Epic V12 - Full Review

My curiosity (re: obsession/compulsion/enjoyment) got the best of me once again courtesy of my friends from The Kayak Centre in Wickford, Rhode Island, who asked me if I might possibly have any interest whatsoever in the new Epic V12 (Note: slight tongue in cheek reference here). If I did, they could bring one up from South Carolina for me to try. Um...let me think...YES. How could I refuse?

That was two weeks ago. Suffice to say it occupied a space in my garage that very evening. I have not put the V12 through all the paces, but here are my initial impressions after paddling it and racing (flat water) it about 10 times, in anywhere from dead flat to 2ft seas.

Needless to say, the ski looks highly aggressive, and is an eye catcher with the new Epic graphics and the new chiseled lines. Carrying it to the launch, you can’t help but notice how light it is. I have not weighed it, but it feels lighter than the stated 23lbs. Maybe it felt so because I was elated that I was about to paddle it.

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