Well, This boat is still my favorite creeker, and I have tested a lot of boats. I have had it out pretty much 1-3 times every week since I got it and I paddled a demo 4-5 times before my boat came in. First, the whole process of ordering a boat from Italy scared me a little. From the time I ordered it til they shipping company called me in Portland saying that the boat was here was about 2 days shy of two weeks. Mind you, this was in the height of the holliday season too, not bad. Here's what I did to expedite it. I kept in contact with Eurotank (the DR factory), tracked my boat, when it got to Cali. I called the importing company and filled out the required paperwork, scanned the paperwork and emailed it back to them, they got it past customs and shipped it to me....voila! I have a boat from Italy. OK enough logistics. I have paddled this boat approximately 10-15 times on class IV-V creeks/river ranging from big water to tight and technical. I hiked into...