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Anyone paddlin' a LL Freeride? Printed From: ProfessorPaddle.com Category: General Forum Name: Whitewater Forum Forum Discription: Open Discussion Forum. Whitewater related subjects only URL: http://www.professorpaddle.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11301 Printed Date: 17 Sep 2026 at 2:16am Topic: Anyone paddlin' a LL Freeride? Posted By: mokelumnekid Subject: Anyone paddlin' a LL Freeride? Date Posted: 11 Oct 2011 at 9:51pm My quest for a x-over rr/play boat that I can fit in continues...thanks for all the input so far folks. The only remaining current model I haven't yet tried is the LL Freeride. No vendor stocks them north of the River Store on SF American as near as I can tell. Seems like Jackson kinda *owns* market share in the PNW. Anywho, been looking to just sit in one to see if my long stick legs can get in there. Anybody have impressions they want to share or better yet, one I can try to sit in, even dry? If that doesn't pan out I'll have to scour the web for an old G-Ride 6.5, a boat so slow you can move backwards in geologic time. And that is not a pretty thought now is it Thanks! Replies: Posted By: HINDS Date Posted: 13 Oct 2011 at 8:51am I have sat in one in Salt Lake City at the OR show this August.  Comfy boat for the big man for sure.  I am 6 foot 4 and have a 36 inch inseam and size 11 feet.  It seems like the best fit for my frame out there too.  Other large ones that are super comfy would be the Wave Sport Fuse (really big and sort of a pig when playing downriver) and the Jackson Super fun.... Posted By: mokelumnekid Date Posted: 13 Oct 2011 at 9:06am Thanks Hinds- my challenge is that I need a medium (weigh 170) from the standpoint of volume, but then my legs can't fit in. I couldn't get into the medium Fuse, and in the medium Varun I had to have my feet splayed forward, ballet style, with no shoe at all. That was a deal breaker. I have heard that the Freeride has a bigger cockpit and is better for my frame. I just can't seem to find one to demo. I heard that Outdoorplay in Hood River will let one sit in them dry. But that isn't exactly next door (I live in Seattle).

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