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The seat was set back just one notch from center.
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The Viking Leif Anderson had just paddled it down the Little White.
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When I sat in the boat first I was sort of afraid it was too big for me. Photo by Luke Spencer of Clackamas River outfitters 2021 Pyranha Scorch First Impressions So I’m a veritable shit show, but still love paddling whitewater, and this is the boat to keep me getting after it. I have to used a bent shaft most of the time due to tendons contracting, it is a congenital defect which will cut my career short if I don’t get surgery soon. Dupuytren’s contracture has fucked my grip, I can’t even straighten my pinky and am worried I will loose it in a rope or car door one day soon. That would just induce more arthritis, writing down Groundhog Day experiences, wasting the little gripping energy my gnarled right palm and hand has left in it. Since I moved to the Northwest and escaped the winters of Colorado, I don’t keep a river journal or log. My goddamn elbow has arthritis, I can’t even hardly put a randed skirt on a boat any more. For more time than I care to admit I have gauged my success in any week on the four days or more I have gotten on the river. I’m not trying to brag, I just want it to be known the seat time I acquired making shit money since 2003, working for Paddler Magazine, Kayak Magazine, Canoe & Kayak, AW, Werner Paddles, and now Paddling Life. Fact is, I can tell a lot from this one run after owning a CFS, 4 Embudos, a Creeker 225, an original Large Nomad, 2 Jefes, a Grande, 2 Mega Rockers, 4 Everests, a Burn 2 Large, a Recon 93, 2 Large Mambas, a Machno, a 9R Large, a 9R2 Large and have paddled many more creekers. This isn’t the Little White Salmon or Robe Canyon. Granted, I paddled it one day on my favorite Class IV creek, Canyon Creek of the Lewis near Battleground and Amboy, Washington. Why does this boat seem like the evolution of all creek design rolled into one? A boat that punches holes, and has primary and secondary stability. Rocker that doesn’t slow you down, and a stern which doesn’t tap on shallow features and mank. The retail cost of this bad boy is $1,449, so save those pennies and invest.Īn edge that doesn’t trip you up, but gives you control that is staggering. It seems Graham Mackereth, Robert Pearson, and now David Fusilli are coming with a confluence of design ideas that has put my other creek boats into retirement. In fact, wanting to be critical and come up with negative feedback isn’t going to be easy. I freaking loved this boat for so many reasons on my pre-release test in the Northwest. But let me tell you a little secret, the Large Scorch is the money. I can’t fit in a Waka OG my legs are too long, the thigh hooks are too aggressive and the boat isn’t designed for a 210-pound dude who is 6’3″ with a 36-inch inseam. Check out more of Nick’s detailed Scorch review for more texture…