About the reviewer

This was the first boat I had bought for myself, I was used to kayaking in an old WS Big EZ, and Riots. I had learned the roll and done some surfing but mostly river running.

Test Environment

Ran this boat in class II and III+ water, did some surfing, park and play, and numerous pool sessions

Review

I loved this boat from the start! Extremely easy to roll. Very well balanced and stable when running the river. Your first experience in this boat will make you say, "wow this is comfortable", and "it's pretty big". One thing I noticed was that this boat quickly became to big for me. As I had begun to be more comfortable on class IIIs and surfed more and more, the boat was just a little too big for me at 61 and 3/4 gallons. I have come to the conclusion that unless you are 200 lbs or more, than I wouldn't go with this boat. The smaller, 54 gallon FUN was a better fit, more responsive, and quicker.

Conclusion

Great at running the river for the bigger than average guy. Wouldn't recommend for under 195lbs unless you are going to run rivers only, it's a big boat and hard to play even at 190.

Comfortable, Stable, Easy to roll, will fit some pretty hefty guys.