Same here, every paddle I owned always floated for whitewater kayaking. Even when I broke Werner’s very first carbon ergonarmic handled paddle on the Gaulie River one day. Broken paddles still floated. And that one went back to Werner as they wanted their engineers to study why it broke. That was a very nasty swim down a class 5 rapids for a quarter of a mile. :cheers2 Test the paddle out. Take it to some water to make sure it floats and test. It will float.