Hi all
I'm looking to play with the waves w/o major tricks. I've looked into
several boats and have narrowed it down to the Wilderness Riot, at
9'6". The main reason is that I'm a large 6'1", 220 pound guy and
other boats are too small.

Anyways I read the Riot is quite good but that it doesn't "carve the
waves" too good. What's that, and what do you think of my choice?

Thank you in advance

I'm looking to play with the waves w/o major tricks. I've looked into
several boats and have narrowed it down to the Wilderness Riot, at
9'6". The main reason is that I'm a large 6'1", 220 pound guy and
other boats are too small.

Anyways I read the Riot is quite good but that it doesn't "carve the
waves" too good. What's that, and what do you think of my choice?

Thank you in advance

I'd look into a used whitewater boat. These boats can be very
inexpensive. Avoid boats with a lot of rocker (like the Overflow) -
I'd look for an "X," "RPM," "Whiplash," or "Godzilla" - something like
that - 9' long, relatively flat bottom. I am the same size as you and
fit nicely in any of these. They would be fun in the surf.

Randy

(Randy Hodges) wrote in message . com...
I'm looking to play with the waves w/o major tricks. I've looked into
several boats and have narrowed it down to the Wilderness Riot, at
9'6". The main reason is that I'm a large 6'1", 220 pound guy and
other boats are too small.

Anyways I read the Riot is quite good but that it doesn't "carve the
waves" too good. What's that, and what do you think of my choice?

Thank you in advance

I'd look into a used whitewater boat. These boats can be very
inexpensive. Avoid boats with a lot of rocker (like the Overflow) -
I'd look for an "X," "RPM," "Whiplash," or "Godzilla" - something like
that - 9' long, relatively flat bottom. I am the same size as you and
fit nicely in any of these. They would be fun in the surf.

Randy

Thanks. Any of those a sit on top? I like that for the warm Florida
waters, just casual recreation and riding the waves, so it must have
an upturned bow.

(Don Quijote) wrote in message

Thanks. Any of those a sit on top? I like that for the warm Florida
waters, just casual recreation and riding the waves, so it must have
an upturned bow.

No - none of those are SOTs - There have been a few good SOT White
Water boats in the past but they are pretty rare and I am really not
too familiar with them.

On the other hand, I think you would ultimately enjoy a sit-in kayak
in the surf even more than a SOT. The ability to roll and the
inherently better control you have in a sit-in kayak give you a
serious advantage. Learning to roll is not really that big of a deal.

Randy

I'm getting confused (not a new thing) by this thread.

Don, are you intending to use the kayak to play on standing waves is white
water rivers or to surf on moving waves in the ocean. Could make a huge
difference. Some whitewater play boats are fair for surfing in the ocean
but they really don't measure up to purpose-built surf kayaks.

There are some pretty good sit-on-top surf kayaks but if there are good
sit-on-top whitewater play boats, I don't know about them.

Then, for big wave surfing with no tricks, you can also choose the
Formula-1-fast surf ski style kayak.

Tommy T.



"Don Quijote" wrote in message
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Hi all
I'm looking to play with the waves w/o major tricks. I've looked into
several boats and have narrowed it down to the Wilderness Riot, at
9'6". The main reason is that I'm a large 6'1", 220 pound guy and
other boats are too small.

Anyways I read the Riot is quite good but that it doesn't "carve the
waves" too good. What's that, and what do you think of my choice?

Thank you in advance