TRAK Rocks

“I have to be really careful with it, don’t I?” And the answer is, “no, not at all.”

Asking us about how tough the TRAK is would have to be one of our most frequently asked questions. And I suspect there’s others of you out there that wanted to ask but didn’t. It seems that it would be fragile.

But it’s not. It’s just the opposite.

The really cool thing about our kayak is because it has flex it actually absorbs the energy from impact, rather than resists it, which means that although it sounds counter intuitive, the TRAK is impressively resilient. The kayak was recently being discussed on a blog and one of the participants made this comment: “I wouldn't be surprised if the TRAK kayak would be tougher in certain situations than a composite.” This is true! In fact, here’s something you wouldn’t want to do with another kayak… pull up on a rocky shore and then drag your kayak up the beach. But you would want to do this with your TRAK.

Your TRAK can take a lot of abuse and keep on going. It’s not impossible to get through, but let’s just say it’s going to be a lot harder to do than you can possibly imagine. In the last 5 years we haven’t had anyone get through it in the natural environment. And we’ve done some cruel things to our high performance sea kayaks… they’ve been taken snowboarding, tossed onto a concrete floor from a storey above, hung up on angle iron in the water, grated it with a homemade “kayak grater” (based on cheese grater technology), pounded it with car keys and run into the rocks at full speed, time and time again - just to show that it can be done. The worst that’s ever happened is a few cosmetic scuffs, nothing to write home about.

Let’s say for arguments sake that you do actually damage your kayak… it can be repaired easily from where ever you are. (It even comes with a repair kit). And, it’s under warranty for 5 years. Unfortunately, it’s the nature of kayaks and punctures can happen - no matter what the construction materials are, hardshells are no exception. But you can be assured that our exclusive PolyTRAK™ expedition-grade material is top of the line and the strongest material on the market today, hands down.