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Nomad 8.1
Boats & Boards
(Updated: September 25, 2004)
Overall rating 
 
5.0
Design 
 
5.0
Perfomance 
 
5.0
Quality 
 
5.0
Value / Money 
 
5.0

wow

I used to boat a lot, but recent years have seen me on the river only 3 times:( due to school. I was fortunate enough to meet up with my brother for a try of the Slip and his new boat. I was a little concerned at first since my last trip this year resulted in my first swim in I can't recall how long (doh!).


The Slip is a pretty solid class 3 creek that basically has short rapids with drops followed by a pool after each. The creek is narrow and pretty pushy and there usually is only 1 good line, generally over a ledge , pourover, etc.

Despite my fears and stiff technique, the Nomad was amazingly stable. If I was in my juice 7.1, I would have been upside down more times than I can count. The nomad punched through the holes, was super responsive, fast, and stable. There were at least 5 times that I caught an edge and the boat went past 90 without rolling over! The first time I experianced that feeling was really cool. After I loosened up a bit, I tried surfing. It surfs much better than the older creek boats from Dagger, although, it is a bit catchy (probably more user error than boat design).

I would recommend this boat to anyone. I can see it being a great beginner boat, and after the way it handled the short drops and must make eddie turns, it 's a great steep creek platform as well.

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Location: Slippery Rock Creek, PA
Age: 25
Weight: 86.2 kgs
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