Foam backrest

Advice
#1

Anybody knows who sell the preshaped foam backrest?



I believe these were originally “designed” for NDK boats but work just fine on other kayaks as well

#2

Virginia Sea Kayak Center
…is the place to go, plus they’re very helpful and their prices are good.

#3

Whoops…
I just checked their website and it appears that they no longer carry the pre-made foam backrests.


#4

But…
…Sea Kayak Georgia does.



www.seakayakgeorgia.com/catalog.php?category=Kayak Accessories


#5

Thanks
I’ll check with them

#6

make your own too
from 3 inch foam. My wife and I each replaced factory back bands in our respective P&H and Valley boats. Each foam rest is uniquely shaped yet provides greater freedom of hip rotation and easy of self rescue re-entry.

#7

An alternative…
…is to laminate 3/4" or 1" foam to get the thickness you need, it’s cheaper and easier to find than 3" foam. Use Weldwood Gel Contact cement, two coats on each surface.

#8

Which is what I just did…
…when I ripped out the backband in my AvocetLV. We didn’t have any clean 3" foam lying about, so I made my backrest from a template I drew from an old backrest, and glued together a new one from 2" to 1" scrap.



Works perfectly well.

#9

yoga blocks
3 inch yoga blocks at Walmart

4 inch blocks at Target



You can pick them up today and carve them for a custom fit.