This boat is to be quite honest one of the nicest kayaks i have ever paddled for a stars it is extremely easy to roll and hand roll exelent for begginers to learn the basics of white water and playboating after only being in this boat for a couple of weeks ive decided to sell my old boat to purchase the 4-twenty as i am so impressed with its performance and comfort i have only been in it on rivers and small rapids so far but i can imagine it would not feel out of place in the sea or in rapids another good thing about this boat is it performs as well as the latest playboats out at only a fraction of the price i would recomend buying this boat what ever your experience level.