Wappa Paddle Boards

Wappa Paddle Boards began out of a need for a low cost, eco-friendly stand up paddle board that was good quality. Wappa’s founder Layne Pennell established the brand because he was unable to find a board that met his specifications for the SUP rental business he was opening.

When developing the Wappa brand, Layne decided to use the rental business as a real life product testing center. If a prototype could survive the day to day beating in a rental environment, it would prove tough enough for whatever an owner could put it through. He tested stability, glide, durability and overall enjoyment of the SUP from the experiences of almost 1000 renters and 100+ students.

Customers raved about a certain set of prototype boards. How beautiful they were, how everybody who used them had a great time, very stable, etc… These were the boards that became Wappa.