It was only a few weeks ago that we were talking about the world of stand up paddling introducing world records to the mix. This week Danny Ching was first off the rank with a claim to the fastest 200m paddle in the world, at just over 47 seconds.

While it’s not an official record (because there are still none in stand up paddle racing), the feat is newsworthy none-the-less, and has produced some awe-inspiring stats to go along with the run.

Firstly, Danny favors his left hand side with more than three quarters of his strokes being on the left. Wind doesn’t play a significant factor here because there wasn’t much at all on the day.

His cadence is just under 100 strokes a minute. 94 to be exact, which is incredibly fast (more than one per second!) With such a fast stroke he averaged over 15kmph, although remember this is a sprint, and you couldn’t sustain that for much longer.

To carry him the distance, he used one of his own designed 14ft time trial boards, at only 24” wide it’d be one tippy little sucker underfoot, but with that brings speed.

Chasing him down was Connor Baxter, who paddled a 200m run in 50.26 seconds. A respectable time no-doubt, but to be beaten by over 2 seconds goes to show how fast Danny Ching really is.

Check out the video below to learn a thing or two about how the fastest paddler in the world does it. More importantly, learn how to beat the guy and start this ‘world record’ thing off for sure!

Results from the sprints

1st Danny Ching: 47.60
2nd Connor Baxter: 50.26
3rd Beau O’Brian: 50.70
4th Trevor Tunnington: 51.01
5th Jake Jensen: 51.27
6th Casper Steinfath: 51.30
7th Zane Schweitzer: 51.42
8th Kai-Nicolas Steimer: 51.75
9th Leonard Nika: 52.27
10th Peter Weidert: 53.23

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