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... with boats which are substantially flatter and wider than their kayak equvalents is holding people back, and from seeing a couple of Vadja Martikan's (one of which was paddled by the eponymous Olympian himself) I'm convinced. His argument was roughly this: "People remove their saddle so ...

... with boats which are substantially flatter and wider than their kayak equvalents is holding people back, and from seeing a couple of Vadja Martikan's (one of which was paddled by the eponymous Olympian himself) I'm convinced. His argument was roughly this: "People remove their saddle so ...

Two modern ones, with more left to come: Michal Martikan, for introducing the first round bottomed, narrow C1 race boat in some time, and pushing c1 slalom to up its game again. Dave Bainbridge, for bringing rodeo in C1 up to a truely phenomenal ...

... this is what all the hot racers are paddling with nowadays. (I immediately raised it to my standard height.) Not neccesarily, the olympic champion Martikan apparently uses a 6" saddle (despite his boat being amongst the narrowest and tippiest of c1 slalom boats in currently in production). It's ...

92 fanatic mold. Lugbill/ Hearn design. Cut version of this model won the 96 Olympics at the ocoee by Michal Martikan. Perfect condition . Professional quality mold. 300.00

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... rocker and more volume in the bow might be a good start. Multiple sizes would be a must, I think. Judging by the interest people showed in the Martikan in plastic, maybe there would be a market for a rotomolded C1 slalom boat? Dragorossi/Rainbow kayaks recently launched a rotomolded Slalom ...

yeah, basically the most successful folks in the martikan, are his same build. they are making a larger size for the first time this year. for up to 80kg, but the design doesn't really seam to work that well for those kind of folks. for a while there, ...

So Isaac, are all the people you have seen successfully paddling the Martikan as small as the designer? Since it's such a narrow and unstable boat it makes me wonder whether any larger paddlers have had any luck with it.

... sideris are cousins(or so i have been told many times), they were both born in augsburg... hence they train together. christos' boat is a widened martikan, very similar to the absolute c1 that benn made. it looks good, but i think that he could use a martikan, and be faster. i am jealous of you ...

[quote="bearboater"] insolence, what are you talking about creeking or racing when you saw the pros have round and narrow c1's? sideris paddles a martikan, i think the other german c1's are in lizards or the judge from double dutch. and we should grab a pint when i am in augsburg, i will be picking ...

... from a loco to a new supremo. actually picking it up in augsburg when i go back to europe for the world ranking races... i have tried the martikan, and i don't know how good you are, but learning slalom technique is difficult, and many other boats make it way easier. the think about the ...

... on how often one uses it) it's depressing. When I got, for the first time in my life, a modern design slalom boat (not as radical as the latest martikan design, but already quite tricky), on the first ride I swam three times on a distance of barely 500 m and was close to smash the whole thing ...

It seems from what they tell that the Martikan is not a normal boat, it is a boat specially designed from and for Martikan, narrow and round. And I guess his balance is way better than that of the majority of cboaters. Has anybody here tried ...

I don't quite understand the reasoning behind Vajda introducing the Martikan in plastic. Given the low price point it seems this boat would be targeted toward youth, beginners, rec racers and boaters not interested in composites, but the advanced design and ...

yes shure I can ride a normal slalom boat that is wide like mine. And I guess I could paddle the Martikan also with more or less grace :lol: . But would it be fun ? (I don´t race anyway) Or would it just be a tipsy fight to stay upright... It seems from what they tell that ...