Stand-up paddle racers charging across the water

Paddler-driven / Austin, Texas

Better solutions
for life on the water.

Avid creates thoughtfully designed gear and connected tools for paddlers — born from stand-up paddling and built for what comes next.

01Make paddling better.

How Avid works

We paddle.
We notice problems.
We build better solutions.

The best ideas rarely begin in a boardroom. Ours start on the water, in the places where small frustrations become clear and better answers feel obvious.

Close detail of Avid SUP strap hardware, stitching and brandingDesigned for boards. Not borrowed from cargo.

Coming soon / 01

Avid
SUP Straps

A smarter way to secure your board.

Avid’s first physical product is designed around the actual experience of transporting paddleboards — loading before dawn, protecting your gear, and getting to the water without the usual friction.

Explore SUP Straps

Paddle intelligence / 02

Know your
paddle.

PaddlePower by Avid turns your paddling data into something useful. Visualize workouts, understand performance, analyze turns, and see what is really happening on the water.

Explore PaddlePower
PaddlePower workout analysis with route, speed, heart rate, cadence and turns
PaddlePower training trends dashboard
Static PaddlePower workout analysis for reduced-motion viewing
SUP racers driving forward together

Our approach / 03

Built from
the water out.

Avid starts with real paddling. We notice frustrations, limitations and opportunities while actually using equipment and training.

Sometimes the solution is physical. Sometimes it is software. Either way, it should make paddling better.

Our Approach

What’s next / 04

This is just
the start.

SUP is where Avid begins. Better equipment, smarter tools, and useful solutions for paddlers are where we’re going.

See What We’re Building