Boat Armor Outfitting and Super Fun Review

February 28, 2006

EJ,

I got into white water paddling a little over a year and a half ago. Nine
months ago I switched from a Diesel 75 to a Super Fun and for the past six
months I have also been using the happy seat and thruster combination. Four
days ago I got the new (2006) seat retrofitted into my Super Fun by Colin at
Valley Mill. I immediately took it out on the Potomac to test it. The boat
rolls even more easily than before and it was by far the easiest boat to
roll even before the new seat retrofit. At first I kept flying off all the
features I tried to ride because the boat simply didn’t feel like "my boat".
The new seat with the pillar reinforcements makes it much faster and looser
than before. Before long I realized that the stiffer boat needs a lot less
movement on my part to accomplish the same things I did before. The moves
required are much more subtle and more precise than before. I have not been
able to stay out of the boat since. I have paddled it every day and I feel
like it has significantly steepened my learning curve. With the new seat
and the happy seat and thruster combo the boat feels like a natural
extension of my body. I love to paddle the Super Fun on big ocean surf and
I can hardly wait for the next Atlantic storm to hit Assateague so I can see
what this new rocket can do on walls of water. Thanks for helping an old
dog learn some new tricks and please keep the innovations coming. Martin
Trpis, Bethesda, MD