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Inflatables usually weigh 20-lbs which is much less than a 30-lb or heavier rigid and usually have a depressed handle grip in the center. Is also easier to transport an inflatable inside a motor boat because there's not so much concern to secure it in the boat while the motor boat is going 30-40-mph.

A rigid sup is easier to paddle than inflatable, and goes further with each paddle. Inflating to 15-psi with a hand pump is a major effort, and then the air will very slowly leak out at the seams or somewhere.

The sturdy polyethelene hollow air-filled boards sold at Walmart for $200-$400 are very sturdy but also very heavy, like 60-lbs for a 10'6" and 50-60-lbs is way heavier than 20-lb inflatable or a 30-lb rigid.

The Piche's Ski & Sports Outlet store, Rt 3, Belmont is an excellent store for window shopping different sup's. For very high quality rigid boards, Parafunalia in Gilford is excellent, too. Squam Boat Livery in Holderness and Plymouth Ski & Sports in Plymouth both have serious good quality boards. Dive Winnipesaukee, Wolfeboro has a dock on Wolfeboro Bay, out back, and rents and sells boards and used rentals. Wild Meadow Kayak, Center Harbor/Moultonborough line has a beach on Winnipesaukee out behind the store, there, with rentals and sales.

There is no place to buy or rent a sup at Weirs Beach and the beach there has a sup area put-in zone to the left of the swim line, down the steep embankment below the boardwalk. Roof-topping a sup down the steps to Weirs Beach from a parking spot on Lakeside Ave is very doable down the staircase and costs nothing. You must pay to park on nearby Lakeside Ave if you can find an open space.

Ellacoya State Beach, Gilford has a designated sup area launch zone to the left of the swim line. Admission and parking is something like $5/person and free for age-65 with NH id.