Lendal has added something unique to its Kinetik touring blade: phosphorescence. The cast-resin Ion blade is translucent off-white by day and an eerie luminous green by night to make it easier for your paddling partners to keep track of you during nighttime kayaking.

On a bright sunny day, the Ion blades can pick up a lot of light, and if you take them from the sunlight into a completely dark room, you could read a newspaper by their glow. Nightfall isn’t quite so sudden, so as daylight fades, so does the glow of the paddle blades. And that, as it turns out, is a good thing. If you give the blades an additional charge with a flashlight after nightfall, their glow will become bright enough to be distracting, flying by like ghosts every time you take a stroke. The glow won’t interfere with your night vision, but it could interfere with your concentration on navigation.