One boat ..... Then which boat
- Peter Holgate
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One boat ..... Then which boat
I need to make some space so am selling a couple of boats and want to buy a playful river runner (grade 4+ and still play in a hole) to fit me (5'10" 90kgs & size 10's). Have tried the GTX, Recoil, Stretch and Xeno all have their merits.
But what would you go for?
But what would you go for?
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If I could only own one boat it would be without doubt the Pyrahna 7-0, I really love that boat and it just seemed to do everything so well, so controllable, so much speed for it's size, resurfaces fairly well and yet is oh so easy to cartwheel and surfs all right (for a plastic boat) as well, I only sold mine as I wanted to learn to loop and that seemed to be the one thing the 7-0 would not do that easily.
I miss mine but at least I see it about from time to time bringing Bod the joy it once brought me.
Denzil
I miss mine but at least I see it about from time to time bringing Bod the joy it once brought me.
Denzil
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- Ricks-Freestyle-Mind
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I'm about the same size and weight as you and I went for the Perception Blaze 7.1. Originally had a Disco and a Java. Quite like it, used it in the surf where it's not bad (not the quickest boat I've paddled), carves well. Runs rivers Ok. Don't really play in holes but I imagine you could throw it around easily enough.
I also tried the Stretch but it was a lot more expensive. I3 and hated it, hard to get in and out and slow on the water. The Juice but that was to low volume and tail happy. Looked The Fluid Spice but they hadn't come out in this country when I needed a boat.
I also tried the Stretch but it was a lot more expensive. I3 and hated it, hard to get in and out and slow on the water. The Juice but that was to low volume and tail happy. Looked The Fluid Spice but they hadn't come out in this country when I needed a boat.
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- jimkennedy
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Have you looked at the Fluid spice? I haven't paddled one but they do look like a really good design. Might be worth a look, especially with the relatively cheap retail price. A quick google just found them for £600 including delivery here.
- Matthew Lomax
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Under the right bum can be very playable, serfs relay well and I love mine of rivers. Haven taken mine down down Bala mill with out problems and herd of plenty off people using theirs for grade IV (4).Ricks-Freestyle-Mind wrote: I quite like the look of the Jackson Fun. Never paddled one though.
PS. Sorry for anything misspelled.
Matthew
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You sure about that?Matthew Lomax wrote:Under the right bum can be very playable, serfs relay well and I love mine of rivers. Haven taken mine down down Bala mill with out problems and herd of plenty off people using theirs for grade IV (4).Ricks-Freestyle-Mind wrote: I quite like the look of the Jackson Fun. Never paddled one though.
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i used to have a jackson 4fun and used to take it down all sorts of grade 4 and one or two grade 5 as well, magic boat. had to buy 2 boats to replace it.Matthew Lomax wrote:Under the right bum can be very playable, serfs relay well and I love mine of rivers. Haven taken mine down down Bala mill with out problems and herd of plenty off people using theirs for grade IV (4).Ricks-Freestyle-Mind wrote: I quite like the look of the Jackson Fun. Never paddled one though.
the dagger RX is meant to be good as well
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- Matthew Lomax
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Yer 2ed time and first was my fault not the boat.Ricks-Freestyle-Mind wrote:You sure about that?Matthew Lomax wrote:Under the right bum can be very playable, serfs relay well and I love mine of rivers. Haven taken mine down down Bala mill with out problems and herd of plenty off people using theirs for grade IV (4).Ricks-Freestyle-Mind wrote: I quite like the look of the Jackson Fun. Never paddled one though.
PS. Sorry for anything misspelled.
Matthew
Matthew
Peter
I paddle a Recoil and it is a little belter, I'm about your size but smaller feet, (you know what they say about people with big feet though). It surfs with little or no effort due to it having the deepest rails on the planet ;-)
Dead easy to throw about when you want to and I feel is big enough to give you a nice sense of security when running bumpy water.
If you go for the Recoil though don't get the Rapid+ outfitting cos it is crap IMHO.
I paddle a Recoil and it is a little belter, I'm about your size but smaller feet, (you know what they say about people with big feet though). It surfs with little or no effort due to it having the deepest rails on the planet ;-)
Dead easy to throw about when you want to and I feel is big enough to give you a nice sense of security when running bumpy water.
If you go for the Recoil though don't get the Rapid+ outfitting cos it is crap IMHO.
- Ricks-Freestyle-Mind
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Can vouch for this boat, having bought it off Rik :)Rikhensman wrote:I used to have a jackson 4fun and used to take it down all sorts of grade 4 and one or two grade 5 as well, magic boat. had to buy 2 boats to replace it.
Taken it down some grade 3's and a 4 and had zero trouble. It's the 4 Fun (for taller paddlers) for which I'm on the lower end of the playable weight range, so it's difficult to play with (that being said, it's probably more my fault!)
Highly recomend it!
I've got a Perception Blaze 6.9, this thing plays really well, and I've run reasonably hard stuff in it, Lyn gorge, Findhorn gorge, Upper Dart.... The boat handles it all really well, it's a very very forgiving boat, I've never been held back at all by it.
It also plays really well, not particularly fast, but fast enough. Another brilliant thing about the Blaze is the outfitting..... It's as good as I've ever found, and theres even room for big feet. £450 new..... Bargain!
It also plays really well, not particularly fast, but fast enough. Another brilliant thing about the Blaze is the outfitting..... It's as good as I've ever found, and theres even room for big feet. £450 new..... Bargain!
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