I never skate-boarded, surfed, unicycled or did much of anything in balancing sports, so I felt a bit cautious about stand up paddle-boarding. Being a tad over 6'5" and legs like a stork didn't seem much in my favor either. "Use it or lose it," I thought, so I've taken to the board and love this way of being on the water. I'm not hanging ten or anything yet, but I've only fallen in once so far.