I don’t post much and when I do it’s mostly to give people crap so thought I’d try to add something of value…

This should probably go into a product review but then no one would read it.

Anyway, I’ve been looking for a new creek boat and mostly considered the new burn, everest, villain or prijon pure xl.  I decided to go with a pure xl based upon several reviews and their reputation for bomber plastic and a 5 yr warranty.  Other major factors were the boat weight (I think its 47 lbs) and volume (87 gal seemed about right after demoing the villain at 92.5, and my burn at 80 or everest 84, I’m around 205 without gear so was looking for a little more volume).  Don’t quote me on these numbers, I’m really sensitive about my weight.

I have only paddled it twice but after the second time I am super stoked to have gone with it.  I was able to get on some bigger water and it seems very stable.  I won’t go into the details of what kind of hull, rocker, edges, secondary stability, blah blah blah or what they mean cause I’m not all that sure myself (did I just discredit my review with that statement?, wait… who gives a f#ck).  Their website has some good pics if you want to take a look at it.  It is a little longer at 8’-10” than I thought I would like and did notice the extra length.  However, it does perform well and I found that while keeping my weight more forward and aggressive it stays on line very well while still being able turn and when in a more neutral position I was able to spin it around pretty easy to change direction.  It’s faster than my burn.  So, initial verdict is that it kicks @ss.

It will still plug the sh!t out of drops if you don’t boof.  So that sucks…

-joe