Shaggy Designs designs and builds custom composite playboats for white water freestyle. You may have seen the Saint K1, or Sith C1 out on the Ottawa or the UK in the last few years.

Our latest boat is called the Pagan, a C1 version of our successful Saint kayak. We have finished testing the prototypes, and we have the molds ready for the 2007 season. We have some pictures of the Pagan prototypes in action here.

 Our first kayak has been performing well on the Garburator wave on every ride. Check out the Saint page for more details! Feedback from all everyone who has tried the boat is great - the speed, bounce, and lightness of the boat giving lots of air. Meanwhile, check out the new videos page for footage of the final prototype in action on the Ottawa.

 Take a look at the Sith C1. We have been paddling the Sith all around the world over the last few years. The Sith is designed as a C1 from start to finish and so has much more balanced performance compared to a converted kayak shell. The length and large planing hull make for excellent surfing and river running.

 Guide Sticks
We have worked with raft guides to design a tough paddle specially designed for use by guides in the rafting industry. The Kevlar^TM and glass blades are built around an aircraft grade aluminium shaft, giving a strong, stiff, and light paddle that will withstand being chucked in the back of the putin truck everyday. Please contact us for more details.

 You can find out a bit more about us, how and why we got started constructing boats on the company page.
We don't make boats out of plastic like many other canoe and kayak manufacturers. Instead we construct our boats from high-tech mixtures of carbon fibre and Kevlar^TM. If you want to learn a bit more about how we make boats out of these materials, and why we will never make boats out of plastic; visit our composite materials and design pages.