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Worlds 99, New Zealand, how did the boats really perform?
A totally independent PLAYAK.COM rating.
Just taking the top 5 in all categories except the OC1 (yes, Savage dominated that totally) and squirts, giving 5 points for a gold medal, 4 for silver, 3 for bronze, 2 for 4th and 1 for 5th place, we get the following ranking of the boats at these worlds.
Men K1
Wavesport Forplay | 7 |
Riot Glide/Slice | 7 |
Necky Pyro | 1 |
Women K1
Wavesport X | 5 |
Wavesport XXX | 4 |
Wavesport Forplay | 3 |
Dagger Centrifuge | 2 |
Eskimo Machine | 1 |
Junior men K1
Dagger Centrifuge | 5 |
Riot Glide/Slice | 5 |
Perception Amp | 3 |
Wavesport Forplay | 2 |
Men C1
Pyranha Inazone | 6 |
Riot Glide/Slice | 4 |
Dagger Centrigure | 3 |
Perception Amp | 2 |
Totals for boats
Riot Glide/Slice | 16 |
Wavesport Forplay | 12 |
Dagger Centrigure | 10 |
Pyranha Inazone | 6 |
Wavesport X | 5 |
Perception Amp | 5 |
Wavesport XXX | 4 |
Necky Pyro | 1 |
Eskimo Machine | 1 |
Totals for manufacturers
Wavesport | 21 |
Riot | 16 |
Dagger | 10 |
Pyranha | 6 |
Perception | 5 |
Necky | 1 |
Eskimo | 1 |
We would have liked to make this comparison for all boats that entered the contest, but we currently only know the boats of the Top 5 paddlers. If someone sends the complete list of info to the PLAYAK.COM editors, we'll put it in a spreadsheet and do the complete calculations.