AKIAK, the first modern Greenland paddle with exchangeable tips. Inspired by the Inuit traditional technique of strengthening paddle tips with bone, walrus ivory, and harder wood, AKIAK integrates durable polyamide tips with full carbon fiber paddle. The tip and paddle forms a continual and gapless contour for smooth paddling strokes. The exchangeable paddle tips provide extra paddle protection at rocky shores, and prolong lives of paddles to reduce unnecessary consumption. Gearlab also offers various shapes of paddle tips for different styles of paddling. This eliminates the need of purchasing multiple paddles. Other the shapes, there are also colours of tips paddlers could choose to customize and differentiate their paddles.