I just was trying to find pics of the new scorpius ama and came across some canoes that the chinese are selling.
Looks like to me they are copying the pueo w/ wainui ama and the scorpius w/ ama. It also says that you have the choice to autoclave or vaccum. Don't know the cost, it varies on the amount ordered. Try Look its kind of trippy.
http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Single-Outrigger-Canoe-OC1-Ocean-C...
http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/carbon-fiber-one-person-outrigger-...
Submitted by Inu Pia on Tue, 05/13/2014 - 9:54am
F#%$@*ing Chinese. No originality!
#1 Tue, 05/13/2014 - 10:44am
looks like wainui with wainui ama and then a pegasus with the kaiwaa aama
#2 Tue, 05/13/2014 - 11:36am
Can you guys wait 'till my popcorn is done ?
aloha,
pog
#3 Tue, 05/13/2014 - 12:01pm
More like the Kia Kaha Hiko instead of a Pueo copy with Wainui Ama. You can tell by the same bungy at the front and rear iako is the same in the pictures on the site and on the Kia Kaha Facebook pictures of the Hiko .
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.117766721596324.8095.117766388...
It was mentioned already by jc9_0 about those two canoes in the other China Canoes thread and Rambo talked about it too that the factory was the one manufacturing Maui K's Kia Kaha Wainui and Hiko OC1's. Not sure if he sold them the rights to continue to make them or not.
#4 Tue, 05/13/2014 - 12:16pm
They also get $60 fully carbon double bend paddles!
http://www.alibaba.com/trade/search?fsb=y&IndexArea=product_en&CatId=&Se...
#5 Tue, 05/13/2014 - 1:46pm
Yeah, anyone who wants can start they own paddle company too. Just check magazines ... Especially SUP.
A couple thousand to purchase a run of these cheep copies and viola' !
Hardest part is deciding on your sticker colors they will do for you and then replacing all the ones that break JPA.
aloha,
pog
#6 Tue, 05/13/2014 - 2:11pm
Who would trust these Chinese rip off artists enough to buy something from them, and in doing so, send them your credit card info?
#7 Tue, 05/13/2014 - 4:16pm