All right, I'm about to launch. I'm gonna do
a weird launch because I got a ton of mud on my shoes. Otherwise we'll be reviewing a muddy
paddleboard. Oh yeah that feels nice, that feels awesome, good tracking, not surprised, it is a
Crescent. It's coming from that big tail skeg, that big fin like skeg on the back.
Yeah you can tell she doesn't turn anywhere near as agile is like a standard
kayak but tracks super good. Oh yeah, this thing screams "stability" - it's actually
kind of fast too, that's not bad speed-wise. It's got good speed, it's got amazing tracking.
Going against the chop we are getting some some bow noise. Now you see one of the cool things
about having the gear tracks on here -you can see Dan's put this paddle clip right there- just
pop that bad boy in there; deal with your fish, mess with the rigging up on the bow here, very
straightforward cargo, elastic cargo netting. Slip your dry bags in there, PFD, clothes you
want to dry out, snacks, snorkeling gear. The SUP board is a good for a lot of kind of water-based
activities, besides just fishing and getting out. Snorkeling/ spear diving seems like the kind
of application that would be great for this That's pretty chill. You have to use a little bit
of bounce but not much really. I'm pretty much all the way on the nose, I'm just kind of messing
around, haven't fallen in yet so... Excellent, I'm digging this. Personally when I think about
Crescent kayaks I think about two things stand out in my mind; hull design they seem to pay
a lot of attention in having forward-thinking hydrodynamic hull designs -which is pretty
important if you're going to design a watercraft, in my opinion- and just really good aesthetics,
really good kind of design elements. The colors the color options are all excellent, the deck pads
look cool, the powder coated seats look awesome, the little red handles look great, I think
Crescent is doing an awesome job with the look and paddling of their boards. So far I'm approving
of a straight seated position but I'd like to give it a try with an actual seat attached. But just as
a board, man, it's working good. This definitely isn't your kind of ultra-lightweight touring
SUP board, this is much more oriented towards recreational fishing leisure pursuits. You know
it's about 58 pounds, which I believe makes a lot heavier than your your super lightweight SUP
boards, whereas this is definitely way more on the kayaking into the spectrum. It's pretty much
just a roto-molded kayak imitating a SUP board, which i think is a really interesting idea. Okay,
I've seen some questions on the forums about how well it sheds water off the deck, and there you
can see we got a little bit of water right up against the gunnels there. The top deck has a
bit of a contour and it does collect a little bit of water -I'm not sure if that's a concern
but I did see that question. Of course there's no scupper holes or anything on a board like this so
there's no way for it to naturally channel water off. You're gonna be falling off in the water
occasionally you're gonna be getting wet this is much more of a water sport than straight up kayak
fishing usually is. Great for adventuring around, exploring, sight fishing, fly fishing, shallow
bodies of water, calm bodies of water, flat water river paddles... Oh look. This looks like
a good spot. Alright this looks like a good spot, a little sheltered from the wind. That is stout,
that is beefy 58 pounds, solid roto-molded hull, no foam -that's where the weights coming from;
solid sturdy plastic. Starting at the bow we've got a little bit of a pronounced keel kind of
bow skeg here up at the front; help a little bit with some tracking, keep the nose pointed
forward. And then coming back on the hull what we notice is there's two pronounced pontoons on
either side, sort of towards the the gunnels, and these two raised pontoons -you can see
them they're really pronounced- it's kind of a catamaran shape so it gives a lot of lateral
stability. So this cutaway "cathedral" shape here is going all the way up and it's reinforcing
the deck where you actually stand on the kayak, giving the deck stability -otherwise this
plastic would have a little bit more flex in it, so this is a stability feature. It's got loads of
that primary stability that you really want from a SUP board, especially for a fishing SUP board, and
then all the tracking comes right here from this huge keel fin -my apologies this is a skeg fin. A
skeg is basically just a rudder that doesn't move anywhere, it's only purpose is to keep the vessel
tracking straight through the water. So as I'm putting force down with the paddle either side of
this skeg fin is pushing alongside the water and causing it to glide forward, almost like a ski.
Excellent board design, let's get it over and take a look at the deck. All right starting at the
bow we'd have a handle, we don't have a molded-in handle, we have just like a very basic rubberized
carrying handle attached to an eyelet here, and then we've got some more eyelets up around the
front of the deck with our bungee cable -obviously for stashing gear. And then coming back like most
Crescent kayaks we got a pair of YakAttack rails on either side of the cockpit. And you can
see this is a great example; little paddle clip here. Then we have two rubberized carrying
handles on either side, these are a little more basic than what you see on most Crescent kayaks,
they normally have those really nice awesome like colored hard handles. I'm not sure if these
were added on aftermarket or if these come stock, because I feel like I have seen some pictures of
the Crescent without side handles, so if I get a definitive answer on that I'll be sure to leave a
note somewhere explaining that situation. And then a little bit further back we have these bungee
restraints with little C-clips on either side, and this is for holding the seat down which I will
install and we'll check it out and take you for paddle momentarily. Again, we have the EVA deck
pads which are very grippy -even when it's soaking wet you're not gonna have any traction issues- and
these come stock on the Crescent SUP+. Then moving aft we have two more yak attack gear trails lots,
of people like to run coolers on their SUP boards, this seems like a nice flat spot where you
could devise some strap-down method and it would be awesome spot for coolers and gearboxes and
whatnot. Moving back a little bit more... We've got this, what is this? This is a mounting plate
for a power pole. Ready-to-go. You could probably also figure out easy ways to mount a trolling
motor on this thing if that was more your speed (jaja), and one more rubberized handle. The handle
situation on the SUP+ is a little more simplistic then you normally see on the Crescents, normally
they have those really high-quality hard carrying handles -I'm sure this will work fine though...
And if you're the one to you could take them off, rig them up differently... Lots of rigging and
attachment points which to me seems awesome for a vessel like this which you can really customize
and make your own. But again remember this is more on the kayak end of a SUP-Yak than on the SUP
board end. So it's heavier, it's bigger, it's beefier, but it's got more that standing stability
-and keep in mind a kayak that you can really stand up on and get the same level of primary
stability as you're getting out of the SUP+, it's gonna probably be around the hundred pound
range whereas this guy comes in at 58 pounds. Okay, you got a light "easy-to-go" vessel that's
great for standing up on. Let's get it back, let's get the seat on it, do a little paddling,
and we'll do some flip test/stability tests, though I don't see how it's gonna be possible for
me to flip this, I'm gonna fall off probably long before this thing flips. So I mentioned this in
the last video where we went over the UltraLite and the LiteTackle kayaks, all the Crescent
kayaks use the same seat. We've got the basic matte black, and then a powder coated version
here. It's the same design between all their boats and this is the seat they sell with the
Crescent SUP+. You can save 100 bucks if you already have a seat that you want to use with your
SUP+, or, you already own another Crescent kayak and seat and just interchange it, save some cash.
This thing retails for $799 without the seat, wait no I might get that wrong, I think it's $699
without the seat, $799 with the seat. If that's wrong I'll change it and say something different.
I'm pretty sure this fastening system is simple enough that even I could figure it out. These
come up some whichaway... Something like this... Oh yeah! Like a king in the castle! I could
see maybe wanting to have some kind of foot, something for your feet. Normally when you're
paddling a kayak, you kind of you know, when you're pushing with that side of
your body you're kind of pushing this leg forward, like locking it into a foot
peg to kind of scoot the body forward. I wouldn't focus on paddling this with a double
bladed paddle as your primary focus, I kind of would want to use it more with a SUP paddle,
standing up, is my, is my own intuition so... I don't know, it seems pretty stable to me!
Ope! Alright I did fall off it but... There you go, good boy! good boyyyyy! yeah you
good boy. He's like "nope, I don't know this guy." It's okay Murph I'm qualified, I have my
driver's license. Good boy, who's a good boy? You see this is not so bad, it's not so bad. Okay
SUP+, also approved by dogs named Murph. Oh no, it's okay you don't have to jump. What
do you think buddy? Murph! sit, sit, you're being stubborn. There you go buddy. Cool.
Alright ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much for joining in today looking at the Crescent SUP+.
If you want to know more about Crescent kayak products I have another review of the Crescent
UltraLite Tackle and LiteTackle, go check it out, I'm hoping to film a lot more Crescent kayak
videos in the future. I'd like give a big thanks to my friend Dan for making this possible, he's
working with Rivertown Outfitters up in Tahlequah, so if you're in the OKC metro area look up
Dan, him and Rivertown Outfitters' info is going to be down in the description. Hey buddy!
Dan: "This is Muprhdog" Alright thanks guys! you
