Welcome to the next step in creek boat evolution...
Narrow width not only increases the dynamic speed of the Pyranha 9R, but also offers immense connectivity, effortless rolling, and lightning fast edge to edge transitions, even for smaller and shorter paddlers.
The 9R is just shy of 9' in length, so it's race legal at events all over the globe, whether you're entering to win or just for the thrill, and its ground-breaking design and unparalleled speed are just as much fun to wield during your everyday missions too, opening up new moves and whole new possibilities such as mid-rapid line changes and easy attainments.
Best suited to a driven paddling style with control strokes around the bow to middle of the boat, the 9R has the agility of a much shorter kayak thanks to the tailored rocker profile, and rewards power strokes with explosive velocity thanks to its narrow width and maximum waterline.
Extreme bow rocker and innovative wave deflectors are part of the secret to the 9R's easily sustained speed, directing water under the kayak's fast planing hull and accelerating the boat through holes and other features whilst you remain dry and focused on the next move.
The 9R's edges are soft at the bow to be forgiving, but become more pronounced towards the stern, allowing you to carve smoothly on edge with your weight back and aiding tracking during power strokes, whilst a squared-off stern allows the clean release of surface tension.
Asymmetric Swede form hull with narrow width for speed.
Swede Form Hull
For speed.
Continuous Rocker
The latest Pyranha innovative feature, deflects most waves away from the kayak, generating dynamic lift and stopping surface tension, so it doesn't load the kayak with massive weight and slow the kayak down.
Wave Deflector
High bow to lift over obstacles, punch through holes and resurface quickly. Rounded edges for forgiveness help to keep you on line. Flatter bow hull directs water under hull for quick bursts to hull speed.
High, Roundend, Flatter Bow
Starting in the center running to stern for control.
Slight Edge
Clean release off stern with edge.
Release Off Stern
New 2014 Aluminium grab handles are stronger and more durable. Attached with captive inserts for a drier ride.
Aluminium Grab Handles
Longer, more ergonomically shaped seat pan provides a 3 way adjustable system that gives a bomb proof seating position.
Stout Seat
Swede Form Hull Asymmetric Swede form hull with narrow width for speed.
Continuous Rocker For speed.
Wave Deflector The latest Pyranha innovative feature, deflects most waves away from the kayak, generating dynamic lift and stopping surface tension, so it doesn't load the kayak with massive weight and slow the kayak down.
High, Roundend, Flatter Bow High bow to lift over obstacles, punch through holes and resurface quickly. Rounded edges for forgiveness help to keep you on line. Flatter bow hull directs water under hull for quick bursts to hull speed.
Slight Edge Starting in the center running to stern for control.
Release Off Stern Clean release off stern with edge.
Aluminium Grab Handles New 2014 Aluminium grab handles are stronger and more durable. Attached with captive inserts for a drier ride.
Stout Seat Longer, more ergonomically shaped seat pan provides a 3 way adjustable system that gives a bomb proof seating position.
DIMENSIONS, VOLUME & WEIGHT
Size
9R
Length
271cm / 8' 11"
Width
64cm / 25.2"
External Cockpit Length
95cm / 37.4"
External Cockpit Width
50cm / 19.5"
Volume
295l / 78gal (US)
Hatch Volume
N/A
Weight
21kg / 46lb
Optimum Paddler Weight
60 - 95kg / 132 - 209lb
DIMENSIONS, VOLUME & WEIGHT
Sizes
9R
Length
271cm / 8' 11"
Width
64cm / 25.2"
External Cockpit Length
95cm / 37.4"
External Cockpit Width
50cm / 19.5"
Volume
295l / 78gal (US)
Hatch Volume
N/A
Weight
21kg / 46lb
Optimum Paddler Weight
60 - 95kg / 132 - 209lb
// MORE VIDEOS
Gnarway
Team paddler Bren Orton paddling some exceptionally rowdy whitewater in Norway, sometimes landing the right way, sometimes landing sideways... either way, he's making it look smooth in the 9R! Watch out for a sneaky appearance of the i:3 as well.
Watch more videos from Bren Orton
Team Paddler Matt Cooke and his son have been enjoying some leisurely paddling in the 9R.
Sickline POV 2014
Oscar McBurney and David Bain (Paddling the 9R) take you down the Sickline course on the Wellerbrücke section of the Oetz in Austria!
Green Narrows with the 9R
The 9R and Mike Patterson take a trip down the Green River Narrows. It's all about having a great time on whitewater be it fast or mellow the 9R produces! Songs Power Moves, Baby by Inf. Also a big thanks to Jason McClure for shooting easily half of the shots.
The Road to Sickline: Pyranha 9R Overview at PaddleExpo
Andy Butler and David Bain talk us through the new Pyranha 9R at PaddleExpo 2014 and share some footage of David training on the Sickline course.
9R Walk Through at Wet West Paddlefest 2014
Andy Butler talks us through the key features of the Pyranha 9R and lets us know exactly why there's so much hype surrounding it! Produced by Root Down
9R Promo
Beth Morgan and Andy Butler put a prototype Pyranha 9R through its paces at the Canolfan Tryweryn in North Wales.
Music: Milky Chance - Down by the River. Produced by Root Down
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What really surprised me about the 9R is that I really wasn't intending to use it so regularly on the river as my normal boat.
Reviewer: Chris Brain Coaching
My intention was to try and use it for training and racing, but it hasn't been phased by anything that I've asked of it at all. I can easily get my two piece splits in the back of the boat and my river leader kit and equipment and the boat still feels light enough on the water. You also don't need to be a superhero racer to get something from this boat either, many people will appreciate its features on grade 2 and 3 and for some of the more old school paddlers, the length and narrowness may feel quite familiar.
Pyranha have genuinely designed an absolute gem here. This is inevitably going to be popular with racers, river runners, paddlers with a slalom background, smaller paddlers and of course anyone who wants to charge fast.
I have not been this excited about a kayak since I received my first Burn back in 2006. In my opinion, this is the best kayak that anyone has ever made! It's so fast and easy to paddle; narrow so you can easily reach the water and have a really nice forward stroke, tons of bow rocker and a nice edge!
Love at first paddling!
Reviewer: Lukas Kalkbrenner
Straightaway, I was totally overwhelmed by the speed and manoeuvrability of the 9R. I can't imagine anything better for the rivers out there at the moment!
The 9r doesn't compromise
Reviewer: Nicole Mansfield
It's fast, boofs well, holds a line, and is also super manoeuvrable! I'm not sure what else I could possibly want from a creek boat.
The 9r is my dream boat
Reviewer: Gerd Serrasolses
Fast and amazingly fun to paddle I don't want to use anything else and I'm beyond stoked to own the best boat in the market right now! Thanks Pyranha, crushed it!!
The best kayak I have ever paddled!
Reviewer: Ric Moxon
I have been paddling this boat for around 6 weeks now. It performs perfectly in all aspects of whitewater kayaking from tight and technical to big volume and pushy. Its narrowness is the key to many of its pros. It allows for more control on edge making it super fun to get your lean on and believe it or not it makes it a lot more stable in big volume. Being narrow with a slender narrow tapering tail means of less surface area for compression features and boils to grab your edge and if a boil does get you the water has very little leverage to flip you. You have to try it!
This is a revolution people, it is like when Shane McConkey designed the first powder ski! Narrow, slim tapering tail and a lot of front rocker, get on board it is the future.
The 9r perfectly represents the advancements in kayak technology. Designing a kayak has always been a balance of the performance features and their respective drawbacks (eg. more length = more tracking, but less turning. More rocker = better boofs, but less speed.) The guys at Pyranha proved that boat design isn't this cut and dry. By thinking outside the box, they have shaped a modern boat that nicely incorporates many of the features I look for, without sacrificing performance in any one of these categories. "Don't be a whiner, buy a 9r".
Who is this boat for? This is not a boat for the beginner market. This is an intermediate to advance paddler's boat. It is narrow which for the beginner may feel a little unstable and it is quick which will make rapids approach a bit too fast for some people. Someone who is competent and is looking at doing laps on their local class 4 run will love this boat.
If you like the forgiveness of a displacement hull creeker like the Pyranha Shiva but want the speed and directional stability of a planing hull boat like the Pyranha Burn then you will like this boat. Oh and of course all those who want to be competitive at the SCA Garry BoaterX next year better get one!! My feeling is this is a boat that will work well in many river environments so to answer my first question, it is both a Race Boat and River Runner and I think it will be my go to river running boat this winter.
