Hellbender

The perfect boat for venturing into the third realm — even hardened playboaters can hop into the Hellbender and get to grips with its planing hull, soft rails and short length. It's got a playboaty responsiveness that lets you lift a knee to engage your edge and start surfing and flatspinning like a dervish. It's also a choice ride for downriver paddling, where its foregiveness comes into play without losing that classic squirt style.

Easy to paddle doesn't mean low performance, though. The Hellbender sets the standards for flatwater and eddyline routines where its flat hull just locks into an arc and slices through cleans and past-vertical sequences. And if you want to sink? It's great for getting to grips with mysteries and mushes. It hasn't got the roaming ability of some of the longer, rounder shapes but it's a far more versatile proposition for the rest of the river.

• Easy transition from playboat to squirt
• Unrivalled flatwater and eddyline performance
• Sublime surfing from flat hull and defined rails

Length: 240cm (8’)
Width: 56cm (22.5”)
Inside leg: 70-80cm (28"-32")
Designed by Jim Snyder