The smallest of our River Pro Opae models, the 8’5” is designed for the lighter rider. Our River Pro Opae boards are at home in the river. With a wider, shorter design for maximum stability and maneuverability, these boards can handle the heaviest rapids, fastest standing waves, and trickiest eddies for all levels of riders.

Recommended for:
High performance rapid riding and river surfing for intermediate and advanced level riders up to 195 lbs. (88 kg).
Aspiring Waterman – 155 lbs. / Journeyman Waterman – 175 lbs, / Advanced Waterman – 195 lbs.


Features

• Fins included
• Travel bag included
• Pump with pressure gauge
• Inflates to 15-17 psi
• Thruster "Cuttlefish" FCS fin boxes

Construction

Deck Pad – Na Kai ‘Ewalu - Travel. Symbol represents the eight channels between the main Hawaiian Islands. Symbolic of traveling and connecting to new lands.

All C4 iWATERMAN products are fabricated from heavy-duty, military-grade, double-wall PVC material. Inside each product, thousands of high-tech fiber ‘cilia’ anchor the deck to bottom, allowing for superior rigidity and locking in C4’s proprietary rockers–features that grant never before seen durability and the closest thing to hard board performance of any inflatable surfcraft. And unlike the other brands that use only glue on their seams, the iWATERMAN products are finely stitched with 30% additional thicker, high-tensile fiber thread, making them much tougher, stiffer, and able to withstand a higher PSI (pounds per square inch) of inflation, ranging from 14 -17 PSI. The result: A rough-and-ready surf/paddle/rescue tool that is pliant enough to bounce off rocks, yet still deliver hard product performance and reliability.