Re: [Paddlewise] Whitewater vs. Surf boats

Very informative, Scott.  Thanks!  Through my reading I've finally found 
out the difference between the wave ski and the surf kayak, and learning 
the surfer talk, like "shredding," and "dropping in."  I think I will go 
for a closed-top surf kayak, one with a "planing hull."  The Riot Boogie 
(http://www.riotkayaks.com/riot/pages/f_kayak.html) looks really good, and 
I await the Pyranha surf kayak.

At 15:10 13/03/01, KiAyker_at_aol.com wrote:
>    I guess a lot of this depends on what kind of surfing you want to do. It
>would appear that you are looking for more performance then your Romany.
>Virtually any smaller white water boat will offer this. One of my favorite
>surf boats is an old Perception Saber, which is no longer made. I get a lot
>of abuse from other paddlers about my choice of boat, but I don't care, I
>like it.
>    Of course if you want to compete, or just really do some major shredding,
>then you'll want to look at something along the lines of a wave ski, or a
>surf kayak, which is really little more then a wave ski with a cockpit. These
>are designed like surf boards and can be really wild on a wave once you get
>used to it.

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