Siren SUP Rails: Your best defense in the battle against your paddle.

No matter how good you get on the SUP, one thing is for certain: You are still going to bang the rail with your paddle once in a while. If you are riding a Siren SUP, it's no big deal. Here's a quick overview of the construction methods we use to build the most durable, best performing SUPs achievable.
All Siren SUPs start with a core of high strength-to-weight ration EPS foam. Both rigid enough to produce a lively, positive feel under foot and light enough to result in a board that is big but managable, EPS foam is also environmentally friendly since boards built with it can last forever with proper care. Once we have the shaped and painted EPS foam core, its time to give it a protective shell through a process called lamination, or glassing.
The most important consideration in any SUP lamination concerns the rail of the board. This is the most vulnerable part of any SUP, since the rail takes the brunt of any abuse stemming from an errant paddle stroke. While a protective layer of rubber mastic tape along the edge of your paddle blade will go a long way in protecting the rail, building a board with the wrong combination of materials can still leave you with a chipped gloss coat at best, and a big ding at worst. That's why we go the extra mile and use only ALL EPOXY glassing technology, with double fiberglass reinforced rails. Some choose to cut costs by using standard, surfboard-style rail reinforcement and a polyester, rather than epoxy, gloss coat. Polyester doesn't stick to epoxy very well, so if you whack the rail just right, the gloss can chip off at the point of impact. The extra reinforcement along the rails also enhances the boards flex-factor in the water, making it faster and more efficient to paddle.
Hey, dings can happen no matter how many precautions you take. But employing these extra steps during construction ensures that Siren's SUPs perform better and last longer. And that keeps SUPs in the water, and out of the landfills.