Green River race It looks sort of like the boats the pros were using at the green river race. I have a friend that has a dagger animas. She’s tried several new school boats and always comes back to her trusty animas.
it is that’s why it’s called the green boat. and why we only made green prototypes!
The real issues now with building a production boat is tweaking it for the general public. As a ‘race’ boat it was pretty specific…as in FAST and furious. The production model wants to be F/F but saleable, as well.
Regarding the Prijon Athlete, I was not able to try one out because I am too big and heavy. But the Athlete is much closer to being a slalom boat than to being a good boat to race on the Green. Slalom boats have outstanding acceleration, but there top speed may not be as good as the Green Boat or similar prototypes (LL has one) used to race on the Green. Obviously, slalom boats will turn much better than the Green racing specials.
People I know who have been able to paddle the Prijon Athlete have said that 200 lbs is the practical upper limit if the paddler wants a slalomey surfing machine rather than a squirt boat.
The Green race is an interesting environment where neither slalom boats nor downriver boats are likely to succeed. That race is leading to some interesting new designs.