Primo Kayak Walkthrough | A Performance Rec Kayak Packed With Premium Features 

It would be so easy for Crescent to put out a 2-minute video saying the specs and some quick marketing mumbo-jumbo, but these deep dives where James takes us bow to stern and EXPLAINS THE HULL DESIGN are one of the million reasons why this company is #1. Great job, Crescent!

I cant even begin to express how excited we are for this kayak. American made Crescent quality at $699 is a massive W for the kayak community!

After seeing this kayak in person, sitting in it, and paddling it, I can assure anyone that there is not a kayak out there at this price point with this high of quality. The high end resin, the well known companies that partnered with Crescent, the High/Low seat option, the paddle park, the deck itself, the ability to stand in a 10 foot kayak, the molded 10/32 inserts for adding tracks, the lowered chines aiding in the feel of the boat on the water without having that "tippy" feeling that so many other small boats do, and more. All these things alone is more than anyone else is doing on a boat this size, but Crescent had to go one further and put it at a price point that allows someone to get into a supreme quality kayak at an unimaginable attainable price. I have always been impressed with Crescents Kayaks and James' passion and commitment to quality, but this thing is on a whole other level. Primo is the name and says it all. Fantastic job on this one, you didn't just knock it out of the park, you all created a whole new playing field.

We need more Crescent dealers in Ontario! Love your kayaks

VERY well done on all aspects. With all the CK-1's I currently have, I still want one of these too.. But my wife likely won't go for it anytime soon. We'll see. Congratulations on another masterpiece.

Looks like a great kayak. Thanks for the walk through video.

Pumped for this boat!!! I've been in love with the CK1 and the Ultralite. It seems like this is the best of both!!!

My oldest is about to be too big for the Crew with me and wants her own yak. This looks perfect! Can’t wait to see it in person over at Waterdog!

The pure passion that James has for the products makes me want to purchase anything he's selling! Very nice boat, looking forward to seeing it in person soon!

As a female angler, I'm liking the high end features & quality of this with a weight I could handle by myself.

Looks like another great quality yak from Crescent. Love the built-in inserts. Love that it has the ability to add track in the back without screwing into the boat. Love the shallow draft with weight capacity. Great throw and go. Hoping you guys build a longer SF line yak with all the quality and more capacity for fishing/kayak camping. ✌️

Cannot wait for the reveal!!!

You guys are killing it!

This is unreal value! Well done guys!

Excellent video. No BS, just the facts Jack! Well done.

Exciting! Thanks for details about hull and paddler first perspective.

So it looks like its time to make a drive and get another. My UL and LT have been amazing! So excited for another!

This primo looks like my ultra-lite's big brother. Fantastic job stretching the width and length just a bit but still keeping it light. Cresent boats paddle so good. My 10 ft Ultralight glides straight to a stop. Seats could be better. I would def buy another.

Looks like their CK1 but with a shallower draft and more primary stability. Hopefully we see a video showing a compatible rudder installed soon. Love it!

Thank you for such a quality plus product😊

Wow, quality for 699 😮 thats a heck of a deal

Awesome in depth product video! Amazing kayak for a great price for such a high quality USA made product! Great work Crescent Kayaks!

Just picked my primo up today!! So excited to upgrade to a Crescent

Fantastic walk-through. Your love of the game shows not just in this video but in all of your products as well as customer service. My hopefully soon to be daughter-in-law will be in a Primo by the summer so she can paddle with my son on his CK1. It's the perfect kayak for her. She loves the river, but it's time she got out of the canoe with her dad, lol.

Awesome! This looks like an excellent all arounder. Gonna pick one up for the summer! I know you all about paddling.. but anxiously awaiting to see what you come up with for pedaling! It's here, it's a thing, gotta embrace it at some point. Not only is it good way to change things up but it's also for those with limited accessibility... injuries, etc. Giving more people more ways to enjoy the water.

You guys need to get a few of them over to Wade Harrison and Drew for an on water review.

Everything you need and nothing you don't. Simplicity, quality, and a great price that won't break the bank. Can you have a word with the automotive industry, please? Great to see your company continue to evolve and offer new products. Looking forward to getting a new Crescent this summer.

Best kayaks ever made. Even better company. Buy as many as you can afford

James, my wife and I bought two LT Tackle 2 boats this past summer. We couldn't be more pleased; these boats are everything that y'all said they were; stable, dry. easy to paddle and comfortable. Looking forward to getting past the snow so we can get back on the water. Thanks for providing such a premium quality product. Neale in Hampstead Maryland

I've always been a boater but after seeing some guy hauling monsters up with a kayak I was also hooked. I've been shopping for a kayak for a long time and it seems to me as a retired inspector, that your kayaks scream quality. I like that you're allowing the customer to decide where rod holders and other accoutrements should be placed. I appreciate that you use American workers and products. I like how you all listen to the customers and upgrade on the fly (simple things like paddle keeps etcetera). It's very helpful when ya make walkthrough videos of all your products. I've already contacted my local dealers for a Primo. I will place a blackpack with rod holders behind me and voila!: A very portable and affordable fishing kayak. Thanks for making such great stuff at value prices!

Just wanted to say, I have been a Crescent owner for a couple years with a crew. The company really really impresses me as one that has all the passion and mindset that I just think is rare these days. Keep it up.

I bought my 1st Kayak; the Crescent LiteTackle II and the Primo will be my next Kayak before next year!

Another nice addition to the crescent line up. Will there be updates to the ck1 like high and low seat positions?

Nice work

I bought a Nucanoe Unlimited 3 months ago, and my wife always ask me why i still watch these videos when I have one. Truth is i like James' explanations and presentation. I anticipate owning a Crescent one day because of the extreme detail and thoughtfulness put into their products. I need that salt/coastal boat!

We are so excited about this new model. Offering a High quality contruction and value option for a new paddler and with great attention to detail. No Inch worms and easily removable deck bungee! That's shows an eye for durability and we can't wait to be using the Primo in our 2024 rental programs!

I have a shoailie and love it. Adding two of these for the family. Crescent quality and attention to detail is unmatched. Sold my Hobie never looking back.

What a great evolution of the product! I’m sure this will be a huge hit given it’s size, features and price point

This is definitely going to be my secondary throw and go kayak! I have a big pedal drive Wilderness Systems Radar 135 which is nice, but it’s too much to deal with if I want head out for a quick trip in some backwater sloughs. I like the size/weight of the Primo, and you had me sold with the power pole mount.👌🏾🔥

This boat will be a real winner, very similar to a boat that I had used for many many years an emotion spitfire nine. One of the greatest boats ever, ultimate, throw and go, and if loaded properly can do almost anything. The only downfalls of the emotion are the thin hull. Crescent are extremely robust and in my opinion the best you can get keep up the great work guys.

I think this is going to be my kiddo’s first fishing kayak, I cannot believe yall were able to put this much into a boat at this price! Something that may be interesting in the future would be including some paddler height dimensioning. I’ll obviously take my son to a dealer to see how it fits, but it would be cool to get an idea of how well he’s going to reach the foot pegs. Another great product and video guys, great job!

This is the kayak for so many people and not just because of the price (which is stellar). The capacity, length, and weight make this one of the best all rounders in the market. Easy to store and haul, plus great on water experience. Can't wait to try this one out on some water. Well done y'all!

I know A LOT of kayak fisherman that bought the wrong boat. So many ppl think they want a bigger fully rigged tournament style fishing kayak. These are not grab and go kayaks that can be thrown on top after work for a quick fishing trip on your local creek, river, or lake. They end up selling them or they sit on a trailer without much use. The Primo would be a better option for many OR get one to supplement your large fishing kayak. At that price, you could have both. You got me considering this one. In a fishing kayak I love the idea of the chines being a little longer. I like that immediate feedback while im fishing bc im not always paying attention to my balance. Having the seat in optimal position while traveling down river to my hole then being able to raise the seat while fishing is another huge bonus. It allows better visibility, easier movement when landing a fish or standing. Really solid design

So true simple means focus

I hope this brand of kayak reaches the Brazilian market. If it comes with a rear support for a 3hp engine, that would be welcome.

What a likable brand. The amount of effort put into each boat really shows and the fact that they go out of their way to use locally sourced materials is awesome! Will be buying a boat from them in the near future.

You guys!… take this with the lens that I am on a fixed budget and have space constraints and don’t have 5 boats, but everything I love about my Crescent ultralite I use for river and creek fishing, and paddling calm lakes, the last few years appears to still be here on this boat, but you solved some of my hesitations to grab the ultralite every time I go out. I also have a 12 ft peddle kayak from another brand, that sometimes I take on the river or creek (without the peddle) instead of the ultralite, only, because of lack of stability and standing in the ultralite, but I don’t like that larger boat because it’s so damn heavy and doesn’t have the paddle performance and not nimble like the ultralite. I dig the other features here on this kayak that my ultralite doesn’t have, like the paddle park strap and high/low seat, and cup holder, and bolts for plate, and weight capacity compared to boat size. I will add deck pad kit and gear tracks in mid ship and tank well and get rid of the bungees, but I get why you are building it that way. Not everyone fishes that paddles and you’re keeping cost down. Also, appreciate you for the family business and made in USA and US partnerships you’re doing. I also have daughters, and am adding a boat this year to support my growing paddling family. So I look forward to trying this boat out this spring and most likely adding it to my small armada as my #1 kayak.

Was looking at the Venture but now you put this one out...wow.How does the bow/rocker of the primo compare to the venture? Some really good features on this yak,well thought out!

Can I get a job?? lol. Seems like a company that would be great to work for with fantastic products. What I appreciate is the effort put in to the attention to detail. The couple videos of I have watched of this gentleman talking through every inch of this kayak is cool to see, the passion shines through. I have to make a trip down to my nearest dealer here in Texas to see these kayaks in person

I can definitely get behind a company like this ✊️✊️

Uh oh, looks like i am getting another kayak haha! I might even break my rule of always trying a kayak before buying it! My only concern is losing my mind trying to decide what yak to take out on any given outing, my ultralight or my primo 😅 I suspect the primo will rule for hitting shallow creeks and rapids, while the ultralite will have the edge on lakes and windy conditions 😊❤

I hope this additional assessment will be taken as a compliment as intended.. This kayak so far looks to have the hull profile closest to my Generation 1 Jackson Coosa. I do love my G1 Coosa's agility, but it does not track very well.. Whereas this Primo has that tracking aspect engineered into the hull along with the rocker profile for agility. A rocker profile hull is extremely helpful in making quick last second turns, which I love!! The CK-1 is extremely agile too and likely more so than the Primo.. But it's the shallower draft profile of the Primo's hull that makes it closer to the G1 Coosa, which is beneficial in my local calm skinny shallow rivers. I won't know for certain until I experience the Primo for myself... The Primo seems to be the direction I would have preferred the future generations of the Coosa to have went rather than so much bigger and heavier... I also welcome the sealed hull of the Primo and the CK-1 over my G1 Coosa's propensity to take in water once you flip it over. I really hope to add a Primo to my quiver of 'yaks in the future.

If I was in the market today I would buy this in a hot minute. I bought a Vibe Yellowfin 100 a few years ago to be my throw and go when I don't want to haul the old 80 pound Ride 135. This beats the Vibe hands down. Next time I am looking I will keep this in mind.

Dang, which to get? Ultra lite or this! Very cool boat! Have to pack my yak in to the woods with fishing equipment to get to my spot.. Decision, Decision, decision. Love what you guys are doing!

Need it, expected something at a way higher pricepoint, which would be interesting, but probably not in my lane. This looks amazing and exactly what I'm looking for.

I have been looking at which kayak to get for my first and it makes sense this is called Primo. American made and as a Georgia boy I find immense pride in them being made local. I’m headed to my local dealer tomorrow to pick it up. I can’t wait for the adventures it will bring.

If this were 12’ I’d be very interested-Great price point for the quality

I love my crescent kayaks if I had more money I'd buy couple of em I have the lite tackle just isn't a throw and go might be just the one

Love some of the new options you put in the primo..... any chance you will be revamping the CK1? I would love a ck1 with dents for fishing rods, etc.....

Question: If somebody gets this boat and then installs the cockpit track rails after the fact, does that void the warranty? Or, does it have to be the track from YakAttack via your store to maintain the warranty? Not to nit pick, but I'd absolutely want to have those rails but also want to maintain the warranty.

That’s primo 😊 It’s it good for any type of water ?

great now i want this one lol im still waiting for my ink lol

Guess I may have to add a third crescent to my lineup 😂

How can you run foot control lines for rudder steering? I see the frog eyes, but how and where do you run the line through?

Does anyone know if the. Crescent stash pockets fit on this boat? Also, what are the white looking plastic bottoms in the cup holders?

need a dealership closer to springfield, missouri.

Did they mention the price? I didn’t hear it if they did.

I've had my heart set on a CK1 for a while now, but this is making that choice complicated.

Maaan just checked the website great prices. Any dealer in British Columbia or anywhere in Canada? Or do you guys ship to Canada?

is the "rigged & ready" kit a dealer installed option?

Weird there’s no gear traks

Oh, yeah. We're both in ou.r 70's

Looks like Wade paddling?!

“Primo”, means “1st cousin” for the masculine, “Prima” for the feminine. It’s a strong family bond term used among 1st cousins.