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I've seen a few boats converted by him and the guy is simply awesome. He even has some glue developed especially for him that sticks to plastic a whole lot better than the average stuff you can get at DIY stores. As far as I know he does convert selected boats because he has access to the hulls rela...

... also, why the hades hasnt someone come out with a QUALITY conversion saddle for the market. seriosly!!!! half the reason more people dont start c-1ing is becuase they have no clue how to convert one. i think we all have spent WAY to much time trying to figure out way to convert out boats. i can...

Hi all, Yup, the newbie has finally really been paddling (if you can call it that... ;) ) a C-1! At yesterdays' pool session I got a chance to try my instructor's C-1 (a Wavesport transformer T1, with a Perception C-1 seat) and I can safely say that I haven't been as wobbly in a boat for ages! Boy, ...

I've thought about a similar idea from time to time. One idea I've had is getting a bunch of c-boaters together to design a C-1, shape it, prototype it, and get a mold made and have it rotomolded for us. Think of it as a C-boat Co-op. Another option might be to get together with a few paddlers, des...

I like it a lot! :D Granted, coming form a freestyle kayak background I liked the idea of an open canoe sized like a modern playboat. I even thought about building one based my Flirt but then again, I'm good at fixing boats but have never built one. Awesome and I think there will be a few people int...

Markus Maas, a German guy and very good C-1 paddler, has a company where he sells converted kayaks. He also has developed a C-1 seat that is available separately. I guess this is another way to go, sort of in between getting a boat designed as C-1 and convert-it-yourself of a kayak. The boats you ge...

So, Larry, if you're happy with conversions, that's fine, but I don't see any reason to paddle ANY kayak converted to c-1 that I would not choose to paddle as a kayak. That pretty much closes the field for me. One very good reason might be if you're 6'4" like me it is pretty hard to find a short fr...

Hi all,

I just heard that it is a Shred by Valley. As it is I haven't actually seen the boat yet, it's in storage and I haven't found time yet to chekc it out. Will do so soon as I really am intrigued by it.

I'll keep everyone posted about the outcome.

Cheers,

Michiel

Hi all, @PAC: I already have a copy of the Squirt Book. I found it really inspiring and a lot of fun to read. Tha's what triggered my interest in squirt boating in the first place. One of the main reasons I wanted to see whether it would be a good idea (or not at all) to convert the squirt kayak to ...

Hi, Thanks, so I guess it would be best to stick to my playboat (a Fluid Flirt I'm going to convert to C-1) at first then? Luckily I can have some instruction in a pool from an experienced C-1 playboater from next week on and he agreed to help me outfit the boat first (which means this week :D ) Too...

Hi all, I'm a newbie here so I'll introduce myself: My name is Michiel Verhoef, age 36 and I've been paddling for the past 23 years or so. Mostly kayak polo and the occaisional white water. Since I retired from playing polo nearly every weekend I sort of switched to some kayaksurfing and a bit of fr...

Have you checked the playak video sections? There are a few videos available on C-1 playboating (including offside cartwheeling): http://playak.com/videos.php?fol=Technique

HTH,

Michiel

Jamie Burbeck (a well known British C1/OC1 paddler) has some pages on how he converted a Sub 7 into a C-1:

http://www.openplayboater.co.uk/c1_outfitting1.htm

HTH,

Cheers,

Michiel