Pyrhana S6F 193 Kayak Playboat/freestyle

Selling on behalf of my club as play boating is not our thing, so was not being used regularly. This is an early design playboat, it has the usual scratches and scrapes but is in good condition for its age 2004ish and doesn't leak. Has comfy adjustable outfitting with hip pads. This a review from rapid media.Specs (193): length 6.4’' width 26.4” | volume 57.1gal | weight 35.2lbs | paddler weight range 180-270lbs First feel: Pyranha has been tweaking their s6 for a couple years, offering the classic s6, tricked out s6x and the s6f, “f” being freestyle. Pyranha’s cockpit layout is top shelf but carry a toolbox if you want to do on-river tweaks.

It’s the thigh braces that offer the most tweaking—sliding, pivoting angle, and arcing over. Super custom, but even the American Chopper dudes (without the use of their blowtorch) couldn’t find tall testers any more knee and foot room. Pro-spective: The s6f is perhaps the most under-hyped freestyle boat. Everyone was blown away by how unbelievably fast you’re surfed around. On steep, bouncy waves the speed was almost overwhelming and perhaps wasted, but on two-to three-foot slow- er waves the speed is the difference between fun carves, spins and blunts and flushing bye-bye.

On small features, the wide, full stern (compared to say the Big Wheel) stayed on the surface of the pile, keeping your boat tilting and surfing down the face. Pro of the V-stern: keeps bringing you back straight into a frontsurf. Con: keeps wanting to bring you back straight into a frontsurf. The s6f is a great pourover boat: short, slicey, with lots of mid- ship pop volume. The concave bow and stern do lock in your loops.

Pro: Super fast, greasy loose. Fun on all features big and small. Con: Limited knee and especially foot room. Trippy stern.