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Our fine, handcrafted, carbon-fiber cored SUP, canoe, and kayak paddles are hand-built by Tim Deppen in Sanford, FL.
Our superior wooden paddles are each crafted with hand-selected woods, fiberglass wrap, and a carbon-fiber core. With our shaft finger grips, our award-winning designs, and our passion for premium paddles, you'll fall in love with a Deppen Paddle.

Welcome to Deppen Paddles.

Every Deppen Paddle has a carbon fiber core inside –
providing your paddle the beauty and flexibility of wood and the lightweight strength of carbon fiber.
Our adjustable paddle (left) reveals the carbon-fiber core inside each of our SUP, kayak, and canoe paddles.

Superior standards.
Other standard features include our revolutionary shaft grips, protective fiberglass coating and edge guards, gorgeous wood designs, and customer service you can only get from a devoted and passionate small business.
Functional art with no shortcuts taken.

It takes dedication and passion to meld beauty and functionality. Tim Deppen does just that by treating each handcrafted wood paddle as fine art -- holding them to the highest standards of paddle design.

"You will fall in love with these paddles as I have."
- Tim Deppen
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