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| * **Surfski retail prices are high** and **transporting them is expensive** to out of the way places - as much or more than those purchase prices. (For durability it is not uncommon for rental services that we are aware of to employ plastic surfskis. (In 2023 Nelo seems to be opening a number of sites in Spain where they are offering plastic 510 surfskis - Melilla , Benalmádena , Villajoyosa , Bárbate ). But even though they are not much fun to lift and carry given how heavy they are, many [[:plastic_surfskis|plastic surfskis]] can provide plenty of downwinding fun in the hands of a reasonably capable paddler.) | * **Surfski retail prices are high** and **transporting them is expensive** to out of the way places - as much or more than those purchase prices. (For durability it is not uncommon for rental services that we are aware of to employ plastic surfskis. (In 2023 Nelo seems to be opening a number of sites in Spain where they are offering plastic 510 surfskis - Melilla , Benalmádena , Villajoyosa , Bárbate ). But even though they are not much fun to lift and carry given how heavy they are, many [[:plastic_surfskis|plastic surfskis]] can provide plenty of downwinding fun in the hands of a reasonably capable paddler.) | ||
| * **If you do rent or borrow a surfski**, **ALWAYS!! carefully check and test its condition** - the safety it does or doesn't provide directly determines your well being if you paddle anywhere involving risk. Carefully check out the condition of rental/borrowed surfskis, safety leashes (if borrowed) and their steering assembly function. | * **If you do rent or borrow a surfski**, **ALWAYS!! carefully check and test its condition** - the safety it does or doesn't provide directly determines your well being if you paddle anywhere involving risk. Carefully check out the condition of rental/borrowed surfskis, safety leashes (if borrowed) and their steering assembly function. | ||
| + | * **Please return borrowed boats in the same condition you received them**, or take care of/pay for any damage that occurred. Otherwise boat owners will be discouraged from future rentals and loans of their equipment and traveling paddlers will have that much less opportunity to paddle in wonderful places that they visit. | ||
| + | * It is not a bad idea to **take photos and email them to boat owners **when you receive borrowed equipment to document its preexisting condition and help reduce/avoid potential disputes. | ||
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