V5, V7, V8, V8 Pro, V10 Sport, V10L, V10, V12, and to a certain extend the V14 all have one thing in common:
It's pretty much 9 out of 9 skis that have a bucket that's considered too wide for smaller paddlers. Sure we can pad the skis, but who really wants to pad a ski? Not me - I am just too old to know that padding a ski isn't really that much fun.
Why not make 2 or 3 skis (out of 9) with a smaller bucket size?
The V10L - should have had a much smaller bucket. It didn't. In fact, it was placed too far back for lighter paddlers.
I feel that the new V12M should (at least) consider going with a smaller bucket. Better yet, the new V12M should come with two bucket sizes: smaller paddlers and larger paddlers - but perhaps that's just me dreaming.
Ludovic
(Brittany, France)