Aug 26, 2025

Storing Your Board

How To Store Your Board

The time is slowly approaching where the fair weather SUPers will put their boards away until spring - and there's 100% nothing wrong with that.

Not everyone likes to get up and wrap up for a quick paddle and to brave cold fingers and noses, so for those of you that love the sun, enjoy the warmth and are happy to pack the board away and tuck it up until spring, this is for you🫵.

Hardboards

If you're storing your hardboard inside then there's not much you need to worry about. Just keep it safe from bumps and scrapes with a board bag or SUP Sock.

If you're storing outside, this is a toughy as a hardboard has a vent plug to help it breathe. This means that the hardboard is expanding and contracting all the time according to the weather.

What this means is, excessive. temperature highs (and lows) can affect the board and therefore, you will need to tuck it up nicely.

Rinse it, dry it, and remove the vent plug - keep it somewhere safe. The next thing you are going to need is an insulated board bag. Something that will protect the board from the elements as well as the heat and cold.

Next we recommend some form of wrapping - a blanket, some use duvet covers, we obviously recommend our SUP sock. Think of this as the boards thermals 😉

The SUP sock is good because if there is an epic sunrise and you do fancy heading out, it's super simple to get the board out and pack it away again.

Lastly, if you're storing your board outside for the winter, it's good to make sure that it's watertight. Grab yourself a cheap tarpaulin and wrap the bag (top and bottom) as pretty much all board bags will soak up water. If you have water against your board for an extended period of time, it can soak through the epoxy due to osmosis.

Inflatables

This is a little easier as iSUPs (inflatable stand up paddle boards) are designed for convenience and simple storage. The important steps of packing up an iSUP is more about the prep before you roll it up.

As with the hardboards, make sure you thoroughly rinse the board and all the equipment - you don't want to come back rusty paddle pins or corroded D-rings. Even though these are made from stainless steel, they will rust if not cared for. Then give it a good dry!

If you're going to roll your board and leave it standing for the winter, we recommend placing a towel at the bottom of the bag. It has been known that a rolled board shoved around can end up having holes created in the pinchpoifnts in the rail, so a towel will help prevent this.

Lastly, if you are planning to leave the iSUP inflated for the winter, that isn't an issue, but check pressures before heading out. Pressures can change the same with cold as they do with hot weather. The colder it is, the less pressure there will be in the board.