{"id":20296,"date":"2018-10-18T17:00:44","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T17:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/?p=20296"},"modified":"2018-10-18T17:01:28","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T17:01:28","slug":"the-12r-has-landed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/the-12r-has-landed\/","title":{"rendered":"The 12R Has Landed!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>That&#8217;s right, the container has reached the shores of the USA, been unloaded, and the first production 12Rs have seen water!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20297\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We really turned our &#8216;By Enthusiasts, For Enthusiasts&#8217; ethos on its head for this one, and made something that is first and foremost For Enthusiasts, so let&#8217;s hear what just some of those enthusiasts think now that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/kayaks.php?kayak=12R\">12R<\/a> is here:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark Kieran<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0&#8220;I paddled the 12R for the first time at this year\u2019s annual Ocoee race, and not only did I finish with the 6th fastest time overall, but I set a new personal best for the course! I followed this up with a fun cruise; glassy waves, enders, and attainments are a blast! The 12R is nimble and easy to manoeuvre, and is going to be a lot of fun to creek in.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mike Patterson, US Operations Director<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; &#8220;I just got off two juicy class 4-5 laps, and I\u2019m so damn excited; 3 of us had the 12R out, all different weights and sizes, and we couldn\u2019t stop smiling for 10 miles. &#8216;It paddles more like a short boat&#8217; was the mantra of the day; the 12R&#8217;s\u00a0edge transfer is crisp, making it easy to manoeuvre and turn, and the bow planes over things like the 9R and boofs almost as well as a short boat. Time will tell if it\u2019s the fastest, but I don\u2019t really care because it\u2019s definitely the most fun longboat on the market!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cory Hall<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0&#8220;My 2 favorite features about the 12R are the recessed bow where your catch enters, and the edges that allow for smooth turning at speed; both of these combine to allow me to keep more forward stroke consistency and momentum than in any other longboat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chris Hipgrave, US Sales Director<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; \u201cI got to deliver a bunch of 12Rs to the Ocoee Race, and everyone came up to me beaming about its perfect balance of fun and fast. To make the day even better, I tied for first place in the 12R and others placed well across the classes too.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonnie Ortiz<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0\u201cThe most fun I\u2019ve had in a longboat ever! Dry bow, stable, and easy to throw around.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Robert Peerson, Designer<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;This is the boat I have been dreaming about for years!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for news on the 12R at the Green Race, and if you&#8217;re not a US resident but fancy getting in on the fun, don&#8217;t worry, we&#8217;re sending some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/kayaks.php?kayak=12R\">12R<\/a>s your way soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s right, the container has reached the shores of the USA, been unloaded, and the first production 12Rs have seen water! We really turned our &#8216;By Enthusiasts, For Enthusiasts&#8217; ethos on its head for this one, and made something that is first and foremost For Enthusiasts, so let&#8217;s hear what just some of those enthusiasts &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link block-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/the-12r-has-landed\/\">Continue reading &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":20297,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,264,7],"tags":[1061,1066,987,988],"class_list":["post-20296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-competition-reports","category-news","category-tests-and-reveiws","tag-chris-hipgrave","tag-ocoee-race","tag-pyranha-12r","tag-pyranha-longboat"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9tk9G-5hm","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20296"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20301,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20296\/revisions\/20301"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}