Western Red Cedar has a very high strength to weight ratio. Ad the deep reddish glow and a nice warm feel and smell and you have the king of paddle woods. Western Red Cedar contains thujaplicin, which is the chemical that protects the wood form rot and fungus form attacking the wood. Therefore even non treated paddles made from WRC will last you for years to come.

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Cedar

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Sitka Spruce
Paddles are laminated using Balcotan® or epoxy.
All GreenlandPaddles come standard with hard wood edges in Ash or American Walnut.