freestyle and kayaks

freestyle and kayaks 18 years 11 months ago #11986

coyote565 Topic Author Offline New Member Posts: 4 Thank you received: 0	i'v been Kayaking now for over five years and i paddle at least once a week. iv been looking for a good freestyle boat as i am very keen on getting into the area. any information on how to get started in the area or boat recomendations would be gratefully recieved. Cheers James:grin:
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Re:freestyle and kayaks 18 years 11 months ago #11987

AdrianTregoning Offline Moderator Posts: 2212 Thank you received: 8	Freestyle as in a river running playboat or a full on playboat. How tall/heavy are you?
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Re:freestyle and kayaks 18 years 11 months ago #12014

coyote565 Topic Author Offline New Member Posts: 4 Thank you received: 0	im 5' 10 and weigh 12 stone with size 10 feet if thats of any correlation lol
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Re:freestyle and kayaks 18 years 11 months ago #12030

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What boat do you currently paddle?
What is your weight in Kilograms?
Where do you typically paddle?

There are soooooo many boats out there it would also help to know those things.

For example, I\"m 5' 8\" and weight 74 Kg (the holidays have been good to me...) and I paddle both the DragoRossi Squashtail (a small boat) and occasionally a Stinger (chich is considerably more volume). Both are freestyel boats for me becasue I learned that stuff in larger boats. But the Squashtail is very park and play specific (thought not too bad for river running) and the Stinger is a much more forgiving hull and volume (but a bit harder to do flatwater freestyel with)

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Re:freestyle and kayaks 18 years 11 months ago #12038

coyote565 Topic Author Offline New Member Posts: 4 Thank you received: 0	at the moment i paddle a perception supersonic which is a club boat and usless as well! i weigh in at 82kg xmas wasn't overlly good to me this year lol and im usually on the river trent in burton upon trent coaching or enjoying the wier but i have a tendancy to move around alot to other rivers 4 example i went to the wye in symond yat (wales).
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Re:freestyle and kayaks 18 years 11 months ago #12039

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You are a good candidate for the DragoRossi Thruster as a play boat. The Stinger would work great for you too, but the Thruster surfs much better and cartwheels just as good, so with the Thruster you'd probably get a better variety of freestyle use out of it.

There are lots of good boats out there, so see what you can find to demo. It might be a fun few months for you if you can just get in the mode of asking many people if you can try their boats.

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Re:freestyle and kayaks 18 years 11 months ago #12043

coyote565 Topic Author Offline New Member Posts: 4 Thank you received: 0	Brilliant! thanks v.much for your help
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Re:freestyle and kayaks 18 years 11 months ago #12052

MrMove Offline Senior Member Posts: 33 Thank you received: 0	Also demo the Wavesport Project it simply rocks!
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Re:freestyle and kayaks 18 years 11 months ago #12098

jestering Offline Senior Member Posts: 45 Thank you received: 0	I don't know how accessible LiquidLogic boats are over there across the pond, but I've never paddled one that I didn't like. At your size, demo a Pop or a Space Cadet and see what you think. (you'll like it.)
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