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Welcome to the Owner’s Centre
Thank you for purchasing one of our kayaks or SUP’s. We want to make sure you get the most out your craft to have the best experience wherever you choose to paddle.
- We are proud that our products are known around the world for their durable quality, distinct designs and competitive pricing.
- Comfort is important. That’s why we have fully adjustable seats to get a perfect fit and contact with the boat.
- Performance is enhanced with a skeg or rudder systems on many of our models, providing help with tracking.
- We build in every possible safety feature we can think of such as quality sealed bulkheads, self rescue straps, reflective deck lines and more.
The Owner’s Centre provides you with useful resource for you to get the most of your boat, having fun on the water quickly. Here you will find many articles, videos, expert tips, maintenance, warranty, service and repair info. If there is an issue with your boat, we want to assist you quickly in solving them.
Quick Start and Making Sure You’re Comfortable!
Making Sure You’re Safe
- Setting up your Flex Light seat
- Adjusting your Flex 4 seat / french
- Ajusting your Back Band style seat / french
- Adjusting your slider foot pedals / french
- Adjusting your Gas-Pedal style foot pedals
- Adjusting SOT comfort seat
- Deploying your rudder (close up) / When on the water
- Securing your rudder for transport
- Operating your rudder
- Operating your skeg
- Setting up your Mako Kayak
- Installing rudder on your Mako Kayak
- Storing / packing your kayak gear
- Setting up your whitewater seat
- Adjusting your whitewater footrests or bulkhead
- How to outfit your whitewater kayak
- How do I install my rudder on an Ookpik or Kasko
- How to assemble and adjust your 2 piece Beluga, Riot or Boreal Design paddle / (Video)
- Mandatory Safety Equipment USA
- Mandatory Safety Equipment Canada
- Other Essential Gear
- Nice to have paddling equipment
- Sprayskirt / Cockpit Cover Sizing Chart
- Dry storage hatch
- Front flotation bag
- Using Self Rescue Straps
- Self Rescue Techniques
- Practice Rescuing others
- Whitewater Safety Gear – Getting Started
- Self Rescue for Whitewater
- PaddleSmart
- Cold Water Awareness
Making Sure You Have Fun
Getting Around
- Getting in and out of your kayak from the shore
- Getting in and out of your kayak from a dock
- Getting into your whitewater kayak
- Getting Started On The Water
- Going forward effectively
- Forward stroke demo
- Kayaking 101 – Forward and Steering
- Tandem Kayaking Tips & Skills
- River Paddling
- Basic Whitewater Paddling
- Basic steering skills
- Basic stability strokes
- Using a rudder vs skeg?
- Clothing To Wear Paddling
- Cold Weather Paddling Clothing
- How to Mount Accessories to Your Kayak | Customize Your Kayak
- How to carry your kayak
- How to carry long sea kayaks
- How to cartop and transport your kayak
- How to cartop your kayak (Article)
- How to Assemble and Use a Sit on Top Kayak Cart
- Set up and use of Beluga, Riot or Azul car carry kit / (Video)
- Set up and use of Beluga, Riot or Azul kayak/canoe sail / (Video)
- How to assemble and set up your Riot J-Cradle Kayak Carrier / (Video)
- How to assemble and set up your Bouble Riot J-Cradle Kayak Carrier / (Video)
Taking Care of Your Purchase
Take Your Skills & Knowledge to the Next Level!
Troubleshooting
KD Owner Centre
- Replacing Mako Steering handle and cables
- Removing a dent or deformation in a plastic kayak?
- How do I remove a dent in a sit on top plastic kayak?
- Skeg issues
- Adjusting Your Skeg Rope Tension
- Repair, replace skeg Riot
- Replacing / installing new skeg on a Boreal Baffin
- Rudder issues
- Installing a rudder on a Boreal Design Sedna, Epsilon, Mukutuk or Inukshuk
- Repair a cracked plastic kayak
- Repairing a small cut in the hull
- Cosmetic repairs in HDPE, Thermo and Composite
- How to fix and re-seal a foam kayak bulkhead
- How to fix a leaking hatch
- 5 Steps To Patch Your Kayak With Gator Guards
- How to install your Mako Seat adjustable kit
- Spindle Fix Impulse Drive for Riot Kayaks
- Fixing and adjusting your skeg line on a Riot or Boreal Design Kayak
- Intalling a new Flex 4 Seat in a plastic kayak
- Installing a new Flex 4 Seat in an ABS thermoformed kayak
- How to repair or fix a cracked ABS or composite kayak
- How to restore finish and colour to an ABS thermo kayak
KD Experience Centre
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- Tell us about your experience with your boat
- Share your moments with us
- Join our communities
- Stay in touch
- Getting you on your way safely and quickly
- Maintenance, storage, transportation & troubleshooting resources
- Product registration, warranty and parts ordering
Please share your kayak or SUP experiences with us and your friends Be sure to tag us on social media channels #riotkayaks #borealdesign #cobrakayaks #azulkayaks #makokayaks #riotsup or drop us a line.
California Residents:
California’s Proposition 65 entitles California consumers to special warnings for products that contain chemicals known to the state of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm if those products expose consumers to such chemicals above certain threshold levels. We care about our customers’ safety and hope that the information below helps with your buying decisions.
We are providing the following warning for products linked to this page:
⚠ WARNING: Our products can expose you to chemicals which are known to the State of California to cause cancer. For more information go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.