ion opinions?

[Bob Wiggins]

anyone have any opinions on the ion for someone 5'7, 115 pounds, and still growing?
seriously looking at getting one, and i think it will be a good boat for what im doing (cl. 3-4, both rivers and creeks) that i wont grow out of- probably going to be around 6'2 and 150 lbs.
Thanks,
Bob

[Wiggins]

It will probably be a decent boat for you. If you end up weighing 150 pounds you will not be too heavy for it.

I have no direct knowledge on how it handles because I know it is not the boat for me and nobody up here has bought one yet.

Kyle

[Wendy]

At 5 3 1/2 and 195 pounds I find the Ion to be one big blast. Great on rivers and creeks. Put a pump in. Once I bought mine it was hard to get in my other boat this summer. It will be wetter than a L'Edge, almost as stable as a L'Edge. It fits inside many cars.

[SkeeterGuy86]

5'9'' and 140# ... and i find the ion a blast and fun to play in ... have used Wendy's Ion on the Pigeon and found it very dry (at my weight i found it every bit as stable and dry as the option/Ledge) and Bob's Ion on the Ocoee 2 weeks ago ... it was a blast

[Cheeks]

5' 10" 185 or so. I can't compare it to anything, because it's like nothing I've ever been in before. It was so incredibly fun, it was just a hoot. Surfed great and man, it boofs like no other. I'm probably the worlds worst boofer (boofist?) and I hit one that landed stern first. People who haven't looked at an Ion because they think it's dorky/nontraditional/they'll get picked on/whatever need to get in one. It was that cool.

[canoemid]

Bob, sent you a PM. Come down here and hop in mine and get a feel for it and see if you like it. What a great boat...even at my non-gnar level!!

[TNbound]

Agreeing with everyone else...
The Ion is super fun, and I am about 6'1" and 165lbs.
Dry, nimble, boofs awesome, stable, and above all, fun!