Get your hands on an Aqua-Bound paddle and prepare to elevate your experience. Receiving his first kayak and paddle in 1973 as a graduation gift, Joe Matuska swam several times on his first outing and came home with a broken paddle and a broken boat. Figuring that someone with a degree in Medical Microbiology should be able to fix them, he went to work. Joe’s ‘hobby’ became a lengthy career in the paddle sport industry, leading him to start Aqua-Bound in 1991. Manufacturing paddles for whitewater, touring and recreational kayaking as well as canoeing, Aqua-Bound was also the first to introduce gas-assist moulded paddle blades. Now owned by Branches, the Aqua-Bound tradition of extraordinary quality and service continues.
