Wave Sport EZG ($999):
No single kayak can claim to do it all, but the redesigned EZG comes close and sets a high-water mark for what a river-running playboat can be. Stability? Check. User-friendly with a comfortable platform? Check. Able to surf, play, and run frothy rivers in a single liquefied bound? Triple check. A whitewater machine combining the river friendliness of Wave Sport's popular EZ (read: easy) kayak with kick-butt performance traits borrowed from its Zero Gravity vessel, the EZG makes everything you love to do in a kayak easier and more fun. Credit goes to preeminent designer Robert Peersons, river rat cum laude, who gathered a boatload of user feedback and sculpted numerous prototypes before unveiling the final design. The EZG's superb silhouette includes high parting lines that won't catch edges and a progressive rocker that virtually guarantees no pearling. Available in volumes of 42/50/60 gallons (aka small, medium, large). Contact 800-311-7245, www.wavesport.com.
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