Our demo's are on the way and should be here by the weeks end! Here is an update on the 2 new models to be here in the States soon...
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...
Contact WakaWai for more info.
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
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