ERS SKYLAKE Green | Insights and User Feedback

I've had a blast riding the 9'6 S3 SKYLAKE Green in Italy, Spain, The Netherlands, and Belgium over the last year. It's my go-to board for exploring the rivers and lakes of Europe. It easily fits in my car, and I'm able to check the board in on a flight with plenty of room to stash my extra gear in the board bag.

It’s maneuverable and great for teaching paddlers that are developing their strokes, but also fun for recreational paddling, playing around, and doing tail drops. The board is super easy to portage with since it’s so lightweight, and even though the neoprene handle is removable, I find it doesn’t get in my way when adjusting my stance or walking the board.

I love my board (both of them). I use the shorter of the two (9'6) for going down the Snake River in Wyoming and Teton River in Idaho and I use larger for doing paddle yoga on Slide Lake. They have both been great purchases and my friends like to use them too.

I love my SUP, especially the portability of it. I have taken it on road trips to meet friends to paddle the French Broad River in NC, and to WV to paddle the Tygart River and the Monongahela River. I am going on a few road trips this summer (central WV rivers and Knoxville, TN) and will have my SUP packed.

I like the lightness of the SUP and the ability to take it on small rapids without worrying about fins getting in the way. As I was recently packing up my SUP for an upcoming road trip, I noted how relieved I am to have an inflatable SUP made of quality material that I can rely on when I get to my destination.

The perfect SUP for someone who wants to experience the most fun on water. We have used these in our program at Paddlestroke SUP for the last few years and this shape really hits the sweet spot for a lot of paddlers. Great balance but narrow enough so that even the smallest paddlers can get a correct stroke down without excessive reach over. It’s fast across the water, and still has all the awesome features of an Earth River SUP board such as the kick tail and arch bar.

The permanent fins are ideal for a lot of paddlers and are going to see you through any water with zero chance of fin loss or breakage. We put these through a very harsh program all summer long so we know it paddles great and it’s going to last!

The ERS 10-7 Skylake Inflatable has been an amazing addition to our college outdoor program at Johns Hopkins University. We primarily use the boards to introduce new paddlers to SUP which is where the 10-7 excels. The many features make this board versatile for a variety of new and experienced paddlers. Even more importantly for our program, the boards are incredibly durable and easy to set up.

The full kit with bag, pump, repair kit is important for any user. We also love supporting a local small business! We are excited to continue growing our SUP program while adding SUP fitness and yoga experiences for the Hopkins community.

We have these boards and the 11-0 in our fleet and both are amazing boards from both a paddler and instructor point of view, but also from a business owners perspective. We can have over a hundred students through our classes each weekend and the Earth River SUP boards are the perfect platform to introduce a new paddler to SUP.

We've had many students who come back to this board and end up purchasing it or the DUAL series because they never find a board with the same feel and glide that they find on the 10-7 or the 10-9. It’s durable and and great for learning basic skills but it’s also quite fast and we have no problem having students navigate to every corner of the lake or students balancing for the yoga classes.

We have never had a single issue with an Earth River SUP board and we are very proud to have seen them grow and now use these boards exclusively in our program.

The ERS “go-to” all-around board, the 10-7 Skylake hits the mark. When we introduce new paddlers to SUP, this board provides a perfect blend of stability, speed, and ease of use. We use our boards for our collegiate recreation trips and rental programs. Our participants are almost always brand new to SUP and rarely gentle with our boards. The ERS construction is outstanding and when they say the fins are unbreakable, they mean it.

We’ve had boards come back with fins pointing every way possible and after letting them sit out for a bit, they are back to normal again. Even if you’re not running a rental or instructional program, the knowledge that you can count on your board holding up to a bit of abuse is invaluable. I also appreciate that even though the boards are designed for instructing first time users, they have features found in only advanced boards from other companies.

The 10’7 Green boards used by Bretton Woods camp are awesome. The kids at camp, even the 6-8-year old’s can use them pretty easily. The standard size allows our campers from ages 6-15 great use of the boards. As a staff I can go into our day of supping with confidence in the gear. The boards are durable and can withstand miss use in case a camper hits a rock or drops a board on the fin. Yet the boards are light enough that our campers can handle carrying them to put ins and to take outs. Usually this is a struggle for kids and water activities due to the heaviness but with ERS boards I have had no problems.

Almost every week I ask campers what their favorite day was and its usually the supping day. Campers are excited about the awesome colors and designs. Most times on Sup day kids are ecstatic when I tell them they can eat lunch in the water on their boards due to its stability.

From the staff view I love being able to have confidence in the gear I use. I can worry about my campers rather than weather the gear they are using is safe or not. The boards themselves are super easy to load onto a trailer and are extremely manageable for both staff and campers.

Campers of all skill levels are capable of maneuvering the boards in the rapids as well as in maneuvering games on flat water. By the end of the day most campers are comfortable standing on their boards and are excited to come back to camp and sup again!

I love my Earth River SUP! It's sturdy yet light and it looks great! I ride mostly on the Potomac but I also used it on Casco Bay in Maine. I am still new to SUPing and learning but having so much fun. I especially love playing hooky with my friend and fellow SUPer and finding new places to ride. Now if only I had more days off from work...

I bought my wife a paddleboard last year. She has always wanted one after seeing so many people using them while we are kayaking. She uses it on the Delaware river in which we live on and at the Giving Pond which is a former quarry and now a popular fishing and paddling spot.

We have been attempting to get our dog Maci to enjoy paddleboarding with my wife, but that may take some time! She loves the freedom of being able to stand, kneel, or sit while paddling compared to a kayak. She gets bummed that she won't be able to use it for awhile as we will be having a baby any day now! So far it has been a great purchase and we love the convenience of easy transport and storage with it being inflatable. -Brian, Brittany, and Maci

We have two ISUP’s, one being the ERS. It’s always a race with my family to get to the ERS board first. It’s built so much better than the other and is just more fun to be on in the water. We do most of our paddling on the beautiful Cascade Mountain lakes.

Love how everything fits in its own bag perfect for our traveling. Board inflates and deflates super fast. Extremely steady in the water and tracks with ease. Even my 11yo daughter can maneuver the board with ease. My 6yo daughter loves to sit on the nose while we enjoy a paddle. My ERS board was the perfect blend of fair price point with a reliable high quality product.

In 2019 and 2020 I took classes with Paddlestroke SUP riding ERS on the Potomac river and was hooked. I tried out a few different ERS boards during lessons and got myself on the waitlist for a 2021 Skylake Green. I purchased the ERS Green 10-9, the 90 sq.in. 3-segment carbon paddle, the 12V automatic pump and the 30 liter drybag. This setup has worked great, allowing me to get in and out of the water quickly and without hassle.

I store my board in its backpack in a closet. It’s easy to throw in the back of my car and head out. When I arrive, I roll out the board and hook up the pump. It’s fully inflated and ready to go before I’ve finished putting on my lifejacket, sunscreen and packing my dry bag. Coming out of the water, I’ve used the 12V pump to quickly deflate the board so it’s easy to roll up and throw back in the car. When I get home I hose off the board and paddle, let them dry and then pack them back up. In my closet I leave the top of the backpack and paddle bag open and put a dehumidifying ball intended for gym shoes nearby just in case everything wasn’t completely dry.

Since I got my board I’ve been exploring the Potomac, some local lakes and I took it on a beach trip to Delaware. I love how peaceful it is out on the water. I can get in a paddle workout, some strength and balance exercises, and then lie down and drift with my toes in the water. I thought the 34 inch width of the 10-9 would be stable enough to allow me to take my young kids out with me and that has proven to be the case. So far I’ve had my kids sit near the front center of the board and I’ve paddled on my knees behind them. With the adjustable paddle on it’s lowest height it works well. There’s plenty of space between us to switch paddle sides and we’ve been very stable at all times.

Last week I was out with my son at Little Seneca Lake. We saw a bald eagle soaring overhead. Then, the eagle suddenly dove down to the surface of the water and splashed its talons in for a fish! We also saw several blue heron, alligator snapping turtles and other natural wonders. I’m looking forward to many more adventures with my ERS board, and I expect to grow our family fleet as my kids get older. Thanks for making such great stuff!

I love how portable it is and how stable it is. I paddled mostly on lakes and large rivers this summer. My favorite place to go paddling this summer was on black pond in Woodstock CT. I work up at a research field station near there and I snuck out to paddle right at sunrise a couple mornings before my work day started. When I was a kid I went to a YMCA camp on that same pond. It was so quiet and peaceful in the morning I would paddle out and do a little bit of yoga and meditation and just chill out and hear the wake up bell at the summer camp as I was ending my morning paddle. It was a mixture of super nostalgic and a peaceful start to my day so I think that was my favorite place to go. The other place it got some use was on Lake Zoar in Sandy Hook, CT. The stability was super useful there as there are power boats and jetskis, mostly I tried to avoid peak boater times, but it was nice how wide it was because I could handle the wakes more than some friends with smaller boards.

When my sister and brother in law first raved to me about their ERS SUP board I was excited to try but being that I have been a fan of kayaking for many years didn’t think I would like it enough to purchase my own. Then I actually tried it and couldn’t believe how much more versatile it is than a kayak.

I love all the different ways I can play, standing, kneeling, doing yoga, and laying down to sun bath. It’s fun to jump off of to go swimming and easy to get back on from in the water, plus with the amazing stability made it easy to balance from my very first time. Being able to deflate it for travel and storage is such a huge plus and the carrying case that came with it makes it so easy to pack and move.

All summer I had been borrowing my brother in laws to go paddle boarding with my sister, but made the plunge to purchase my own for the family sailing vacation we went on this fall in the Chesapeake Bay. It was a fantastic trip and inflating all the SUP’s while on the sail boat was easy. My favorite none conventional activity that I love my SUP for it to find a beautiful place to anchor and apply a French clay body mud mask! So relaxing to lay in the sun will it drys and then just jump in for a little swim to rinse it off. Super happy customer!

I got the Paddle Board Passion fever this Oregon summer of 2022. I’ve been going out two or three times a week all summer long, and then for my birthday I got an awesome upgrade from my sweetie, to the Skylake S3 My maiden voyage on her was an early morning birthday paddle with friends (who also have ERS boards) on Estacada Lake in Oregon. Gorgeous weather, fabulous friends , and my new board gliding along ! Love the stability, the portability and the overall feel.

This is the evolution of the board shape that Paddlestroke SUP and ERS developed back several years ago because there wasn’t an inflatable board specifically designed with both stability and close to the water glide in mind. It's a SUP that will have you up in seconds your first time, but won’t get old or boring because of the slimline five inch depth. The permanent fins bounce off anything and it is a perfect board for a paddler who just wants to get on the water with as little fuss as possible, but still wants a board of amazing quality and performance.

The build quality and features of this board are distinctly ahead of its competitors and its longevity is proven you never have to worry about an issue with an ERS board. At Paddlestroke we put our boards through a brutal schedule each summer and the SKYLAKE Green boards form the core of that fleet and they perform every time.

All levels of yoga practitioners have found the 10-9 board to be ideal for yoga. Beginners find the larger board stable while more experienced practitioners find the larger board offers them an opportunity to practice more challenging postures. For example, practicing Acro Yoga requires a larger board! This is definitely a board to "grow" with. Whether you are seated, standing, or balancing on your head, the deck pad has a grip similar to a yoga mat for a secure feeling. This board is an all around GREAT board!

We used to use both Red Paddle and ERS for several years and also tried several other brands in 2018 as a concept but the ERS boards have always been the far and away best in class and preferred by both my instructors and students.

In 2019 we replaced every board / brand we have and went exclusively with Earth River SUP Green models. We have used the 10-9 in its various iterations over the years as our main teaching and instruction board since 2012 and it has consistently been our preferred board. For first timers it provides and incredibly stable platform that we have not seen another board go even close to matching, including hard boards or composites.

Paddlers are up on their feet within minutes and excited to paddle which is the best reflection on our business as a teaching and instruction school. We also run a Yoga class that we used to use a variety of boards but we would have return student all requesting the ERS so we decided it was time to make the switch to running them exclusively.

If you are new to inflatable SUPs, the ERS Skylake Green 11' board is the one to get. Take it from the owner of a sailboat, kayak, and SUP board rental outfit that operates from a seasonal portable storage container at a public lakefront park. The 34" width provides stability for beginners, yet the 11' length, shape, and 3-fin configuration provides the glide and drive that satisfies the enthusiasts.

The fin box is built for durability to withstand the rigors of rental usage. And given our storage constraints, it's thin profile stacks well when inflated, while being lightweight makes constant relocation to/from the beach easy for our staff and customers. Plus, ERS is a USA-based company so you know you can get in touch with the folks in charge. Thanks again for designing such a great board!

My husband bought me my Earth River SUP just before summer, i love the stability and the fact it's so easy to unpack, inflate and get out onto the water really quickly.
It's light and easy to pick up and put into the water, paddling is easy and it's maneuverable too.
We take our SUP boards out on Lady Bird Lake in downtown Austin, it's great to be on a well designed and easy to paddle board. People regularly comment on the good looking board, with the straps on the front i can tie down a water proof bag and so take my phone and spare clothes with me.

We love our Earth River SUP board. After doing lots of research, we decided on it because of the build quality. We have another inflatable SUP and the difference is noticeable. We love to be able to throw it in the back of the car and take it with us to the lake and then blow it up and be on our way.

It is very stable and easy to use. Our whole family uses it and we have taught so many others how to paddle on it as well. The kids like to use it to jump off of in the middle of the lake on a hot summer day and I like to take it out on quiet mornings at a nearby lake.

My yoga instructor, Natasha Romano of Warrior One Yoga, introduced me to paddle boarding. Grateful! My first experience was SUP yoga! Since then I've taken to paddle boarding on the Potomac River almost daily. I'll run down to the river after work to paddle, watch the blue herons and enjoy tangerine sunsets, even if there's only an hour of sunlight left. Paddle boarding brings me close to nature, anchors me in the present and affords time to feel gratitude for this beautiful world.

My favorite paddle board experience goes like this: I pack up lunch, my waterproof speaker, an anchor, a kayak paddle, my SUP paddle and a Crazy Creek folding seat. I SUP, I sit and paddle kayak style, I sit (back supported with my seat) and watch sunsets, I SUP yoga, stop and lunch, listen to music, breathe. Hours of riverly Heaven.

I looked at a lot of paddle boards - so many inexpensive boards. so many with accessories like lots of bungies. My yoga instructor convinced me to invest in a good board. I chose long wide board for stability and versatility and bought two so I can invite a friend. Now I have a German shepherd puppy and am so excited to get on the board. My ERS SUP board is a life changing, peace bringing , outdoor portal.

We love getting out on the Potomac River and feeling the adventure of nature so close to home. We usually head out from Angler's. The whole family has been out and we love getting in the small rapids as well as cruising on the calm water. The ERS boards exceed our expectations in every way! They offer great control and cruising performance as well. They are also very durable for transporting from the house to the water.

We got out at least twice a week and they look the same as when we got them. We have not even had to re-inflate. I recommend them to everyone!

My wife and I love taking our ERS on the mountain lakes near our home. Our ERS is sturdy enough for us both to ride without any stability issues, unlike many of the other boards we’ve ridden in the past, but it doesn’t feel too unwieldy or large. We almost love the travel bag as much as the board itself! It is incredibly simple but very functional and it holds everything we need.

Our typical location for using the board requires us to take it a fair distance from our car, and the roller wheels are very smooth and helpful. One of the things we’ve noticed about our ERS board when compared with others is that from our perspective, the board is much more solidly constructed than anything else we’ve ridden previously. For the same effort inflating, the ability to ride is unmatched. The only disappointment we’ve had with the board is that we couldn’t purchase a second board because they were out of stock!