Worlds 99, New Zealand, how did the boats really perform?

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Worlds 99, New Zealand, how did the boats really perform?

A totally independent PLAYAK.COM rating.

Just taking the top 5 in all categories except the OC1 (yes, Savage dominated that totally) and squirts, giving 5 points for a gold medal, 4 for silver, 3 for bronze, 2 for 4th and 1 for 5th place, we get the following ranking of the boats at these worlds.

Men K1

Wavesport Forplay	7
Riot Glide/Slice	7
Necky Pyro	1

Women K1

Wavesport X	5
Wavesport XXX	4
Wavesport Forplay	3
Dagger Centrifuge	2
Eskimo Machine	1

Junior men K1

Dagger Centrifuge	5
Riot Glide/Slice	5
Perception Amp	3
Wavesport Forplay	2

Men C1

Pyranha Inazone	6
Riot Glide/Slice	4
Dagger Centrigure	3
Perception Amp	2

Totals for boats

Riot Glide/Slice	16
Wavesport Forplay	12
Dagger Centrigure	10
Pyranha Inazone	6
Wavesport X	5
Perception Amp	5
Wavesport XXX	4
Necky Pyro	1
Eskimo Machine	1

Totals for manufacturers

Wavesport	21
Riot	16
Dagger	10
Pyranha	6
Perception	5
Necky	1
Eskimo	1

We would have liked to make this comparison for all boats that entered the contest, but we currently only know the boats of the Top 5 paddlers. If someone sends the complete list of info to the PLAYAK.COM editors, we'll put it in a spreadsheet and do the complete calculations.