About the reviewer

Been paddling for over a year, paddling grade 3-4. Started in a necky switch, tried a variety of boats before selling my necky and getting the mini mystic.

Test environment

Variety of rivers including kaituna, wairoa, tongariro, mokau, manganui ao te ao (in flood), etc.

Review

This boat is simply awsome. My first time paddling it it felt weird seeing as i was coming from a playboat/river runner, i wasn't used to the speed and different handling of the creek boat. However after paddling it a few times and getting used to it, i find it wicked on all rivers. It is easy to manouver, boofs really easy, holds a line, snaps into eddies etc. really nicely. Being a smaller paddler this boat is ideal as it doesnt feel huge like alot of the other creekers out there.

I also tried a variety of other boats such as the Huka. The Huka i found you had to work really hard to make it go where you want and it can easily be pushed off line. It also doesn't snap into those micro eddies. As well as this, although its a similar size, it didn't suit my size as well. The mini mystic did all that the Huka could'nt and more. Outfittings really nice aswell.

The only thing i can think of to complain about is that sometimes the screws holding the footblock come loose and sometimes can fall off. This can obviously be easily fixed.

Conclusion

Awesome creek boat for the smaller paddler.