Tower Stand Up Paddle Boards

I have had this board for a year… been out on it maybe 5 times. It is difficult to roll up so it has stayed mostly folded. This year I found 2 substantial holes on either side of the board where the creases from the folds were. I would have thought that the vinyl which is advertised as tough enough to have a truck drive over it would be able to withstand a little crease. Apparently not. Buyer beware… Roll don’t fold your board.

Be cautious of the quality of these boards. I purchased two of them at the same time and used them (very few days) on my sailboat on Lake Superior.
One of them has been fine and the other has very narrow overlap on the seams and blows out a seam every time the board is inflated to the Tower specs with their pump.

OMG. I love this board! My husband went there today to buy some boards (he saw them on Shark Tank). They explained everything to us in detail so we could make an informed decision. We headed to Mission Bay and had a great time with the kids. It was easy to set up and break down. I absolutely love this product and now we can take our paddleboard everywhere. Awesome!!!

Have owned the 14 ft inflatable for 2 years. Best on market for inflatable SUP. Perfect for family and casual cruising. Just bought a 12.5 ft tower hard board yesterday, can’t wait to use it. Staff very helpful and pleasant.

I made an impulse buy online and love my ISUP. Convenient and excellent quality! Better then I could imagine. I’ve taken in on the bay, in the ocean and in the lakes of the Sierra mountains! I’ve compared it with traditional hard paddle boards and feel it’s very similar in ride.
I’ve emailed tower with questions and Lauralee has always replied quickly and professionally. I’ve recommended friends and family to tower!

What a waste of time. The phone number does not ring into any open store, but rather goes right to voice mail. I was hoping to see if they had a SUP board bag in stock before I made the effort to wade thru the summertime beach traffic. Since the hours indicated the store was open today until 5pm, I decided to go ahead load up my board and make the effort to see if they had in stock the 7’10 SUP bag I’m looking for and to confirm it fit. Thought it was pretty lame no one was answering the phone. Then I get there only to find the store is relocating and won’t be open until August 3^rd in a new location. You couldn’t update your Unilocal or answering machine to reflect this? The door was open so I went ahead and walked in to be hit with a huge contact high from the pot someone had clearly smoked. Said «hello» and noticed the zoned out person on the sofa in the office who couldn’t be bothered to acknowledge me. Really Mark Cuban, this is a company you’ve invested in? Good luck with that… so far the customer service is crap. I’m looking elsewhere because clearly they don’t need customers.

I bought the Adventurer 2 inflatable paddle board and I love it! This board inflates easily but I just keep it inflated and transport it in the back of my 4Runner. It sticks out of the rear window a couple of feet but it’s OK for short distances. The board might not track as well as a non-​inflatable but it is light weight so it’s worth it to me. Tower Paddle boards has excellent customer service. I lost the screw to my fin and they are mailing me a whole new fin at no cost!
Deanna
San Pedro CA

I use my on a lake in MN. I’m 5’11″ and 175 and have never used a ISUP. We bought the 9’10″ Adventurer. I liked the idea of an affordable easy to transport board that is good for beginners both big and small. My research led me to Tower.
Getting going: Very easy to blow up except towards the end you have to get a little busy with the pump to get it to the suggested 11lbs psi. You almost have to go to where you feel its totally full before the needle on the pressure gauge starts moving. So, don’t quit pumping and wait for the need to move. Once it starts moving you only have a couple more pumps (hard ones) and you’re good to go.
Underway: I stood up on my Tower board immediately and was cruising the lake in no time. On my return trip I hit some moderate chop and a little wind. I made it home no problem but it was a little tricky but kind of expected. Now that I know how great these are I will maybe buy a longer one for more speed.
My kids used it no problem and it was so nice and easy to deflate and throw in the back of the car after a great weekend. Thanks Tower!

We bought two boards in August. One inflatable, one regular. I was worried about the inflatable for obvious reasons.
I LOVE it! Both shipped super fast and are awesome.
When we got them we noticed one paddle was missing a part. We kinda just made due, and then forgot.
When we emailed this week to order just this part, we fully intended to pay for it, after all we waiting so long to call. Surprise! New paddle because they don’t sell the part we needed.
That is Great customer service! I’d recommend them any day!

They had their demo day today and it was great to see the many options. Ray the host was great and very informative.

We ordered an iSUP package last year from Tower since I had always wanted to SUP. I fell in love with it (and the Tower board) and so did my wife. So much in fact that we ended up ordering another iSUP package over the holidays. We have been on the boards a lot this summer and everyone that tries them cannot believe they are inflatable. I am 220 lbs and have never once felt the board flex or worry about it holding my weight (and have even taken people — and my dogs) for rides without any performance issues.
When it comes to service, I’m also pleased to report they are a non-​nonsense, do what it takes to make the customer happy type of company. One of the collapsable paddles recently had one of the couplings break, unfortunately. I sent an email and that day I got a response back requesting and address to send me the replacement. No questions asked and the replacement went out without issue. Now that’s service and further reinforces why we bought from Tower.

This review is for the iSUP, which is also posted on Amazon, where I bought the boards. I think the Tower iSUP is a great value, good quality board, that does pretty much what the Tower web site says it does.
I spent quite a bit of time researching SUPs for a family trip to visit my mom, who lives on an inland lake in northern MI. I wanted to to have some stand up paddle boards to play with on the lake. I opted for an inflatable, because it would make storage easier, we could travel with them if desired, and we were just going to flat water paddle. I bought 2 (because the price is reasonable), hoping I was right that these were as good as Tower’s somewhat overhyped web site says they are.
I couldn’t be happier with the boards. They were easy to unpack, I found the simple instructions easy to follow (really, how hard is it to blow up a board, screw a fin on, and assemble a paddle?). The pumps worked fine, but is a lot of work getting them inflated. I had an air compressor, which made it a lot easier. Amazon sells a ‘High Pressure SUP Inflator Valve’ by Slingshot Sports’ that I bought for this purpose, which I highly recommend if you have an air compressor and an iSUP. I inflated mine to 15 PSI (just over the recommended 11 psi), since they are supposed to take 25 PSI, and it performed great.
The boards are amazing rigid. I am 190 lbs, and didn’t feel any bend at all. My feet were high and dry, even in 1 – 2 ft choppy waters. The boards track pretty well, and paddle as easily as the 10’6″ epoxy boards I have used for flat water and ocean paddling. One exception may be going upwind into some chop, where they thickness makes it harder to cut through waves. I am a regular ocean surfer, and while I didn’t ocean surf these boards, I don’t think they would be the best surfing boards. I know they are capable of surfing, since we caught and rode some huge boat wakes and did some tow in wake surfing on the iSUP. But they were tough to control on the fast, small wake, and not nearly as much fun as our 6′ fish glass board.
The paddle is serviceable, but one must recognize it is an inexpensive paddle (this is clearly stated on Tower’s website). It was easy to assemble and adjust, and nicely fulfilled it’s purpose. If I was going to use this as my main SUP (which I would if I traveled and SUP’ed a lot), I would buy a higher end paddle. But for what we did it was fine. The paddles do sink (also clearly stated by Tower), but take a minute or so to do so. So it isn’t like if you fall off the board and drop the paddle, it will be at the bottom of the lake. I cut off a small bit of a swim noodle and made a float, but took it off in a couple days as it just wasn’t needed.
My wife and 3 boys (110 – 170 lbs) were SUP’ing all week, and we had a great time exploring the beaches on our lake. Friends and neighbors who had never seen SUPs couldn’t believe they were inflatable, and borrowed them to try them out. One neighbor bought 2 for their house after trying my boards. One guy that used them was likely 250 lbs, and he also had no bend issues and paddled easily. Nearly all of these people were novice SUP’ers and were off and paddling in a minute. My 74 year old mother even took a lap.
Tower seems to take a fair bit of abuse from various web sites and reviewers, but I don’t see why. In my opinion, they make a good quality product at a really good price. I am very happy with the purchase, and think these boards are a great value.

Tower is a great company with lots of heart. They build a super SUP and other things as well.
I like them since I am a long time surfer with lots of experience with not only board making but sales as well.
I do highly recommend them

OUTSTANDING! I bought a 14′ Xplorer board from Tower and have been thrilled. Board has exceeded expectations— have even tandomed with three people on the board and over 450 pounds.
The Tower staff including Ashley, Allison, and even a pre purchase email from their CEO have been fantastic to work with. You can tell they love the sport and their innovative/​customer focused company vision. I know this reviews sounds like we are cousins, but I also work in eCommerce (
), so I particularly appreciate what these guys are doing.

Tower SUB was a great place for me to purchase a board for my wife’s birthday. The staff were friendly and knew what board would suit my wife’s needs. Fyi– the new boards are self venting, so there’s no long issues with plugs. I would definitely recommend this place and their product. Happy SUPing ppl!

I was so excited to get my board, took it on vacation. Out of the box everything looked good but started to inflate and the pump kept popping off. I could not hold it and pump at same time or air would leak. Read directions over and over to see what was wrong. Not sure why the pump is not locking in. Of course office closed. HOpe to resolve when office opens just a bit disappointed.

Board has been A-​OK for the month I’ve had it. It’s a beast, for sure, even at 10′. It’s awkward to carry because it’s unbalanced and makes carrying it to the beach a pain in the ass. The tail just wants to drag ass hard on the sidewalk.
I am able to catch waves on it and have fun in the water, though, which is the best part for me.
Felt like the guy at the store was telling me BS most the time to get me to buy the board, which, fair enough, he’s a salesman. But then I came home and re-​read the reviews and noticed that he and his family/​friends wrote most the reviews here on Unilocal.
The «cool» shop someone spoke of is an old windowless office the size of a bedroom, with clutter everywhere, including knick knacks from these salesmans’ old business ventures, including poker chips.
So far, the product itself is how I rated it, A-​OK. It floats and surfs. I was less impressed with salesman style approach for being a local shop. (Compared to many of the mom and pop surf joints around town, who include wax, or a leash, or something with a $ 650 purchase.)
Not sure how I feel about the vent screw that Eric K. mentioned. They did warn me about it and I understand how it works, however, it feels like a ticking time bomb. It’s only a matter of time before I forget to unscrew and it gets too hot out. We’ll see.

I LOVE Tower SUP. The staff are so nice, and everyone is friendly and not pushy. I just got the tower 9’10, and have taken it out at La Jolla shores. I am not very experienced at paddling, but everyone working there was really helpful with techniques, getting the board on and off of my car, etc. No one pushes you to buy anything, and they seem to genuinely care if you enjoy your experience.
I love the 9’10. It is super stable for the length, and the carbon fiber paddle is amazing. The deck pad is comfortable enough on your feet, and even for those of us who aren’t good enough to start on their feet (ME!), the pad is comfortable enough to kneel until you are stable on your feet.
Looking forward to taking it out again this weekend and hopefully spending more time standing!

I am a big fan of tower sups. They are high quality products for a significantly less than buying in stores. For those of you who haven’t used sup they are very easy to balance on and use. In addition they provide a great work out whether it be paddling or using the board as stability for abs or yoga.
The staff are knowledgable, friendly, and readily available for questions. I personally like to suport local and/​or small businesses and tower completes both of these criteria. I wouldn’t buy from anyone else. They’ve got a customer for life in me.

the guys at Towerpaddleboards were very helpful in answering my questions and helping me pick out a new Coreban SUP at a great price. The demo lesson with Stephan was great on Mission Bay. Highly recomended berfore you purchase if you have the time. These guys are the cool hook up if you are looking to get into SUP. Good honest people check them out.