About the reviewer I have been paddling this boat for about 4 years now. I am not a class V paddler yet but am only a bit scared with the Class IV. Test environment I have had this boat on Rivers, creeks. It has done great on all the rivers. The boat has pretty pronounced chines so it is very stable and also edges really good. The hull speed is excellent and because I like hull speed so much I don't like paddling shorter boats. It surfs really well and is an over all excellent choice for an all around boat. It seems to be the overall perfect length for a boat. If you get any longer you would lose turning capability and any shorter (at least on rivers) you would lose some stability. q Review While I was learning to roll I found this boat much harder to roll than other boats I was able to roll without effort in. I now find this boat easy to roll. So if you don't have your roll down 100 percent it might be just a bit harder...

About the reviewer I am a 5 year paddler now. don't think I am a class V paddler yet but working myself in that direction. I have 7 boats. Test environment I have had this boat on the Kern River at 6000 cfs. I think this boat saved my XXXX. It seems to really stay on top of the water much more than my gt 8.1. I wanted a shorter boat for most rivers that I run because I like technicle stuff. If i was looking for a whitewater boat that I was going to try to camp in this would be one of my choices because of the room. I don't think it makes a good creeker. At least not on the creeks I run. Its too long. If you had a steep creek that was wide enough for a bit slower turns it would be good for that though. Review well first I would say I question the gallons listed this boat has. It is much bigger than my gt 8.1 and it has it listed as less than that boat. ...