Ride higher and drier in rapids, scream into eddies faster than ever, and find your line without any limitations. The ReactR is Pyranha's most innovative design yet, and opens new doors within the world of creek and river running for kayakers of all abilities.
In the design of the ReactR, Pyranha have spent significant time developing an entirely new style of hull, with a perfectly positioned pivot point and two planing surfaces, one in front and another behind, which the paddler can switch between with ease. This means the boat is stable both when landing a drop on the bow and when planing out of features on the tail. You want that skip, and Pyranha have delivered.
This isn't just a kayak – it's a statement about Pyranha's commitment to leading the charge and progressing the sport through design innovation. The ReactR’s development tore up the rulebook on creek boat design and rewrote it – embrace the new era of whitewater kayaking!
The ReactR hull has been perfected to enable direction changes when flat without tripping over the tail.
Perfected Hull
The “Pivot Hull Philosophy” allows the paddler to take complete control of the boat’s direction at any speed.
Pivot Hull Philosophy
The ReactR’s tail design has been honed to stay on top of the water when heading downstream, but enable rapid direction changes through low-angle pivot turns while keeping your weight over the front and your forward momentum strong.
Tail Design
An innovative rocker profile takes sidewall pressure away from the ends of the boat and allows you to make last second adjustments and carve into eddies.
Innovative Rocker
The bow profile gives smoother water entry, a lifting point closer to the paddler for more horizontal skips, and allows cross currents to pass under the boat without knocking you off your line
Smoother Water Entry
The ReactR's hull efficiently glides out of features and retains upstream speed in ferries and attainments, yet still gets out of your way quick during boofs.
Hull Efficiency
The dynamic bow captures the flow running over it and directs it under the boat for increased speed and optimal planing performance
Dynamic Bow
Pyranha’s new, Elite outfitting system has been redesigned from the hull up to give you optimal control of the ReactR’s progressive hull design.
Elite Outfitting System
Perfected Hull The ReactR hull has been perfected to enable direction changes when flat without tripping over the tail.
Pivot Hull Philosophy The “Pivot Hull Philosophy” allows the paddler to take complete control of the boat’s direction at any speed.
Tail Design The ReactR’s tail design has been honed to stay on top of the water when heading downstream, but enable rapid direction changes through low-angle pivot turns while keeping your weight over the front and your forward momentum strong.
Innovative Rocker An innovative rocker profile takes sidewall pressure away from the ends of the boat and allows you to make last second adjustments and carve into eddies.
Smoother Water Entry The bow profile gives smoother water entry, a lifting point closer to the paddler for more horizontal skips, and allows cross currents to pass under the boat without knocking you off your line
Hull Efficiency The ReactR's hull efficiently glides out of features and retains upstream speed in ferries and attainments, yet still gets out of your way quick during boofs.
Dynamic Bow The dynamic bow captures the flow running over it and directs it under the boat for increased speed and optimal planing performance
Elite Outfitting System Pyranha’s new, Elite outfitting system has been redesigned from the hull up to give you optimal control of the ReactR’s progressive hull design.
DIMENSIONS, VOLUME & WEIGHT
Size
S
Length
271cm / 8' 10"
Width
68cm / 27"
External Cockpit Length
86.5cm / 34"
External Cockpit Width
50cm / 16.5"
Volume
306l / 81(us)gal
Weight
22kg / 48lb
Optimum Paddler Weight
55-75kg / 120-165lb
DIMENSIONS, VOLUME & WEIGHT
Sizes
S
M
L
Length
271cm / 8' 10"
273cm / 8' 11"
276cm / 9'
Width
68cm / 27"
70cm / 27.5"
71cm / 28"
External Cockpit Length
86.5cm / 34"
91cm / 36"
91cm / 36"
External Cockpit Width
50cm / 16.5"
52cm / 20.5"
53cm / 21"
Volume
306l / 81(us)gal
325l / 86(us)gal
348l / 92(us)gal
Hatch Volume
Weight
22kg / 48lb
23kg / 51lb
25kg / 55lb
Optimum Paddler Weight
55-75kg / 120-165lb
70-95kg / 155-210lb
85-125kg / 185-275lb
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This Outfitting is Elite
Andy Butler talks us through the various ways we've upped our outfitting game and delivered on the demands of paddlers, and then some!
ReactR: Explained
David Bain walks us through our most innovative creek boat since the 9R, the ReactR.
A new era of whitewater kayaking is about to begin... #ReactR
This isn't just a kayak – it's a statement about Pyranha's commitment to leading the charge and progressing the sport through design innovation. The ReactR’s development tore up the rulebook on creek boat design and rewrote it – embrace the new era of whitewater kayaking!
ReactR Joy with Bren Orton in Brazil
Pyranha Kayaks ReactR: First Impressions
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I'm stoked to spend more time in this kayak!
Bren Orton
Just back from some final testing of the ReactR out in Brazil. I found I could read and run rapids better than ever before because the ReactR allowed me to react and manoeuvre my kayak so quickly.
This was my first time down this rapid and one of the first days in the ReactR on this trip and I was just blown away with it; to be able to hit lines like that down rapids that I have never seen, let alone kayaked down before, is just incredible!
