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... NSW, whilst camping nearby. Mostly Grade 2 races. Some bits we did solo (in a Mad River Freedom Solo and a Legend 16 RX). Other sections we did with kids (in Legends, and a K2). We ...

... and weight fluctuates between 205 and 215 lbs. I currently paddle a MR Freedom Solo on mostly class I - II+ rivers in Virginia. I'm not too interested in playing rivers, ...

Big water solo expeditions in traditional canoes is my thing. I'm jealous, I've missed a few Grand opportunities. I've never used a pump (Legend 15, Freedom 14), but every inch that ain't gear is stuffed with floatation. I do 12 to 33 day trips. ...

... usual kayakish categories you mentionned. I had a duo triping boat (MR freedom), a solo triping boat (MR ME) that I also like to use as a duo playboat and a creeker flipboat ...

... Cufly, Wheelboy, Yconvert, and do some pretty bigwater in a bagged out Freedom Solo. I paddled my Prelude once then put it up for sale. The thing has the cross section of ...

... boat on the Evergreen site is very similar to the Mad River Guide, now Freedom Solo: http://madrivercanoe.com/freedom-solo The Guide/Freedom has 2.5 inches of rocker.

... it...I now roll my Zoom the same way and checking another clip even a Freedom solo.... :D

... I in a canoe before in my life), I set off from Whitehorse on a 3 week solo canoe trip down the Yukon to Dawson City. Against all odds, I survived ... best friends i ever met. Upon returning to Switzerland I bought a MR Freedom tripping canoe. I quickly realized that tripping in central Europe ...

... through to the white stuff on most trips. The vinyl is very soft. My freedom solo has been used 4 times as many times on the same rivers and it looks in better shape. I ...

A short list:

Wheelboy
Ocoee(bell)
Freedom Solo(Mad River)

Sandpipier(we-no-nah) partners boat - gets used once a year

and a kayak(attak)

Sandie

... a lot easier. BUT The royalex is pathetic. I have thrown my Mad River Freedom Solo down rivers over 30 times, half the time in less than ideal rocky conditions. I have paddled ...

... of nowhere let's face it I can carry a little bit more stuff in my solo than I did in my kayaks :-? . That's freedom just like yarnellboat said free your heels and I say free the other end of your paddle.

well, there is a BIG difference in primary stability between the Freedom Solo and the Prelude. Totally different applications. I would agree that the Prelude punishes ...

... III (like the Tryweryn in the UK). But after getting a new Mad River Freedom Solo I hadn't paddled my Prelude for six months. Big mistake. On easy grade II I was over in ...

... 13' tandems. Millbrook's light version of the Rival would be good for solo cruising, not so good for taking the kids. Personally, I like a Millbrook ... Going back to compromise boats, the Mad River Guide, now called the Freedom Solo, is a much better whitewater boat than the Bell Wildfire, but ...