Utah startup revolutionizes stand-up paddle boarding

(KUTV) Nine months ago, no one had heard of Torch Paddles, because the little Utah startup was just being hatched in the minds of a few friends who love adventure. This week at the Outdoor Retailers Show at the Salt Palace Convention Center, Torch Paddles is making quite a splash. “What we’re looking at is a carbon fiber shaft, battery pack set inside, LED light set inside the blade,“ says the company’s Marketing Director Creighton Baird, as he holds a paddle he believes will revolutionize standup paddle bo