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Advice On A Kayak for Instructing and Playboating 15 years 8 months ago #29432

Hi i am 6 foot tall, with size 11 feet and am having trouble fitting in to quite a few boats (very Long Legs ?!?) this is starting to affect my posture whilst paddling. Need boat for Instructing and Playboating. Nedd HELP!!!. :ohmy:

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Re: Advice On A Kayak for Instructing and Playboating 15 years 8 months ago #29434

im 6 foot, size 12 feet, 85kg. paddle a jackson all star 07. It has plenty of room. I fit in the 2010 all star, plenty of room in that, but less foot room. 2010 Super Star is the same length as the 07 all star but more volume/room.

if you have long legs try looking for a playboat with higher knees like the bliss stick rad/smoothy or the new 2010 all stars etc. Have a look around, there's plenty of boats and plenty that you should fit fine in!

edit: i measured my inseam at 32" too ;)

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Re: Advice On A Kayak for Instructing and Playboating 15 years 8 months ago #29435

Thanks, i'll Have a look into them.

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Re: Advice On A Kayak for Instructing and Playboat 15 years 8 months ago #29439

you could also go old school and grab a wave sport z or big ez or similar.

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Re:Advice On A Kayak for Instructing and Playboating 15 years 7 months ago #29471

Hi, I'm something like 6' 4-5" or so (top of my head imperial numbers), but without the really long legs.
You could try having a look at the largest versions of the Wavesport Project and Fuse (both just too small for me), the Fluid Flirt and Nemesis (both big enough for me) and the Jackson Superstar (quite small) and Superfun (really big). I don't know your weight, but if you're on the light side you might want to drop the Fun of that list, plus both the Fun and the Fuse aren't full on playboats. Hope it helps a bit.

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Re:Advice On A Kayak for Instructing and Playboati 15 years 6 months ago #29705

I also think that for instructing and playboating you should think about the Jackson fun. If that is too small then there is the 4 fun. Great boats that could also be used for instructing. I've done some instructing and i use a kingpin which again is amazing for playing. Heres the link for the fun :http://jacksonkayak.com/2010-fun-series/ hope this helps, let me know how you get on.

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Re:Advice On A Kayak for Instructing and Playboating 15 years 6 months ago #29707

You should definitely try and demo the Fluid Nemesis Large. It was designed with heavy and tall guys in mind, and has lots of foot room. The man in the picture is 6'4" and wears a size 12 shoe, and fit without a problem or discomfort. The Flirt Large is also a very good choice. It is a bit longer with more forgiving sides then the Nemesis.


Jan (Fluid Kayaks)
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Re:Advice On A Kayak for Instructing and Playboating 15 years 6 months ago #29711

Actually Jan, Hugh (man in the picture) is 6'6" not 6'4" so that proves that the boat has more space than people might think. Also you might want to add that his foot size is 12 uk for all those US folks who do shoe sizes slightly differently.

Sorry to be corrective, i don't mean any bad beef.

Scotty R

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Re:Advice On A Kayak for Instructing and Playboating 15 years 6 months ago #29712

Thanks Scotty. I phoned Hugh before I posted the reply and that is what he gave me, 195 cm and 11 UK. Guess the legend is bigger than the man:)
I see the post is 6 weeks old, I wonder what kayak tooney007 got?

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Re:Advice On A Kayak for Instructing and Playboating 15 years 6 months ago #29714

6 foot, and 4.8 inches :) I also thought he was 6'6".

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Re:Advice On A Kayak for Instructing and Playboating 15 years 6 months ago #29719

Ha, that's interesting. As for all the time's he kept his mouth shut when we tuned him about being 6'6"; i guess now i am just going to have to call him a short-ass :laugh:

Anyways, sorry to drift off the topic.

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