The Carbonology Sport Cruze surf ski is a 18' x 22" surf ski with 2 storage hatches, (28 lbs).
The Cruze is very stable ski ideal for touring, trips, casual paddling, surfing, downwinding and racing. Because it's 22" wide, which means it's the width of many sea kayaks, it's not the fastest ski, but is faster than my 18' sea kayaks. And much lighter..
The ski is super stable - I can sit in the cockpit sideways with my feet over the side and have no worries of tipping over!
At 28lbs, it's very light to carry, car-top and less weight to paddle on the water. The cockpit handles are helpful in carrying the ski.
The Cruze is perfect for touring with a generous kayak style rubber stern hatch to carry a few days of camping gear. The 8" forward screw-in cockpit hatch is nice to carry a variety of things. Both are water tight.
Not mentioned in the video, the Cruze has two scuppers with ventrulis below the rudder pedals. Both are efficient and work well in dumping a full cockpit while underway.
Big People - I'm 6'-5" with an inseam of 32". The pedals extend for someone who has an inseam 33". The cockpit seat or 'bucket' is very comfortable.
So far, I've surfed the ski in waves up to 5' and it surfs like a dream. Seriously, I've had a hoot with it. Long easy rides and sometimes in really gnarly water without the worry of tipping.
Since the video, I've taken the ski in 30kts of wind in upwind, side wind and downwind. 5' coastal surf, tug and freighter surf (Puget Sound) and in the tidal rapids of Deception Pass north of Seattle.
I recently completed a 6 mile race and finished at 59 minutes. The last half of the race was against 25-30kts of wind with current.
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