Braaap 69

I did a demo of this boat and the mullet. I spent about an hour in each catching eddies and playing in class 2-3. I just could not feel comfortable in it. Seemed too loose and it just didn’t seem to lock in and carve like I wanted it to. I also felt very unstable in it. It doesn’t have that centered feeling that I am use to with a planing Hull with edges. I know I could learn to like it but I am not committed enough at this point. Everyone I know loves them but it just wasn’t for me. I tried the mullet next and loved it. I bought one that day. I am 5’ 10” and 180.

The boat is great. I had one before this and sold it for a new one. The outfitting seems a little different in this one. The backband is killing me more so then the old one. The ridged backband is digging into my back and actually cutting into my lower back. I would love to see you come out with a backband that is softer. But the boat kicks ass the outfitting could use some work.

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Everything you've heard about this boat is true. It straight rules. I'm 6'3" and 190 lbs and decieded to go with the non-party 69. At my size the stern is plenty squirtable with a good eddy, but still not catchy or sketchy as long as you're on top of it and driving it downstream. The narrow width, rocker and low volume stern enable an incredibly light touch where the bow can be lifted up and over features with the teeniest of strokes. It's going to be hard to get excited about being in my other boats.

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Got the boat timely and love it! No bottle or sponge included in the order?
thanks, Dede Fuller

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I'm on my second Braaap. It has made me a better boater by far! Steep Creeks or big volume river running it's the boat for me!

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This boat is incredibly fun to paddle. Zips in and out of eddies with speed, precision, and grace once you get the feel for her. Will surf all day too. A little bit tippy, but the flip side is that it rolls very well. Not necessarily a beginners boat. I would categorize the Braaap as a high performance boat that will be fun to paddle almost anywhere.

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This boat is a little more responsive and quicker than the Remix 69. Goes upstream better than the Remix 69 and I like slightly narrower boat. Haven't tried punching a big hole yet but feel that I will get a tail stand going through a hole. With this boat you need to anticipate and not react after the fact.

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This is by far the most fun boat I've paddled. Very responsive and stable at the same time. Some mixup with the color I ordered, I had to settle for a roadcone, but that doesn't change that this is an awesome boat.

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Love the boat! honestly I think this is one of the more progressive boats ou there. fast, boofs, kickflips and surfs great! I don't like the outfitting. could use aggressive thigh braces, I would like an all foam bulk head. those are just some ideas I had. Hull design trumps outfitting everytime though. keep up the good work.

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LL has the best customer service, and the coolest boats in the business. Big props, thank you for doing what you do!

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My boat came without the plastic wing nuts to hold the foot pedals in place. I managed to find a phone number for LL and told them about the problem. They said they would send the right ones as soon as possible. What they sent, ten days later was two small 1/4 inch nuts that you can get at the hardware store for .15 cents, not the smooth plastic ones that should come with the boat. My friend has a Braaap and the seat doesn't stay in place, so they sent him the upgrade, which was a bag of screws, nuts and a little belt with no instructions or diagram explaining how any of this works. The boats OK as long as they send all the parts...be sure to check because LL doesn't

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The non play boater’s play boat. So much fun! If your idea of fun kayaking is catching as many eddies as possible and paddling fast, and surfing on the fly. This is your boat.

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Bought this boat right before my Grand Canyon Trip. Best. Decision. Ever. This was an awesome boat for that river; Super fun to launch off waves and sail through the air. It surfed glassy green waves amazingly and was super fun through all the boils, and fun whitewater in the canyon. I'm excited to take it on all my home runs and waves now that its spring.

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The Braaap is a dowhill bike in kayak form! The boat is super fast and responsive. The way you can build speed fast and keep it as you carve down the river is unreal. Having a rounder hull the boat feels at home carving from one side of the boat to another. The rocker on the Braaap lets its boof like a champ. This boat is so much fun on your local runs....from class 2 to class 5. Take this boat out and enjoy the river....it makes kayaking FUN again!!

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I ordered the braaap a few months ago in advance of a Grand Canyon trip. This was my first raft-supported trip after two self-support kayak trips down the ditch, and I wanted something fast and sporty that could also surf the big waves. It was a freaking blast down there. The braaap quickly became my favorite boat I've ever paddled. It's now my go-to boat for all kinds of whitewater - from tight technical creeks like Tobin on N. Fork Feather to the big water of the Colorado river. It is crazy fast. It surfs and carves well. It boofs well. It is just an all around awesome boat. And even with shipping to California, it was cheaper than most boats on the market. Just wish Cali would break out of the drought soon - and I could get some more time in it! Hoping for a good El Nino here...

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All the positive things others have said go for me, as well. Plenty of volume up front for bashing through things, but plenty maneuverable. I question why the only two grab-handles are located near the cockpit, rather than near the ends. That is, unless the intention is to prevent swimmers grabbing them!

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I've had the Braaap for about a month and have paddled on a few creeks and on big water. I've been impressed with it all around. Boof's well, has speed, fun to paddle. It is my "one-boat" solution.

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weird boat. Can't figure it out?

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I like the boat.

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I paddle my slalom boat 90% of the time because I’m addicted to acceleration, speed and maneuverability and I want it all in one package. Long plastic boats lack the maneuverability I like and virtually anything in plastic that’s touted to be fast is slow in my books until I discovered the Braaap.

OK, the Braaap is not as fast as the longboats but it comes pretty close. It’s the fastest 9 ft plastic boat I have ever paddled. For a round displacement hall it is very maneuverable. At 200’ish lbs I could sink the stern 2 inches under in flat water which made turning effortless. Leaning slightly over made the boat carve like a ski. My guess is that the stern’s edge allows for the carve but what is interesting is that over the course of 4 hours my stern was grabbed slightly only once and that was in very squirlly water and in the 4th hour

Like LL warns, the boat is a little tippy, but that tippy feeling lasted about 5 to 10 minutes for me. It’s wide enough to be adequately stable and thin enough to be super fast.
I borrowed mine from Potomac River Outfitters and want to thank Nathan for letting me paddle it for the weekend. I will be ordering one soon and I strongly recommend you test drive this boat if you are on the lookout for a super sporty river runner that is as playful as a modern slalom boat.

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This boat is so fun! It is fast and maneuverable, making challenging moves go effortlessly! The stern allows for squirts and splats but it is not so low volume that it engages when you don't want it to. This boat instantly makes whatever river you are on twice as fun. It has plenty of bow volume and performs like a champ on serious Class 5 water. This is the best all around kayak on the market! Whatever you want to do, this boat does it spectacularly!

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I recently drove up to LL to pick-up a Braaap I purchased on-line. Both Shane & Pat were right there when I arrived with very friendly & helpful attitudes. They seemed to go out of their way to make sure I was fully informed about the boat & 100% satisfied w/ the purchase. I am both an LL fan & advocate. Keep up the great work! Very Sincerely, Mike H.

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I bought the boat without paddling it first. The description in your advertising was exact. While I am far from a slalom paddler, I have been paddling the Fluid Donsa for the past two years. I have enjoyed getting back into a long fast boat that attains with ease and ferries like it has a motor. But the stern was so long and made boofing difficult. I can paddle the Braaap like a slalom boat and still get crazy dynamic boofs. I don't paddle the creeks I used to, but will feel totally comfortable on the ones I still run. I now only need one boat and I love it.

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Easy transaction and delivery on time. I have not had chance to get to the River. Thanks,

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this boat is a game changer. With rocket like acceleration, Lightning fast response, intuitive resurfacing, and large volume Creek boat feel in a lower volume boat, the braaap is next level paddling.

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I borrowed a friends Braaap and pretty much realized right then I had to have one. I picked up my boat at the factory and was very pleased with the service I received. The boat is terrific, I have lent it out and have a friend dying to get his own now.

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Is orange the new red? I have paddled just about every boat from 1969 and this boat is the best except for the weight congrats on a great design for river running surfing speed quick turning stability.

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This is a sweet boat. Tons of hull speed. Very stable, with forgiving edges. It's displacement hull, so it has a little less primary stability, but the secondary is there right away, which encourages easy and good edging. The most notable feature of this boat for me is the amount of rocker, and how it's distributed through the hull. It wants to boof over stuff very easily. As advertised, it responds really well to a slalom style "pivot" turn initiated with a stern draw and a quick edge change. This results in immediate transition into a carved turn.
Because of its displacement hull, hull speed, and forgiving edges, it will go anywhere you want, anywhere in a rapid. Point it and go. I haven't surfed it a ton yet, but it is fast on a wave, and seems loose enough for what it is-- i've had some fun side surfs and spins with it. It rolls easy. Great outfitting. Nice, high knee position. The major adjustment for me was the displacement hull-- I've had aggressively edged planing hull boats for forever, so I had been relying on using the edges to get me everywhere. This boat is way different in that respect. It took a few sessions to really learn how to use the boat. I think the boat is forgiving, but it also rewards an agressive paddler who knows how to point the boat and go get what they want. It's so fun, zips around everywhere, playful, and handles splatting off of rocks and such very well.
I bought this boat without a demo, and would highly recommend it. It's a fun boat down river, can handle the mank and big water, and is a good platform for teaching out of. Go get one!

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I got in, cinched the back band tight, and was like awwww braaap! Fired up the stout, and braaaped that thing. Threw a few brown claws, and knew I was hooked. The Braaap is where it's at.

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The staff was very accommodating in the purchase process. I picked up at the factory and Shane graciously gave me a tour. The staff appeared motivated, happy and full of pride in their craft. The Braaap can only be described as a real paddler's boat. I may be in the minority but I'm not a fan of the bloated, fool-proof designs. Yes, you do have to drive the Braaap but that rewards you with incredible agility and speed.

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There can't possibly be a more fun boat out there. It's fast, it carves, it wants to surf everything, it pivots, it's light, and it's super fun to boof. I think everyone should have one. Period.

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After paddling a Dancer XS in the 80's and a Corsica in 90's, I went the "new and cool" route in the last decade with a small playboat. If only I would have started out in a playboat and not Noah's Ark (Quest---lol) when I was a young kid, then maybe....I would not have hated it so badly....but I did....hate the new age paddling. I have been looking for the perfect boat for 2 years, and I am happy to say that the BRAAP is definitely the boat I have been looking for. The old school feel with new age technology of bulk head wall instead of foot pegs and Awesome outfitting. It has just right amount of rocker to keep stern from loading without losing the ability to back ender and half squirts with ease when asked to. Braap has Plenty of feet room (no more toes pointed straight out in front pulling muscles I didn't know I had). If you started paddling in the last decade and the only boat you know is the "new age" small play boats, then please do yourself a favor and try this boat. Try an end over end in a boat that is close to 8' long and see what your missing. There has never been a better all around boat for the OCOEE river!!!! See you guys on the river soon

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A very capable boat. Boofs and holds lines well, eddy turns are crisp and predictable, outfitting is delightfully simple. Creeking, river running, river play, and slalom are all well within the boats sweet spot.

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Hello, I have not been into white water kayaking for too long. This past year my son's went to slalom racing and I wanted to try also. I have a creeker and a playboat so I needed a slalom boat. Pat Keller happened to park next to us at one of the events and had his Braaap and few others to try out. I really liked it. So I ordered as soon as they came out. I am 5'9" and just under 200 lbs. I losing some weight getting ready to compete next year but still will be around the 180 to 190 range and I am 48 years old. So no no skinny spring chicken here. Now the fun stuff. I am used to a boat with alot of edge to it so this was a new experience for me. Took a little getting used to. But after a few runs I was playing around like a kid. It really teaches you paddle control. After I adjusted just a bit you find the next thing to adjust. With both my other boats I have to swing in (for lack of a better term) to a eddy. The braap wants to spin in. I mean went I went to swing I found my self facing the other way almost immediately. For a new guy was a little scary, but once I got use to it ITS AWESOME. On to stability. I was really really surprised that this thing does not like to go over. It braces like a dream. The first time I was in it a did my first brace / roll. Its a game we play. You brace until I lose it. I never lost it with the Braaap. I had my whole body under the water and still braced up. On the water this means it takes so little to brace that I did not roll once down the river that I did not want to. I even did a few boofs, which I am usually to scared to do. I now feel sorry for the bottom of my boat. I loved it :). Rolling- I have never rolled so fast in my life. I had to brace on my off side once because it rolled so easy I over rolled lol. Surfing- this thing wants to surf anything. I even surfed some bubble water lol. I side surfed going down a small ledge area. It just took so little. You can surf on the smallest wave. My son tried it on 5.0 and had a ball on a bigger wave (hi water). Outfitting- This is very comfortable. The only thing I would say I miss is the tilt feature in my creeker. I added some Jackson happy seat from my play boat and worked great. Even at my size I had to order another set of shims. It only comes with one pad and one shim. I ordered a extra for my boys (the skinny spring chickens). But over all I like the outfitting. The longer cushioning really makes carrying it less of a pain on your shoulder. Fun- My boys laugh at me because I have never had so much fun going down the river before. I really love this boat. I can not wait to play on a slalom course. Even with out practice it just turns on a dime. I splits the water like a knife. Over all I am really surprised at how quick I am adjusting to it. I only have one major problem with the braaap. I usually wait and buy boats at the end of season or demos. I do not regret buying this hot of the line and they were really easy to work with. My problem is that BOTH my boys want my boat. I told them they would have to sell theres. I am about to post both for sell lol. Hopefully by this time next month we will be a Braaap family :).

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The Braaap indeed lives up to all the hype! When I get a bit better, I even see myself using this in lieu of a creeker for creeking. It literally does everything: it's fast, it attains, it surfs everything, it splats, it boofs easily, and squirts. As you may have heard already, it does not stern squirt easily but does take technique and a bit of time. Definitely will buy another one once I destroy mine.

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This is my only boat. I have sold my other two boats an a Varun and gave my RPM and some skirts pfds helmets to Team River Runner. I have paddled the boat Three times since I bought it and love the boat. I am the worlds worst play boater, so I have not done a lot of surfing except on some class 1 ledges. I am also 74 so I have become cautious LOL and mostly stick to the whitewater on the Potomac. The boat is very stable for a displacement hull or a planning hull boat. It is easy to roll, harder than an RPM since it is a 1/2 inch wider and 10 gallons more but still very easy. The boat is just plain fun to paddle, very easy to catch eddies and peel out, and very fast compared to an RPM with out a lot of effort. The outfitting is ok, not great for me. I am 5' 6" 168 IB with a large upper body and small legs, so getting the skirt on, since there is such a wide distance between my back and the rear cowling is a bit of a problem. I got a large tunnel and extra extra large cock pit, which is a little loose but does not leak. I have the legs set on the sixth notch. I like to fit like a glove in the boat, so I have to ratchet it fairly tight, or my back get tired, disagree with Woody about not being tight, and I suspect he is saying that since he probably fits tight without much ratcheting, I like the plastic back band just wish there was a way to pull it up a little higher, although it is pretty good outfitting.

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I was fortunate enough to test the Braaap before it came out and I was sold immediately. Put in my order as soon as it was available for purchase. The combination of speed, stability and maneuverability is just phenomenal but beyond that though is the fun factor. This will become your go-to boat as soon as you try it. Mark my words, this will become a LL best seller for sure. SYOTR

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