking back for a trolley rather than queuing. Then went back for a 2nd for the OH once it was in the car.
But a lot of people will be chucking them straight on eBay/Facebook.
8 in Bromley North Lidl just now. We don’t have good sup spots on our doorstep!
Hayling island haf 24 sold in 20 mins this morning.
I missed out by 15 mins.
Gutted
If anyone sees one in their local lidl buy it please
I will pay you by bacs, plusca handling fee and we can orgsnise a courier soonish.
I know this is a big ask, and im not quite a big hitter on here but been around for years, know loads of folk who can vouch for me. I appreciate 200 quid is alot of dosh for a random internet stranger but trust me. I will square it all away ASAP
If I spot one I’ll grab you one, have to go out this am so can’t check my local but can try others I might pass.
£350 seems to be the going rate on my local facebook marketplace
The two I bought were for me and the missus. They will certainly see plenty of use. Been after a pair for a while.
If anyone sees one in their local lidl buy it please
I'll pop up Cowplain in a bit, see if they have any. £350 yeah? 😀
I could’ve bought more than one but because I’m not a **** I didn’t. God I hate some people.
I already have a Decathlon one so my biggest problem now is having to pump two of these things up 😓
So you own two paddleboards but don't think anyone else should be allowed to buy two paddleboards at the same time!
My local Lidl sold me and a mate the last 2 at 9 last night, they said they had 4 in total and had already sold 2!
We went to the next town and the Lidl superstore had over 10 and hadn’t sold any!
How many did you buy there?
my mum was at paisley for it opening and there was a queue of 20 people already there. Only 4 boards on sale
Sold out in both (yes, that's the kind of area I live in! TWO LIDLs!) of my local shops.
Wish I hadn't bothered, it' a nightmare out there at the mo. Why so much traffic at 10:30am?!? Didn't even want a stupid board for myself!
I could’ve bought more than one but because I’m not a **** I didn’t. God I hate some people.
You should really save that hatred for something a little more worthwhile.
The one I bought for MrsRNP will be used at her mums place in France when we can travel again - perfect shallow inland sea lake/estuary. She'd been after one for awhile so perfect PSA!
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There is a whole bunch on Ebay for £295. All seem to be sold by the same chap. A quick look at what else he is selling leads me to think he might work the night shift in the Lidl warehouse.
One at Retford and I got it.
3 people after me asking.
Tried several stores in the North East today. All sold out by 10.
Hoolee poop. I'll retract my hatred-and-scorn statement. Yeah there are legitimate purchases of two. Yeah the internet, ebay and stuff like HUKD has created a whole generation of scalpers buying up stuff purely for the purposes of resale. Yeah we all ran out of toilet roll this time last year because people are shits and can't help themselves.
For those that got one/two/many - well done (including me). I bought a Decathlon last year as part of a syndicate - it gets used a fair bit, so I got another one. For those that missed out, it's disappointing. For those that chuck them on straight on ebay - I salute your entrepreneurial spirit!
will be used at her mums place in France when we can travel again – perfect shallow inland sea lake/estuary.
Quality spot that - I visited when we stayed up in the hills a few km away at Montseret. Spent a week drowning in Rose wine.
Wife picked one up late last night at our local Lidl, good job as there were none first thing this morning when I went in to get my food for lunch. Staff were calling other stores for stock.
We already have a board but wanted one more so we can paddle together.
Guess I'll be getting one from Sports Pursuit.
Similar sold out by 805 stories around here
If I get the Decathlon one now, having not got a Lidl one, am I missing out?
Probably not, I suspect the decathlon ones are probably better. I'm expecting "good for £200" rather than in absolute terms. I've been after one for a while but couldn't justify buying 2 higher priced boards. But as AJC rather condescendingly put it:
I wouldn’t expect too much from that. 15 psi limit is not a lot so more big bendy lilo than performance craft. I’m sure it’s perfect for noodling round in circles like most sups are used for
Although 15psi is normal for higher prices boards too, the difference normally comes down to how many drop stitches they use and other aspects of the construction.
I'm sure after a few years I'll become an expert at it and get on the pro world tour with AJC 😜
If I get the Decathlon one now, having not got a Lidl one, am I missing out?
Well you'll definitely be paying more.
Although 15psi is normal for higher prices boards too
Our decathlon model tops out at 15 psi and is pretty rigid.
Bugger
Thanks folks for trying though
Cmon stw, you're my only hope
Our decathlon model tops out at 15 psi and is pretty rigid.
Like rock-hard. If all you're used to in the world of inflatables is bike tyres (compact and squeezed against a rigid metal thing) and lilos / airbeds, you'd be gobsmacked what 15 psi of 3 metre paddleboard actually feels like. Then there's the effort to get it there (lots) and the noise when you depress the valve to deflate.
Our local had quite a few in at 9.00 this morning. Thought about one but bought croissants and some of the Italian stuff instead
Then there’s the effort to get it there (lots) and the noise when you depress the valve to deflate.
Always puts a smile on my face when I hear a paddleboard being deflated at the beach we go to - I think of the effort that's gone into compressing that air only to let it all out a few hours later!
Thankfully ours live in the store room under the beach hut and are never fully deflated (just a partial release of pressure at the end of the summer) unless it's coming away on holiday with us 🙂
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Looks like we weren't the only ones in the family to look.
Abigale called on her way back from the Peak and got one for her trips.
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Roughly how heavy are inflateable boards? (Not particularly concerned about the Lidl model, just a general idea...)
Roughly how heavy are inflateable boards? (Not particularly concerned about the Lidl model, just a general idea…)
Give or take a bit, 1kg/ft.
In context the box/rucksack feels really surprisingly heavy, but inflated it feels like it's going to blow away in the breeze.
Cheers, so under 15kg including the paddle+pump. Fairly portable in a backpack I guess. Ignoring for a moment the effort needed to pump the thing up 🙂
Yea certainly, I wouldn't want to walk for hours with it. But I definitely intend on getting the train up the river and padding down again.
Or taking it into work for a lunchtime paddle. I reckon I could even bivi and paddle into work 🤣. Although getting back upstream might take most of the weekend 🤣
Just been out in the garden to play with it, inflating it really isn't that much effort. No worse than say inflating a car tyre from flat with a track pump.
The Lidl one is such good value (actually its being sold at cost) because it is dual chamber and dual skin. This means its more rigid and holds its shape better plus slightly stronger. It will also last longer.
Not sure if the pump is plastic or mateal barrelled - its made by Bravo and the metal barrel ones are the ones we sell with our SUPs and cost about £35 on their own.
The fact that it also comes with a quality bag also enhances its value - the clip on seat is pointless
Its a board that should retail at around 350-400 euro in most french beach shops and even discounted it is normally only 299 euro
A lot of the Tesco, The Range, 'insert shop trying to make a quick buck here' SUPs at a similar price are single chamber single skin and quite frankly best avoided. Many say 15psi but will struggle to hold shape at that pressure - however theLidl one should be fine up to 17-18psi
Just unpacked ours, blown it up, and typed a long post to find @winston has said it all. The kids will enjoy the seat. I think the pump is metal barrelled. Went up quicker than the Red one we borrowed in the summer. Bag is good, would be better with wheels but not complaining - the whole package (apart from the seat) seems really robust and comparable to Red from the outside at least. Fin protectors, decent repair kit and dry bag are all nice touches too for the price.
Pump seems to have a plastic barrel (based on the fingernail ping test) and a metal shaft.
I guessed that about the chambers, I presume the seam between the two acts like a stringer in a conventional board?
Only negative I've found so far is the paddle is slightly short for me, but then I guess they're trying to cover the biggest range of kids and adults and I'm tall and outside the bell curve.
I wonder if Lidl & Decathlon are in collusion? Have a limited supply at cost, stoke demand from people who were SUP curious, then all those disappointed at missing a bargain go to the next best option 'cos they don't want to miss out again.
I did wonder what's in it for Lidl, it's not like people are going in, buying a SUP as a loss leader and then spending £100 on their shop. I think I probably had the biggest basket with 2 pastries, load of bread and some ice creams 🤣.
It's not even like they're a water sports shop that will get ongoing business with people upgrading to a carbon paddle, or buying buoyancy aids.
I presume they must just make the money by buying in huge bulk. 800 stores, between 3 and 30 boards per store, there can't be many shops that can sell ~8000 paddlboards within half an hour of opening. They must just be getting a price <<£200.
Unless they've got a much cheaper version they're going to bring out on the coat tails in a few weeks having got good reviews.
Thanks OP for the PSA. My kids had a go on a SUP a couple of years ago on holiday and last summer did some lessons locally and have been asking for one to share for a while.
There’s a Lidl on my way to work so I thought I’d try to get one but managed to get two. There was a small queue but everyone got what they wanted so all good and I heard someone say they had more out the back.
Kids are now buzzing and can’t wait to get over to the coast!
Managed to get one in Glenrothes Lidl. After trying at my local last night, they were out on the shop floor but not for sale.
Have unpacked mine and looks like the square nut and bolt are missing for fixing the fin in position!
Anybody else?
To break even on those boards Lidl will be have to get them for less than 100 per unit. That would be madness from the supplier in the current climate of no supply and huge demand. It could be that the pre-order was negotiated before March last year and the pandemic in which case its possible otherwise its selling at cost to draw in customers.
Missed out,the 2 stores near me were sold out by the time I got there.
Might have to look at the Sports Pursuit one.
Any reviews on that?
SUPs being the ebikes of the surfing world for me they're a probably one day but not yet thing. Otoh, £200 for an okay bit of kit I can take on the river at the bottom of our road and perhaps not die, and I'm interested. So as I was picking up a posh new chair from nearby I thought, well it doesn't hurt to look...
So, as a non-liddler, after wandering bamboozled and confused in the aisles, in front of me right now I have various bags of not particularly cheap nuts, jars of sour cherries, expensive cat litter, fancy tomatoes, blueberries, some bottles of cheap champagne and cheaper cremante, and some biologique vallee du rhone I know to be nice. Obviously paddleboards - if they were ever there and I've not been victim of some very convoluted con - were long gone.
This is the one you can get from Sports Pursuit for £210 inc. postage (by end of May) if using the SP-APR21-10 discount code.
https://cool-snow.co.uk/products/sail-kite-paddleboard-oppustelig-sup-3-35m
@winston - any thoughts on how this compares? Doesn't have the same details on construction but says it has "4 layer construction"...?
Only reviews online are Trust Pilot with a bunch of folk slating them for slow delivery/customer service when buying direct from them in the EU but the people who do mention the board say it seems good quality.
Might have to look at the Sports Pursuit one.
For those that are really curious to try this extremely dull looking, suddenly trendy “sport”, why don’t you get one from ebay for about £170? Then when you get bored with it and realise in a few months that it was just the latest fad, you won’t have outlayed too much.
Hey what? Just tryina help! 😬
The original Mistral page appears to exist no more 🙁 Not sure if there's a technical issue or maybe these were a quick sell and all gone? Bummer, as I was keen to get one. Not sure on those Sports Pursuits ones and the Cool Snow/Surf site looks proper dodgy.
For those that are really curious to try this extremely dull looking, suddenly trendy “sport”,
I dunno, looks quite fun
FWIW €599 on the Mistral website for what looks like the same board but 11ft6 rather than 10ft6.
Have unpacked mine and looks like the square nut and bolt are missing for fixing the fin in position!
Anybody else?
Mine were attached to the fin not in the slot, had to dissassemble/reassemble it.
I dunno, looks quite fun
Yep, that's what everyone on here be doin' lOlz
Surfing Jaws, shooting malibu pier or just paddling round in circles on a local gravel pit, it's all fun on the water and should be encouraged. I know that on a summers evening when I look out into the garden and the washing line is festooned with buoyancy aids and wetsuits then it's been a good day for all the family.
It seems an amazing deal and Paddle Boarding really has taken off big time during lockdown. I work at Edinburgh Waverley for Scotrail and at least a dozen folks are regularly hiring boards for £30 for a couple of hours to go paddling at Prestonpans of all places. My wife always wants to do this on holiday and to be honest I've always personally thought it looked fairly dull but would do it. Its probably way harder than it looks.
There is no explaining what sells in one Y(aldi) and not in another. For example I could have went to Haddington at opening time and not had a chance but went to the pans on saturday and see 5 despite being 7 miles apart.
Yep, that’s what everyone on here be doin’ lOlz
A bit like, say, this, Vs mincing round Swinely on a Yeti?
It's not always about being rad. On a sunny evening a paddle with friends having a natter out in nature is a great way to relax. I've met some decent folk through it too, including a few single ladies @dezb
It's going to be a busy summer for the RNLI..
It doesn't take long for inflatable watercraft to get blown a few hundred metres offshore. Would be great to see a water safety campaign for sups put out asap
Mine were attached to the fin not in the slot, had to dissassemble/reassemble it.
Yup, panic over they were lying loose in the bottom of the bag!
It’s going to be a busy summer for the RNLI..
They were extremely popular last year too, to the point stocks were impossible to find. I don’t recall a huge increase in calls.
Doesn't have to be extreme.
There is something great about drifting down a river in the sun with your son on the front of your board and wife paddling too.
My only issue is stopping the boy jumping on the water all the time and getting cold too fast.
An increase of 30% it mentions paddle boards but not how many of the 30% were paddle boards.
These newly released figures cover people who got into difficulty while bodyboarding, using inflatables, kayaking, or canoeing, kitesurfing, paddleboarding, rowing, surfing, swimming, water-skiing, windsurfing and dinghy sailing.
In the South East (covering 31 lifeboat stations from the Thames to Swanage) by far the biggest increase this summer (June to August) was to incidents involving inflatables. In 2019 lifeboats across the South East launched 20 times to people in difficulty with inflatables and 26 people were helped. In 2020 there were 37 launches and 89 people aided – an increase of 242.3%.
So not just paddle boards
One of my staff does shouts for Newhaven - most of the increase is cheap rubber dinghies and small leaky RIBs for fishing with unserviced outboards which have been bought for £1000 on ebay
The common denominator is zero safety gear or knowledge of the tides and weather conditions at all.
Rubber dinghies are a difficult one but anyone putting to sea under power should have mandatory training - its crazy thats not the case.
SUPs have historically been less of an issue because of the type of people who bought them being more of the enthusiast type and fitter - thats now changing with the price dropping so he expects many more SUP call outs this summer as people ignore safety warnings about offshore winds, tides etc and suddenly find its a lot harder to get back to the beach.
That’s probably fair to say winston yes a lot less dramatic than RNLI will be busy and 30% click bait.
It’s going to be a busy summer for the RNLI..
It doesn’t take long for inflatable watercraft to get blown a few hundred metres offshore. Would be great to see a water safety campaign for sups put out asap
Better alert Mountain Rescue and the fun police to the increase in bike sales over the last year as well.....
The common denominator is zero safety gear or knowledge of the tides and weather conditions at all.
Usually but not always ...... I picked up a group of 3 people on boards one day last summer, they had decided to go round the headland.
There wasn't much breeze at all but it's direction and the bit of tide that was running meant they couldn't get back.
No wetsuits
No bouyancy aids
One of the ladies husbands was on the lifeboat crew!!
And just for balance the next day I towed in a a guy who's boat just decided not to run anymore.
Better alert Mountain Rescue and the fun police to the increase in bike sales over the last year as well…
Not really comparable though. Bite off more than you can chew on a bike you can slow down or get off and push the hard bits. At sea...
Was out on my kayak last summer just bimbling about on a mild swell. Kept on the landward side of an island and reef for protection as didn't want anything challenging. Out strides a SUP user and confidently sets out. Goes straight out past the protection of the reef and got way more than he was expecting. Instantly hit the deck and gingerly paddled himself back very slowly face down on the board. I hung about keeping an eye out in case any help was required. It was a great illustration of how subtle differences in sea conditions can massively influence somebody's confidence.
so in the first of your instances your 'customers' had no safety gear or knowledge of the tides based on the equipment they were using
in the second the boat was not properly serviced!
I'm sorry but I've been on the water in pretty much every watercraft around for 40 years and almost always its user error that leads to a call out. Boat engines rarely 'just stop working' unless they are not properly maintained.
I include myself in that cohort (snapped UJ on a windsurf in a force 6/7 offshore - should have checked for wear before leaving the beach,should have been sailing closer inshore in those conditions, totally my fault)
Often watercraft users think that because they do one type of watersport they will automatically be experts in others. A powerboat user with 1000hp on tap rarely has to think about tide except in the realms of depth and navigation whereas to a kayaker, tide ie everything and depth is of no importance etc etc
For those that are really curious to try this extremely dull looking, suddenly trendy “sport”
Yeah it's not really that much of a sport, for me. I'd get one but only as a glorified beach toy. Last summer most beaches we went to had a few people paddling their way out for a but then paddling back... Didn't look amazing really.
Not really comparable though. Bite off more than you can chew on a bike you can slow down or get off and push the hard bits. At sea…
So a bit like jumping off a paddle board and wading back in?
So a bit like jumping off a paddle board and wading back in?
Yeah just like that. You know the sea gets more than 1.5 metres deep right?
Yeah just like that. You know the sea gets more than 1.5 metres deep right?
You know people can fall off on trails and injure themselves right?
Not really comparable though. Bite off more than you can chew on a bike you can slow down or get off and push the hard bits. At sea….............
got way more than he was expecting. Instantly hit the deck and gingerly paddled himself back very slowly face down on the board.
I don't disagree that people can be inexperienced idiots, but tarring everyone with the same brush is equally daft. Just look at the ambulances queuing up at some trail centers over the summer! And wile the tip of the iceberg requires rescuing the other 99.9% learn from the mistake and move on. Whether that's coming up short on Watkins Leap at Swinley, or spending 3 hours with the wrong (too big) rig in a 4 gusting 6 on Southampton water dodging shipping while the race officer dicks about getting very fatigued from the repeated capsizes and then having a very long hard time getting back to the River Itchen against the tide.
Rubber dinghies are a difficult one but anyone putting to sea under power should have mandatory training – its crazy thats not the case.
Be careful what you wish for, the casualty rates there are probably lower than mountain biking - if you need formal training for one why not the other!
There wasn’t much breeze at all but it’s direction and the bit of tide that was running meant they couldn’t get back.
No wetsuits
No bouyancy aids
Interestingly the world of SUPping does not universally believe that wetsuits or PFDs are essential. I guess its like cyclists with helmets and armour. You'll see similar attitudes to PFDs amongst windsurfers, and wetsuits amongst kayakers.
If there were 30% more call outs it probably has a lot to do with a LOT more people staying in the UK.
If there were 30% more call outs it probably has a lot to do with a LOT more people staying in the UK.
Yup. As mentioned by the RNLI themselves it was people stayed in the UK and visited beaches in droves. The call outs were for people injured on the beaches too not just floating out on a unicorn.
Not really comparable though. Bite off more than you can chew on a bike you can slow down or get off and push the hard bits. At sea…
Is it that different though? I could 'reset' your found it was harder than he thought and got back safely story like this:
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Was out on my full sus last summer just bimbling about on some technical local trails. Kept off the wet slippy roots and steep rock garden as didn’t want anything challenging. Out strides a guy on a hardtail and confidently sets out. Goes straight out on the wet, steep slippy stuff and got way more than he was expecting. Instantly got off and gingerly pushed his bike back to the car trying not to slip in his SPDs on the slimy bit. I hung about keeping an eye out in case any help was required. It was a great illustration of how subtle differences in the trail conditions can massively influence somebody’s confidence.</i>
for a couple of hours to go paddling at Prestonpans of all places
I live one minutes walk from the sea, a little way along, near Portobello. On days when the sea is so calm that it’s like a pond, it is so, so, inviting (and indeed increasingly popular from 07:00 to 22:00). However, since I cannot swim I shall give it a miss.
Lifeguard stats for 2020 (includes beach launches of jetskis etc - not Lifeboats) here on p9-p12 -
Wider RNLI operational data Lifeboats + Lifeguards for 2019 (all activities) here -
Took it out today, we already had a 2 bare feet board to compare too. The board seems to be of a similar quality, nice and rigid and we'll put together even though the PSI limit is lower. The paddle is nothing special but I'm fussy about those.
For the price I was really impressed. Already seeing others on the beach though.