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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.

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