Sunday, August 10, 2008

What are "Lil' Huckers" and what does that mean?!

Lil' Huckers

Miniature foam kayakers, or "foamies", have been good clean fun for many people of all ages for quite a while now. I thought my three year old would have some fun one Saturday morning by making a foamie.


Well, it was fun, fun for us to make and even more fun for him to play with in the bathtub, the lake, the waves at the beach, the swimming pool, and the little stream that flows through our favorite campsite. The foamies go just about everywhere with us.


My wife and I enjoy whitewater kayaking and being at the river very much, I think foamies are a great way to introduce our kids to rivers and streams and the fun of boats and being outside.


Of course it could be that I am using my kids as an excuse to play with foamie kayakers myself.


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v. in cycling, kayaking, snowboarding, and similar sports, to ride over a drop-off.


We call our foamies Lil' Huckers.


Lil' Hucker foamies will run the wildest rapids on the smallest creek, they will surf the white water of the waves at the beach and each time the action gets a bit out of hand and they flip over they will eskimo roll themselve upright, all by themselves, every time and keep on surfing or hucking the "big" falls.

Each Lil' Hucker foamie is handshaped, handpainted, and individually uniquie. Each Lil' Hucker is one of a kind…just like real river runners.

Thank You for looking at Lil' Huckers! We hope you enjoy them as much as we do!

Lil' Huckers, Who are we?



Lil' Huckers are the premier river toy for children and adults!

As kayakers, my wife and myself take our young children to the rivers on a regular basis and when she and I aren't taking turns paddling, we are introducing them to the different aspects of river running by playing with these great kayak toys!

Our Lil' Huckers have kayaked down some of the meanest drops on the Green Narrows, the have run Big Creek, and even ran the falls at Midnight Hole! They go surfing in Folly Beach, and all over the East Coast and they even go to the rivers of West Virginia pretty often.

Our boys love every minute of their time with these toys and the Lil' Huckers even make it to the bath tub most evenings.

Our 2 year old will not put his down! It goes every where with him! (It may well be the best traveled Lil' Hucker out there!) It goes everywhere with us and seems to have become his best friend.

While having fun and playing with these toys, our boys are learning what holes are, what eddies are, how to read whitewater and how to make their very own rivers/ runs in little streams. At the beach they are learning how to catch waves for surfing and body boarding.

Lil' Huckers are a TON of fun and are a tried and true toy! They are extremely durable (like our 2 year old hasn't done any real damage to ours after over a year!) I think the adults we have sold them to play with them more than the children!

We are currently starting to produce canoes (both white water and flat) as well as rafts.

If you see something you kinda like, or if you don't and want something different, shoot us an email and we can custom build a Lil' Hucker Foamie Kayak just for you!

Our foamies are not made out of wood, they are true to their name, FOAMies. So, order one today and check them out!

Our email is lisa@clothdiaperme.com , just let us know what you want!