What's most surprising is the unexpected aerodynamic properties and how it fell so perfectly stable. That's a nice slick well balanced boat, and hell, if it flies right it probably paddles right.

Want to see a closeup of the cracks

Yes, we certainly give a tip o’ the hat to OT for doing it first. Also to David Letterman, who liked to drop stuff off a 5 story building back in the 80’s. Like the Barenaked Ladies said, it’s all been done before. But let’s remember that the OT drop was, what, 50 feet, with a plastic boat. This is 100 feet with a lightweight composite.

That's incredible. It adjusts itself to the position of highest resistance and achieves a sort of aerodynamic stability, lands flat on it's bottom. That thing will last generations if maintained properly.

That looks like a cool old building. Nice canoe as well.

Your canoe did pass the extreme test. This test format was set up by Old Town Canoe back in the 70"s when that company wanted an extreme test for the onatar tripper. Nice to see this true test of durability being used again.Well done NOVACRAFT.

Well, that's a pretty impressive test! Tough stuff, indeed!

Really cool watching that canoe drop!

Thats a great stunt. I like how it stabelizes in the air. Now, show us how the other available colours do !

I like it! The physics of a free falling canoe is also fun to see. Reminds me of the famous Bill Mason NFB canoe drop in the film "Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes", where if I recall, the boat fell in the same way, open side up! (and there was a dummy paddler strapped in too!).

I would very much love to see a video that discusses/compares the different canoe materials. For example when I'm considering a boat I want to know "how much better" is one material from another for strength/durability. Weight and price are clearly quantified, but durability/strength are not so it is hard to make a decision.

Pretty cool. It couldn't have landed anymore perfect. Almost look like a feather.

Nice show guys... I'm looking for a P17 with Skid Plates, in Ox Blood... Beautiful Canoes

Nice repeat of the classic Old Town film made about 40 years ago. (Although I will point out I remember the Old Town canoe went over bow first and fell like an arrow bending 90 degrees before it straightened out again.)

Amazing, not sure but perhaps the cold weather had some influence in the front damage, but the test is beyond the limits of common use. The best of success Novacraft, I would buy one to use in mountains river specially in Rio Mendoza, south America, born at 8530 ft, coming down from the top of the Andes in that canoe would be a nice test.

So what's the history on that building? I'm into urban exploration and it has a very interesting abandoned look to it.

That's TUFF STUFF!

Good Demo and an impressive product. I see some people were not impressed. If I fell a hundred feet in a canoe, I think limb fractures, organ failure and death would be more of a concern, as opposed to some fibres and gelcoat.

beauty!

I'm going to play this at midnight tonight to bring in the New Year!!! :-)

Gran vídeo capó

Looking at getting this model and this is quite the "pitch!" Seen it a few times now and it seems to have really landed with me. 😏

I want a Trapper canoe in TuffStuff for Christmas!!

Impressive Wow

Wow!

Wow!!! I want one 😀

Nice, but what I really want to see is a wrapped boat. Will the hull break and tear or will it deform and then return to (almost) original shape like Royalex?

Throw one in my yard. Thanks ;)

Let us know when you do this again so we can cheer you on.

Хотел бы узнать. Где делают такие каноэ и с чего?

If you want to see some real field testing of our new TuffStuff material have a look at the MEC Field Test video. Just click novacraftcanoe to go to our channel and all the videos.

I want to know more about this Basalt Weave. Rock fibers? Naturally occurring Canadian mineral fibers (asbestos to people in the States)by any chance?

Not bad.

i need me one of thse

send it bow first like they did at old town!

No tank no blow out... I don't know why these tank are there in the first place( I do know) if you have flotation or tie down gear you wouldn't need the tanks, and you would gain in room!! Nice stuff. I beth other will start throwing there boats off of roof to see what happen, Maybe Hellman and Clipper should do the same and compare results!!

my kind of stuff i brake everything

It fell surprisingly flat almost as if it leveled itself on the way down

WAIT!

Wow if you want to test a canoe’s durability you should just give one to a complete novice like me 😂😂😂 see what it’s like after I’ve managed to learn the skills required to get it down a river with all my kit still in tact 😂😂 I’m sure it would end up in more of a mess than that… and so would I probably 😂

I have to say I wasn't actually that impressed. The front of the boat definitely took damage, and they even comment it needs a bit of duck tape and takes water - i.e. its broke! Getting home isn't what I am looking for. My Royalex boat (An Old Town Pathfinder) was folded in half on Cardington white water course 20 years ago, and is still being paddled today. I won't claim its as good as new, but it doesn't leak and didn't need duck tape, although the plastic gunwales were not improved!

Well it still takes water in now... so.. that isn't really that good 😅

Next timeout a politician in it before you drop it

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meaningless unless you also toss a boat with just carbon fiber or s glass off as well. I'm more impressed with the aerodynamic reenenty shape of a canoe.

Impacts on a river do not happen like that. They should have dropped it bow first to simulate hitting a rock with a craft full of gear on a fast river. Or side swiping a rock so there is a single point impact. Probably a bunch of marketing wanks that came up with this.

Kind of sucks seeing a beautiful canoe wasted. Ive totalled an aluminum canoe once. Folded right around me. Bent it back into shape and managed to get down last mile and take it to be recycled. It was mangled with sharp metal everywhere. It died in action though, and wasn't as pretty a boat. Id liberated it from the state of MD for ripping me off during my Navy service, so I just went back and took another. Obviously these are nice canoe's. I just picked up a Great Canadian 16-2 used. I know its sweet, bit heavy but I still got it. Hopefully the VA will successfully fix my broken hand tomorrow and my doggie and I will be out paddling. Then I just gotta avoid catching a camping felony here in Tennessee, and profit prison while they gas my dog.