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Help gettin a new playboat 19 years 6 months ago #1275

Hi every body

I am looking 4 a new play boat which is easyer for me to throw around on flat water and on moving. e.g cartwheel,floop. I hav a LL big wheel at da mo but its to big 4 me in volume and i am to light 4 it.( somthing a bit more slice wood be nice) i am 5.11 and weight 60kgs (144Lbs) and have size 10 feet. any input wood be aprecatied.

Martyn :)

p.s i have bin looking at a dagger king pin and phyranha s6f, any coments please?

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Help gettin a new playboat 19 years 6 months ago #1277

go for the kingpin, easy to floop and flaterwater cartwheel and is fairly fast. Nice slice on the tali too.

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Help gettin a new playboat 19 years 6 months ago #1280

what is floop?

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Help gettin a new playboat 19 years 6 months ago #1281

all a floop is is a flatwater loop the f at the begining standing for flatwater. I believe this is correct, but you might want to check. if iam wrong what i meant is that it is wasy to flatwater loop.

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Help gettin a new playboat 19 years 6 months ago #1282

I've got an S6F 192 and I love it. I can through it down pretty easily. It's also good for doing like squirts and stuff in. This is by far the funnest and most comfortable boat I've ever paddled. You and I are about the same size too. I'm a little shorter but about a 31 inch inseam. Demo one sometime. I think you will have your mind made up after you paddle one.

Josh

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Help gettin a new playboat 19 years 5 months ago #1401

I just got a riot air and love it. i cant flatwater cartwheel , but the first time i got in this boat and tried and came the closest ive ever come(aboutabout 3/4 vertical) when I did it in a wave i did my first cartwheel ever the third time i tried. I was in the scooter( small big wheel) before the air and like the air much more. Dont know about the flatwater loops, cant do those yet.

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Help gettin a new playboat 19 years 5 months ago #1513

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im shorter but had a paddle in an air55 very easy to cartwheel etc! why not try the ll scooter stupidly easy to throw around so is the bigwheel for that matter just practise practise practise watch ken whitings playboating dvd to get some tips! if still having trouble the sevenO s/m one of the easiest boats around to throw down or the newer 420 s/m happy boatin

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Help gettin a new playboat 19 years 4 months ago #1568

i agree with the person with the s6f there really nice boats
very easy to through down
another option is the Bliss stick RAD 175 is a nice boat got nice bounce and relitivly easy to through down
PADDLE HARD
NICK :dance:

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Help gettin a new playboat 19 years 4 months ago #1576

Really good boat, and I would check out the Pyranah 4-twenty too. I switched from one to the other this year and I like them boat a lot. They both run rivers really well for playboats too. I would get to tryin some boat before I bought them too because one man's or woman's favorite boat might be the one that you hate. Give me a hollar if you ar in my neck of the woods. I have a used and new flirt on sale and I also have all demos that you can try. --Gavin
www.alabamasmallboats.com
(800)874-5272 :dance:

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Help gettin a new playboat 19 years 4 months ago #1597

get an s6f, best boat i've ever paddled.

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Help gettin a new playboat 19 years 4 months ago #1611

My advice is to try as many boats as possible before you buy. Check to boat database and see what boats are in your weight/height range and then try and beg borrow and steal as many boats off people before you buy. Whether or not you like a boat or not has as much to do with your style of paddling, your ability and your height and weight as it has with the design of the boat. I would not go buy a boat based on the word of people in a forum, only buy based on whether you like the feel of the boat or not.

Now in my personal opinion - I wouldn't be all that gone on the S6f or any of the pyrahna playboats for that matter. I do have an Air 45 and I did really love that boat very easy to wheel even with its short length, though it does have its drawbacks - cheesy plastic and its inability to backsurf being my main issues with the boat. I'm currently paddling the small ZG and I'm really loving it at the moment, so you might want to check it out, though I find it a wee bit harder to wheel than the Air

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Help gettin a new playboat 19 years 4 months ago #1698

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo :!: not the S6F :!: riot tekno is a lovely boat. its easy to throw around roll like a bitch and cartwheels sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo easily

elliott

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Help gettin a new playboat 19 years 4 months ago #1702

All I can say is demo like crazy if possible, try asking people to try their boat at the local play spot, most are really friendly about it. So much is opinion, I thought the S6F was one of the worste playboats I have paddled, I much prefer a LL Vision or Daggering Kingpin. The S6F is a much better river runner than the Vision, but I bought the boat to play not run rivers, and the Vision outplays it by miles.

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Help gettin a new playboat 19 years 4 months ago #1742

Yes demo around loads. I tried a
Riot Disco
Pyranha S6 200
Dagger Outlaw
Dagger Showdown
Pyranha Inazone 230
Pyranha I3 223

Before i deicided to get a Pyranha I4 M. Although not what your looking for brillant boat for river running and some playing. Up in Wales (Im English sorry) up on the Upper Tryweryn, cartwheels, Tailie thingies, and messed about with loops, and still excellent at river running.

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Help gettin a new playboat 19 years 4 months ago #1745

Demo, Demo, Demo.

I finally got used to my Air 60 and am in no hurry to change it.
But I've tried a a bunch of others and they all have their good and bad points.

Pick one that suits you. :D

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Help gettin a new playboat 19 years 3 months ago #2054

get a bliss stick rad 175 im about your size and there awsome especialy for river running and are great in the waves and holes :banana:

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Help gettin a new playboat 19 years 3 months ago #2066

Wavesport transformer with these boat is evreything easy loops cartwheels squirts everythings try him! :dance:

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Help gettin a new playboat 19 years 2 months ago #2327

the liquidlogic vision 44 or if u cant fit in that go 4 the 56 they r fit boats

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Help gettin a new playboat 19 years 2 months ago #2342

or get a riot orbit 47 or ll skip

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Help gettin a new playboat 19 years 2 months ago #2355

I would say a S6f would be a good idea.

I want one!!

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Help gettin a new playboat 19 years 2 months ago #2360

I have a s6f 193 it might be a little big for you how much are you willing to spend

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Help gettin a new playboat 19 years 2 months ago #2369

check out the air or flair sereis by riot,

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Help gettin a new playboat 19 years 2 months ago #2649

go for pyranha 4 twenty i think there amazing boats and i find there realy simple to throw around

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Help gettin a new playboat 19 years 2 months ago #2660

just demo the boats because different boats are for different people

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Help gettin a new playboat 19 years 2 months ago #2662

Bliss-Stick SCUD.... finally one boat that will do everything. Looks sweeet! :dance:

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Help gettin a new playboat 19 years 2 months ago #2663

it will creek and playboat but the only thing i am concerned about is that they had to make the boat shorter and with more rocker for playboating but it will probably affect the creeking aspect of the boat and also it is meant for creeking so the playboating in the boat will probably not be all that good either so the bliss-stick designers had to 50-50 the playboating and creeking.

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Help gettin a new playboat 18 years 10 months ago #6653

I have apyranha S6X and i find the kingpin much slicier. Dunno if he s6f is sililar in that respect but the kingpin is more playful than the s6x in my opinion, or at least easier if your not much good like me :P

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Help gettin a new playboat 18 years 10 months ago #6723

talking about riot not saying its a bad (or good) thing but why are there deck holes smaller ? they do seem realy good though the flair aparently is gorgeous to play in and there outfitting looks realy good.

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Help gettin a new playboat 18 years 10 months ago #6744

there smaller because theoretically it makes the baot stronger. the smaller the cockpit, the harder the boat become to flex or something.

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Help gettin a new playboat 18 years 10 months ago #6772

i paddle a kingpin 6.3, im 6ft and 182lbs. is a little big for me, but so so comfy. can bow and tail stall it and loop in a hole.. not trie floops though.. will have to give them a go next time i go paddling!

its a really nice boat!

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