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Reviews written by willspower3

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Boats & Boards
willspower3willspower3   August 31, 2007
(Updated: August 31, 2007)
Overall rating 
 
4.3
Design 
 
4.0
Perfomance 
 
5.0
Quality 
 
4.0
Value / Money 
 
4.0

Great Design, crappy outfitting

About myself I've been paddling for 3 years and just got into playboating. I'm working on aerial moves, but have the basics down pretty well. About the test environment Ocoee, Nantahala, over 100 hours flatwater teaching kayaking Review First off, this boat is entirely too big for me at 180lbs. It certainly made learning cartwheels a bit tougher than necessary. Bow stalls put my center of gravity too far out of the water for much control. Despite these shortcoming, there is a tradeoff- River running and big air. River running is much easier than my previous boat, the Wavesport Ace 5.1, a river running playboat. I don't have the problem of unintentional stern squirts in fast water. The SS is also not very edgy, so it takes a bit more screwing up to get window shaded surfing or flipped when floating a river. This boat is super wide with high edges, causing me to frequently bust my thumb. Even at 6'2", I have to move the seat up very far to get a good balance for...

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