Do it yourself (DIY) accessories for your SUP board.

Okay so you spent over $1000 for your SUP board and around $300 for your paddle. The last thing you want is to hack the rails of your SUP board with your paddle. You also don't want to chip the edges of your paddle. Several companies and SUP manufactures sell rail guards and paddle blade guards. Most of these cost at least $20. Of course $20 dollars is a small price to pay considering that your board costs $1000 or more. However what gets me is a lot of these accessories probably cost $2 to manufacture/package. Some industrious DIY SUPers have found cheap alternatives to whats available on the market. In my case I used clear postal packaging tape (something I already had on hand) to protect my rails and Scotch Linerless Rubber Splicing Tape (purchased on Ebay for $7) to cover the edges of my paddle blade.