We received our shipment yesterday of both retail and demo's and man do they look sweet. Our current demo line up consist of a Solo L, Solo S, Nemesis, Vaya and the Element. If you are not familiar with any of these models go here and take a look around. Here are some videos that were just posted this morning by David Arnaud, Team Fluid paddler, of the Element and the Nemesis.

 

 

 

 

 

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Thanks, Team WakaWai

What a great event! Take a look. All photos are property of WakaWai

 

The long awaited Small and Large versions of the Nemesis is now in production. The Nemesis is a high performance playboat, and the Medium version has already proven to be an exceptional design. It is extremely loose on a wave, carves really well when put on edge, and releases very well for huge air. On top of that, the volume distribution is perfect for all hole moves. Fluid considers it the most complete playboat on the market now.

The Small Nemesis has been designed specifically with girls in mind. It will fit smaller guys too, of course.

The Large Nemesis, like all their large boats, was designed for real big boys. Although a bit narrower and shorter than the L Flirt, which has become the playboat of choice for many big paddlers, they managed to create even more leg and foot room in the L Nemesis than in the L Flirt.

Check out the specs and pics below of these two new boats, together with the specs of the M Nemesis for comparison. The boats are already available in South Africa. The first batches will arrive in Europe and North America during the second half of July.

 
The rows are boat length, boat width, volume, boat weight, and paddler weight.

Small Nemesis-    5'11"    23.5"    44 gal    28lbs     100-155lbs   

Medium Nemesis-    6'2"   25.5"   53 gal    31lbs    140-210lbs   

Large Nemesis-    6'5"    26.25"    57 gal    33lbs     180-250lbs  

 

The Small. 

 

The Large.

All 3 sizes... 

 

 

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Here are some pictures of these two doing what they do best. Enjoy. Matt Fitihan, out of Maine, USA, in his Huka is in the first series of pictures. Fithian made it to the finals and decided to take the Mystic. Pearling out in the Huka.. Saves it with the rock 360... Making it look easy.. "I am from Maine and that is some cold shiz!" Followed by Anthony Yap, who spends his time between Canada and Australia in the Mystic. Easy as, One. Two. Three. Nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile. (All pictures are property of WakaWai.)

After driving 26 hours straight from Weaverville, NC to Boulder, CO, we managed to get some rest and wake the next morning to a rippin little creek right in the heart of Boulder.  The water was up due to several days of warm weather prior to us getting there.  Being from the southeast, we are not use to having whitewater parks within our city parks, much less whitewater parks at all.  Except USNWC.

Traveling with an 11 month old on a paddling trip is hard when we both want to paddle.  With this section being in a town park, it has walking paths and bike trails right next to the creek.  So we took advantage of this.  We saw it for an easy warm up to the cold waters of Colorado and it allowed us to both paddle and babysit in the same instance.  You know a twofer.  2 for 1.  Greyson suited up and got to paddle this section first, while Raeglan (my daughter) and I walked the path, took pictures and had a rope just in case.  It has Raeglan's approval and she knew she would be alright in the Mini-Mystic with the SkirtworkS Rip Cord sprayskirt.

So to all the newer paddling parents out there, if you are in the area, take advantage of this!  It is worth its weight in gold for both of you to get on the river! 

Here are the photos that we took:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

We just got back from a two week Colorado road trip.  We could not have picked a better year to explore the rivers of Colorado.  It was and is some of the highest water in ten years.  Traveling with an 11 month old and three dogs, we still managed to log several days of whitewater on some really nice runs.  Not anything epic, just some good old standards.  Boulder Creek, Upper Boulder Creek, Gore Creek, Upper Eagle River, and a couple of playspots in Vail and Golden.

While there, we attended the Teva Mountain Games.  Bliss-Stick team paddler, Anthony Yap was coming to town and needed a creekboat for the Homestake Creek Race during the TMG.  So needless to say, I hooked up with Anthony and lent him my yellow Mystic.  He did well for someone that just flew into Vail the day before from Canada, via Europe, where he was on the European Teva Tour.  Overcoming all these obstacles, he managed to do fairly well, but not enough to be in the finals.

Here is a video I managed to put together of some of the practice runs.  Some of the paddlers are Nikki Kelly, Adriene Levknecht, Matt Fithian (another Team Bliss-Stick member in yellow Mystic), Tao Berman, and Raffa Oritz.

 

 

I still am sorting through the over 500 pictures that I took, and as soon as I am finished, I will post pictures of the creek race, freestyle and 8 ball competitions that were held throughout the weekend.

Thanks for looking. 

Cheers,

Team WakaWai