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Getting in a Kingpin 19 years 3 months ago #8981

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I know I should demo and try everything out first, but I was wondering if I (6'3\" 180 lbs) could fit in a Dagger Kingpin Icon 6.3 . Will I have to put the seat all the way back to fit? Will this affect the trim for a guy my size? Are there people my dimensions (or bigger) who have fit in a Kingpin? Thanks for the help.

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Re:Getting in a Kingpin 19 years 3 months ago #8982

I am 6'4, 185lbs with size twelve feet and I paddle my kingpin 6.3 with the seat most of the way forward. I've had the boat for two and a half solid years of paddling and really liked it. I'd keep paddling it if I hadn't beat it within an inch of it's life. My only complaints are all the extra fixtures for pods and fins make it heavier, and the dagger plastic is a little on the soft side and as the boat aged I found that it didn't bounce as well because the plastic had so much give to it. But all round, it's a great river runner, fast on a wave, cartwheels super smooth. If they made it with liquid logic plastic I would be all over it.

Drew

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Re:Getting in a Kingpin 19 years 3 months ago #8985

just a word about the kingpin....the only difference between the kingpin and the kingpin ICON is that the icon has the volume pods and is made a little lighter than the actual kingpin. the volume pods dont really make a difference. so if you can..demo the actual kingpin, because Dagger started making them again instead of the icon.....the icon just got discontinued...but look for the Dagger Agent 6.4 thats gonna be coming out pretty soon...and its gonna be sick

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Re:Getting in a Kingpin 19 years 3 months ago #8986

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Thanks a lot. That helps.

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