What is the most fun boat you've ever paddled?

[Kelly-Rand]

Vajda Magma 410 C2.

C2ing is a blast. Haven't tried for the big ender yet but next tandemonium there is a good spot below Cucumber. Can't remember the rapid name but it is a left chute.

[SkeeterGuy86]

I'd have to go with the IGNITOR from Millbrook Boats. It's unbelievably fast, light, stable(relative term). You'd snap your neck doing eddy turns if you're not careful!

would like to try an Ignitor

[sbroam]

Hard to say - I've had laugh out loud fun in a lot of boats - top 3:

Slasher crushed for stern squirts - learned to stern squirt, ender and combat roll
Whiplash - first "short boat", really got to cut back and forth hard while surfing
Spanish Fly - spinning and endering
Maverick (slalom C-1) - it is fun to go fast...

Oops, that was 4. #1? Spanish Fly. Grins per dollar? Slasher ($125!)

[Craig Smerda]

This is a really is a tough ? for me...

I've had a S-load of fun for so many different reasons in so many great boats... and even managed to still have fun in some medicore boats as well as boats that were above my capability or skill level over the years.

Gotta' say though... the most rewarding boat to paddle that I've spent a good deal of time in when a feature was 'just right' and I was playing my A-game in has to be my Robson Red Fred C1 conversion. When everything is 'clicking' in that boat I'm truly in about the happiest place I can be on the water.

Having fun on the water is mostly up to the person(s)...

[Larry Horne]

oh boy smerda, i can not believe what i'm seeing ...you have the most fun in... a kayak?

[PAC]

Have to say... Shredder! Hands down! Mostly because the time was spent with family, kids and friends ... getting them hook and having a blast. Really only been in one boat I didn't have fun in ... and yes its was a kayak. Sith, Fink, Probe, Prelude, Ceamweaver, MAXII, etc. All good. Just need more time to have fun!

[Craig Smerda]

oh boy smerda, i can not believe what i'm seeing ...you have the most fun in... a kayak?

do you have any idea who worked on that 'kayak' Larry? here's a hint... Edge, Ocoee, SpanishFly...

besides... I said 'most rewarding' to paddle... not 'moist fun'

[hankrankin]

'moist fun'

are you still talking about boating?

[Craig Smerda]

does anyone else think they put the "i" button too close to the "o" button?

[sbroam]

Freudian typo?

[eddyhops]

I'd have to go with the IGNITOR from Millbrook Boats. It's unbelievably fast, light, stable(relative term). You'd snap your neck doing eddy turns if you're not careful!

would like to try an Ignitor

Wouldn't it be great if John would bring some down to ALF for people to try?

[chrisj]

It may not be as exciting as some of the previous replies but I would have to say my Mohawk Viper 11. I've only just got it and only had it on flat water so far but I can't wipe the smile off my face. I paddle grade 4 in kayak and have paddled various different kayaks and grade 2/3 in my prospector, so I'm not a newbie to the sport but I can honestly say that I've never paddled a boat with such a grin factor.

[Wendy]

I have 3 most fun- the L'Edge for sure because I run class III-IV smiling and stylin (most of the time), the Ion because it makes me want to play all the way down the river, and the CU FLy- I paddled once going vertical in flat water on purpose with a half piruete (sp), catching any wave on the fly, and almost cartwheeling. I am not a playboater, but the CU Fly and Ion inspire even we older folks to try.
Sure is great to have so many choices.

[Sir Adam]

Sorry, I'm biased, but I've gotta say it's the Groove all the way! Super slippery a,d lightning speed old school ends. Can't be beat.

I thought for sure you'd say the Departure II

The Groove to this day is still the loosest boat I've ever paddled on a wave. Some of the early footage / stories of the Groove green grinding are epic.


Reading all the replies I almost think I need to subtitle this the "blackfly fan club" or "Ion fan thread"

[philcanoe]

Or the ...

"Believe me - I can't make a choice"

... thread.